A fresh tabbouleh-inspired salad of organic quinoa, herbs and local tomatoes, along side zucchini ribbons tossed in light dressing and crostinis topped with a sunflower seed pâté and white bean hummus. $12 (Veg'n & Gluten-Free options) Emily Zimmerman is the lady behind Pear and Pepper - a freelance chef cooking deluxe, delicious vegan dishes and […]
Dali Chehimi returns to bring a bit of North African flare to your Friday night supper. Spiced kebabs of ground beef served over an aromatic Tunisian vegetable stew of zucchini, carrots & chickpeas and tri-colour couscous. Served with Dali's homemade harissa (Moroccan hot sauce). $12 (Veg'n & Gluten-Free options)
We're celebrating 2 years of making interesting food things happen with a BBQ in The Dep garden. Join us for FREE watermelon all day, tasty BBQ snacks, cool drinks (REAL drinks!), a bit of music and a lot of friendly faces. Sat. Aug. 3 (Rain date: Sun. Aug 4) 4-7pm BBQ 4-5pm - my Dad […]
A fun way to put the Civic back into the Civic Holiday! In partnership with Not Far From The Tree and Christine Manning of Manning Canning, The Dep is excited to host a Family Canning Day on the afternoon of the August holiday Monday, from 1-5pm. Not Far From The Tree is an award-winning local […]
Ontario spring lamb mini burgers on multigrain pitas with feta cheese, creamy tzatziki, red onion and arugula, served with roasted garlic potato salad (with organic Ontario potatoes!) and a succotash of sweet corn, edamame, zucchini and cherry tomatoes. $12 (Veg'n and Gluten-Free options available)
What if you took the flavours of a great ham & cheese sandwich and re-imagined them as an elegant pasta? You'd get Quinn's creative take on a childhood favourite: multigrain spaghetti with a light yogurt and dijon sauce, tossed with cubes of smoked ham and aged cheddar cheese. Served with fresh salad of juicy tomatoes […]
Inspired by the veggie curry at the BamBoo Club, a Queen Street West hallmark through the 80's & 90's. For anyone who lived through Toronto's seismic transformation from diners and Fancy-French to multi-culti food mecca, it's a piece of Toronto comfort food history. It's an awesome East-Meets-West-Indian curry, with squash, potato, tofu, chickpeas and TONS […]
Everything-But-The-Kitchen-Sink Salad is an avocado lovers', kale-laced, bourbon-spiked dinner in a bowl. Black kale tossed with wild sea asparagus, summer peach, avocado, hot-smoked bourbon salmon, caramelized onion and topped with sweet and spicy walnuts, and bellavitano and pecorino romano cheeses. Paired with homemade lemon focaccia. $12 (Vegetarian, dairy-free version available, too). Ali Morrow is a journalist who […]
Robin "Squiggy" Dutt has been hosting fun, creative events for a long time. Since getting his Chef papers from George Brown and taking up a residency on the line in the Drake Hotel kitchen, these events now center around culinary explorations. For this seventh installment of Squiggfeast, Robin has really gone out of his comfort […]
One of the highlights of our Spring 2013 lineup was Kendra Simmonds' amazing Craft Beer Tasting Menu. Developed in collaboration with Greg Clow of Canadian Beer News, this meal featured half a dozen unique local brews incorporated into an elegant 5-course menu, along with a tasting flight of matching beers. Special treats included exclusive tastings […]
