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Caroline Aksich

Caroline Aksich, a National Magazine Award recipient, is an ex-Montrealer who writes about Toronto’s ever-evolving food scene, real estate and culture for Toronto Life, Fodor’s, Designlines, Canadian Business, Glory Media and Post City. Her work ranges from features on octopus-hunting in the Adriatic to celebrity profiles.

Latest from Caroline Aksich

Inside the kitchen of Felicia De Rose, chef de cuisine for Planta Burger and the Chase Fish and Oyster

Inside the kitchen of Felicia De Rose, chef de cuisine for Planta Burger and the Chase Fish and Oyster

Just a few of the things it's stocked with: homemade pesto, Kraft Singles, corn dogs and weed gummies

What's on the menu at Goa Indian Farm Kitchen, Hemant Bhagwani's new restaurant at Bayview Village

What’s on the menu at Goa Indian Farm Kitchen, Hemant Bhagwani’s new restaurant at Bayview Village

After a two-year break, Bhagwani is back

Why Ufficio's stuffed trout is an essential Toronto dish

Why Ufficio’s stuffed trout is an essential Toronto dish

We're asking some of the city’s top food folks about their favourite T.O. meals

What's on the menu at Grand Cru Deli, a new wine bar in the Entertainment District

What’s on the menu at Grand Cru Deli, a new wine bar in the Entertainment District

Including muffulettas for-two and caviar service

Inside the colourful Liberty Village offices of Koho

Inside the colourful Liberty Village offices of Koho

The personal finance start-up has turned an ex-industrial space into a candy-coloured tech playground

Inside the kitchen of Malcolm Campbell, Auberge du Pommier's chef de cuisine

Inside the kitchen of Malcolm Campbell, Auberge du Pommier’s chef de cuisine

A few of the things it's stocked with: sourdough starter, homemade jam and a whole lotta proteins

What's on the menu at Green Tea, Chinatown's new place for Hangzhou-style dishes

What’s on the menu at Green Tea, Chinatown’s new place for Hangzhou-style dishes

It's part of the new crop of mainland Chinese chains that have set their expansion sights on the Canadian market

Why La Limonada's Trini doubles are an essential Toronto dish

Why La Limonada’s Trini doubles are an essential Toronto dish

We're asking some of the city’s top food folks about their favourite T.O. meals

Inside Unboxed Market, Toronto's new waste-free grocery store

Inside Unboxed Market, Toronto’s new waste-free grocery store

There's fresh produce, a butcher counter and a hot bar—just don't expect to find any single-use plastics

What's on the menu at Hutaoli, Markham's Chinese version of Hard Rock Cafe

What’s on the menu at Hutaoli, Markham’s Chinese version of Hard Rock Cafe

Including durian pizza

Inside the kitchen of Matthew Ravenscroft, the head chef of plant-based Mexican restaurant Rosalinda

Inside the kitchen of Matthew Ravenscroft, the head chef of plant-based Mexican restaurant Rosalinda

A few of the things it's stocked with: Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, fancy butter, coffee and mezcal

11 extraordinary family-style feasts to fill up on this Family Day

11 extraordinary family-style feasts to fill up on this Family Day

Start your own tradition of not doing dishes

What's on the menu at Brodflour, a new bakery in Liberty Village that mills its own flours

What’s on the menu at Brodflour, a new bakery in Liberty Village that mills its own flours

Including fancy toast

Inside the kitchen of Ed Bozzo, co-owner and head baker of Mimico's SanRemo Bakery

Inside the kitchen of Ed Bozzo, co-owner and head baker of Mimico’s SanRemo Bakery

Just a few of the things it's stocked with: Miss Vickie's chips, cheese, avocados and doughnuts

What's on the menu at Away Kitchen and Café, a new plant-based pizza parlour on Queen West

What’s on the menu at Away Kitchen and Café, a new plant-based pizza parlour on Queen West

It's Awai's more-casual sister spot

What's on the menu at Louix Louis, the super-luxe restaurant inside the new St. Regis Hotel

What’s on the menu at Louix Louis, the super-luxe restaurant inside the new St. Regis Hotel

Wait until you see the cake

What's on the menu at Cantina Mercatto, the newest addition to the Mercatto restaurant family

What’s on the menu at Cantina Mercatto, the newest addition to the Mercatto restaurant family

Just in time to carbo-load for the winter

What's on the menu at Virtuous Pie, a B.C.-based vegan pizza joint

What’s on the menu at Virtuous Pie, a B.C.-based vegan pizza joint

But you won't find the word "vegan" on the menu

A first look inside the Toronto Trump Hotel's replacement, the St. Regis

Real Estate News

A first look inside the Toronto Trump Hotel’s replacement, the St. Regis

With the U.S. president's name banished from Toronto's skyline, here's what comes next

Why the lobster at Rodney's Oyster House is one of Toronto's essential dishes

Why the lobster at Rodney’s Oyster House is one of Toronto’s essential dishes

We're asking some of the city’s top food folks about their favourite T.O. meals

Why Buca Yorkville's branzino crudo is one of Toronto's most essential dishes

Why Buca Yorkville’s branzino crudo is one of Toronto’s most essential dishes

We're asking some of the city’s top food folks about their favourite T.O. meals

Inside the kitchen of Nicki Laborie, owner of Yorkville Mediterranean lounge Bar Reyna

Inside the kitchen of Nicki Laborie, owner of Yorkville Mediterranean lounge Bar Reyna

A few of the things it's stocked with: champagne, Spanish conservas and lots of crackers

Why the broken rice from this Vietnamese restaurant at Jane and Finch is one of Toronto's essential dishes

Why the broken rice from this Vietnamese restaurant at Jane and Finch is one of Toronto’s essential dishes

We're asking some of the city’s top food folks about their favourite T.O. meals.

Inside the kitchen of Stefan Skeene, the executive chef for Pollyanna, Eastside Social and The Thirsty Duck

Inside the kitchen of Stefan Skeene, the executive chef for Pollyanna, Eastside Social and The Thirsty Duck

Just a few of the things it's stocked with: rum, avocados and Trader Joe's finds

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks

Big Stories

Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it

Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it

When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

It’s hard out here for a 20-something

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

Just Listed

For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent

For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent

As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment