Ceviche - a method of "cooking" delicate fish & seafood using the acids in lime juice rather than heat - is popular in many costal places in Latin America, with countless local variations. One of my favourites is the Peruvian style, where distinctive chiles like aji rocoto or aji limo add flavour and heat to […]
Christina Palassio is the Director of Communications at Community Food Centres Canada and was the co-editor of The Edible City: Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork (2009), one of several books in Coach House Books' city-building uTOpia series. Christina has a graduate degree in journalism from Concordia University, and writes and thinks about food, place, […]
Every Wednesday - Veg Out with Emily Zimmerman Warm french lentil salad with preserved lemon, garden sorrel, and coconut cream, served with herb roasted beets, carrots, and zucchini, with house-made flatbread. $12 +HST Homemade mulberry ripple vegan gelato $4 #vegan #GF Pay What You Can after 7:30 Fresh City Farms CSA box pickup 5-8pm http://www.freshcityfarms.com/ […]
"Soul food" is a repertoire of indulgent comfort food dishes born in the home cooking of American South. Jacob Saphra takes these flavours as his inspiration and then adds his own vegan twist. Panko and rosemary breaded and fried seitan cutlets, fluffy american style biscuits with a rich onion and thyme gravy, crispy yet tender […]
This is our 4th collaboration between Chef Kendra Simmonds and Greg Clow of Canadian Beer News featuring a selection of local craft beers incorporated into an elegant 5-course menu, served along with a tasting flight of matching brews. For this summer's edition, Kendra has assembled an eclectic mix of beer-infused dishes inspired by Toronto’s diversity and […]
At the heart of French cooking are the "Mother Sauces"; a series of fundamental culinary building blocks upon which countless variations and dishes are based. In this fun, hands-on workshop, French Chef Chantal Vechambre will introduce the key techniques behind several of these versatile sauces, an invaluable foundation for anyone interested in exploring true French […]
Sopa Azteca – aka Tortilla Soup – is one of my all-time favourite meals-in-a-bowl. It’s got everything going on: smoky & spicy tomato-chipotle broth, savoury grilled chicken (optional), earthy black beans, sweet bits of corn, crunchy tortilla pieces, creamy avocado, gooey melting cheese, cool sour cream, juicy bits of onion and radish, aromatic coriander, tangy […]
Amy Wilson is one of people behind the food column & website Shelf Life. An avid collector of 20th century food ephemera, Amy has been gathering chefs & foodies to taste and compare curated selections of supermarket products for several years, publishing the results online and in the National Post. Amy will be talking about […]
Every Wednesday - Veg Out with Emily Zimmerman Vegan Fried "Fish" Blackened Caribbean-style pan-fried vegan “tofish” filets made from tofu, veggies, yuba (tofu skin) and wrapped in a nori seaweed skin. Comes with a fresh summer potato salad. $12 Summer Berry Ripple Ice Cream $4 #vegan #GF Pay What You Can after 7:30 Fresh City […]
Mexican and Spanish food have a long, complicated, intertwined history, and the lines between them can sometimes get a bit hazy, so it's not surprising that the two cuisines can combined in many interesting ways. For this dinner Monterry native Rogelio Cazares serves up one of his hometown favourites, alongside a traditional Spanish Galician tapa. […]
