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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

Halloween at home: Creepy cookie kits, scary-movie snacks, spooky booze and other treats you can get delivered to your door

Halloween at home: Creepy cookie kits, scary-movie snacks, spooky booze and other treats you can get delivered to your door

This year, have the candy come right to you

What's on the menu at Marked, the Entertainment District's new 10,000-square-foot restaurant and cocktail bar

What’s on the menu at Marked, the Entertainment District’s new 10,000-square-foot restaurant and cocktail bar

There's a roomy patio and more than 60 cocktails on offer

The Ultimate Gourmet Delivery Guide 2020

The Ultimate Gourmet Delivery Guide 2020

A slew of gourmet goods you can now get delivered to your door

Eight-foot-high acrylic walls, HEPA filters and virtual servers: How one Toronto restaurateur is taking extreme precautions to reopen

Eight-foot-high acrylic walls, HEPA filters and virtual servers: How one Toronto restaurateur is taking extreme precautions to reopen

When Avelo reopens on August 27, it will look a bit different

Toronto's top takeout spots

Toronto’s top takeout spots

Our guide to the most deliriously delicious dishes now available for pickup and delivery

Toronto bars and restaurants selling barbecue, charcuterie, booze and produce boxes at takeout windows and street-side markets

Toronto bars and restaurants selling barbecue, charcuterie, booze and produce boxes at takeout windows and street-side markets

Also: larb, sake, Thai smoothies, wine and two-minute dance parties

Quarantine Cuisine: How Michelin-star chef Masaki Saito makes a chilled tantanmen soup that's perfect for the summer

Quarantine Cuisine: How Michelin-star chef Masaki Saito makes a chilled tantanmen soup that’s perfect for the summer

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Pantry Raid: Elle Cuisine owner Lauren Mozer's six essential kitchen supplies

Pantry Raid: Elle Cuisine owner Lauren Mozer’s six essential kitchen supplies

And what she does with each one

10 Toronto stores that will deliver ice cream and gelato right to your door

10 Toronto stores that will deliver ice cream and gelato right to your door

Putting on that quarantine 15 just got easier

Quarantine Cuisine: How Dark Horse Espresso's Deanna Zunde makes her decadent chocolate chip cookies

Quarantine Cuisine: How Dark Horse Espresso’s Deanna Zunde makes her decadent chocolate chip cookies

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Quarantine Cuisine: How Cheese Boutique owner Afrim Pristine makes his not-too-saucy stromboli

Quarantine Cuisine: How Cheese Boutique owner Afrim Pristine makes his not-too-saucy stromboli

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A Q&A with DaiLo's Nick Liu, TL Insider's chef-in-residence for June

A Q&A with DaiLo’s Nick Liu, TL Insider’s chef-in-residence for June

See what he has in store for members this month

Pantry Raid: Shoushin chef Jackie Lin's five essential kitchen supplies

Pantry Raid: Shoushin chef Jackie Lin’s five essential kitchen supplies

And what he does with each one

Quarantine Cuisine: How La Palma chef Craig Harding makes his clean-out-the-fridge chicken curry

Quarantine Cuisine: How La Palma chef Craig Harding makes his clean-out-the-fridge chicken curry

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Toronto's bread-loving bakers share their sourdough-starter origin stories

Toronto’s bread-loving bakers share their sourdough-starter origin stories

Including a WWI-era starter from France and one that was brought to life in the Yukon 123 years ago

Pantry Raid: Kitchen Guerrilla owner Roshan Kanagarajah's six essential kitchen supplies

Pantry Raid: Kitchen Guerrilla owner Roshan Kanagarajah’s six essential kitchen supplies

And what he does with each one

Quarantine Cuisine: Chef Ariel Coplan's recipe for dessert-worthy apple crumble pancakes

Quarantine Cuisine: Chef Ariel Coplan’s recipe for dessert-worthy apple crumble pancakes

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Pantry Raid: Ufficio chef Ivana Raca's five essential kitchen supplies

Pantry Raid: Ufficio chef Ivana Raca’s five essential kitchen supplies

And what she does with each one

Quarantine Cuisine: How Rosalinda chef Matthew Ravenscroft makes his cheesy chilaquiles

Quarantine Cuisine: How Rosalinda chef Matthew Ravenscroft makes his cheesy chilaquiles

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Quarantine Cuisine: How North Saigon catering chef Kim Vo makes her comforting pho ga

Quarantine Cuisine: How North Saigon catering chef Kim Vo makes her comforting pho ga

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Quarantine Cuisine: How chef Ben Heaton makes his zesty club sandwich

Quarantine Cuisine: How chef Ben Heaton makes his zesty club sandwich

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Quarantine Cuisine: Enoteca Sociale chef Kyle Rindinella shares the recipe for his nonna's lasagna

Quarantine Cuisine: Enoteca Sociale chef Kyle Rindinella shares the recipe for his nonna’s lasagna

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"I don't think food is meant to be hoarded or kept exclusive": A Q&A with chef Nick Chen-Yin about his open-source cookbook featuring recipes from Toronto's top chefs

“I don’t think food is meant to be hoarded or kept exclusive”: A Q&A with chef Nick Chen-Yin about his open-source cookbook featuring recipes from Toronto’s top chefs

Learn how to make Patti Robinson's sourdough, Ted Corrado's gnocchi, Werewolf Pizza's pepperoni pie and more

A Q&A with Lauren Mozer, Elle Cuisine owner and TL Insider's exclusive caterer, on her new virtual cooking classes

A Q&A with Lauren Mozer, Elle Cuisine owner and TL Insider’s exclusive caterer, on her new virtual cooking classes

Members who sign up will learn how to make a different dish each week

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

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