Drink for a Good Cause This Summer
The Intercontinental in Toronto is featuring the Ernestine Elixir Cocktail all summer long on The Skylounge, my favourite city patio for lounging. A sweet mix of Hpnotiq, SOHO Lychee Liqueur and cranberry juice, it’s served in a chilled vanilla sugar-rimmed martini glass. Feel good about indulging in a this treat because one dollar of every [...]
Spicy Halibut and Potato Skillet Recipe Wins The Tickets!
Cathy submitted her tried and true recipe for this fish dish that has won her the Blue Water event tickets in Vancouver. I like that it was a recipe passed on to her and then she has made her own, let’s all try it and see what innovations we can add! Cathy, congratulations and have fun at [...]
Canadian Living at the Good Food Festival
The Good Food Festival is Canada’s largest celebration of home cooking and eating. The Festival is all about food! Explore what’s new in the world of ethnic cuisine, gourmet fare, natural foods, cooking ingredients, and expert advice. There will be fantastic food, product samples and entertaining, educational demonstrations. Come and meet the Canadian Living test [...]
Brewers Plate Recipes Wrap Up: Devil’s Ale Chocolate Pie and Coffee Porter Braised Shortribs
Friday night was the Brewers Plate event promoting local food and breweries. The beer was flowing in the halls of Hart House paired with creative dishes from renown restaurants and celebrity chefs. Although it was a bit of a challenge to get to the food sampling with long line ups in the crowded venue, non [...]
Free Cookbook and Free Tickets to Brewer’s Plate
Brewers Plate is a delicious collaborative effort between Green Enterprise Toronto (GET), Slow Food Toronto and Local Food Plus (LFP) who work to promote local-sustainable food and farming. The event takes place Friday April 17 at the University of Toronto’s Hart House and pairs locally made beers with gourmet dishes, all made from local ingredients.
Quebec City’s First Annual Wine Show
Last weekend Quebec City launched their first annual food and wine show. Wine shows can be overwhelming, as there are so many merchants present and each one showcases a wide selection of their products. It usually takes a while to get the feel for the room, see where the crowds are and schmooze the other [...]
LIVERight’s Healthy Food Challenge
Last night was the Gala dinner for The Canadian Liver Foundation’s LIVERight Awards competition. The awards are a stamp of approval from the Liver Foundation to food manufacturers that rise to the challenge of creating delicious and convenient foods that meet health and nutritional standards. The annual award program was created to raise awareness of [...]
Apetite For Opera; a Czech Inspired Dinner
I just heard about this foodie event and thought I would share it with you because it sounds fun. This Thursday, January 22nd Executive Chef Kreg Graham of Tundra Restaurant at the Toronto Hilton will host 2009’s first “Appetite for Opera.” He will be featuring a special Czech-inspired menu to complement Antonin Dvořák’s Opera, Rusalka [...]
Great Northern Squirrel, a Hogtown Favourite!
The Toronto Reference Library is currently showing an exhibit called Local Flavour: Eating in Toronto, 1830-1955, which runs until from January 1 in the TD Gallery. I was downtown last week and popped in to check it out. The exhibition features 125 years of cookbooks, advertisements and photographs that look at Toronto’s history through cooking [...]
Try Your Hand at Cooking Like a Chef!
Last week I was invited to an insanely delicious lunch cooked by chef Warren Geraghty of West restaurant in Vancouver. The lunch was held at the beautiful room at The Fifth Restaurant in Toronto and was to celebrate the launch of the newly released The Cookbook West. Along with a number of Toronto’s foodie types, [...]
