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Toronto’s first family of cheese
City

Toronto’s first family of cheese

The Pristine family own the iconic Cheese Boutique, and they have big plans for the near future

Cheese Boutique’s food truck is hosting Toronto’s top chefs for parking lot pop-ups
Food & Drink

Cheese Boutique’s food truck is hosting Toronto’s top chefs for parking lot pop-ups

If you park it, they will come

What notable Torontonians are watching, reading and listening to this fall
Culture

What notable Torontonians are watching, reading and listening to this fall

Pop culture recommendations from Aurora James, Cheryl Hickey, Afrim Pristine, Dani Reiss, Richard Florida and more

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

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

Follow along at home

Toronto chefs and restaurateurs on what they hope to see more (or less) of in 2020

Toronto chefs and restaurateurs on what they hope to see more (or less) of in 2020

“I would love for people to stop thinking Instagram is the be all and end all”

Toronto’s top chefs reveal their go-to neighbourhood restaurants and all-time favourite dishes
Food & Drink

Toronto’s top chefs reveal their go-to neighbourhood restaurants and all-time favourite dishes

Spoiler alert: Edulis is pretty popular

You bid $9,000 in a charity auction for a star-studded private dinner at your house. Here’s what you’re getting
Food & Drink

You bid $9,000 in a charity auction for a star-studded private dinner at your house. Here’s what you’re getting

The splurge benefitted Project Sunshine, which works to enrich the lives of children undergoing medical treatment in hospitals and care centres worldwide

How to get great wine delivered to your door (and a year of <em>Toronto Life</em> for free, too)
Food & Drink

How to get great wine delivered to your door (and a year of Toronto Life for free, too)

Because nothing goes better with a top-notch bottle than a really great read

Inside the kitchen of Sash Simpson, the executive chef of North 44

Inside the kitchen of Sash Simpson, the executive chef of North 44

Just a few of the things it's stocked with: frozen pierogies, instant noodles and crap ton of caviar

What was served at The Dinner Party, a 30-chef affair with three seven-course meals
Food & Drink

What was served at The Dinner Party, a 30-chef affair with three seven-course meals

Wait 'til you see the dishes

Inside the kitchen of Charlie’s Burgers founder Franco Stalteri

Inside the kitchen of Charlie’s Burgers founder Franco Stalteri

A few of the things it's stocked with: foie gras, gelato and a whole bunch of bubbly

Inside the kitchen of One’s pastry chef and chef de cuisine

Inside the kitchen of One’s pastry chef and chef de cuisine

A few things their kitchen is stocked with: champagne, homemade Jamaican patties and a ham pillow

Say cheese: Toronto heavyweights Afrim Pristine and Mark McEwan are teaming up
Food & Drink

Say cheese: Toronto heavyweights Afrim Pristine and Mark McEwan are teaming up

Praise cheeses!

Inside the kitchen of chef and restaurateur Grant van Gameren

Inside the kitchen of chef and restaurateur Grant van Gameren

A few of the things it's stocked with: meat, canned fish and lots of mescal

Inside the kitchen of the Tempered Room’s pastry chef Bertrand Alépée

Inside the kitchen of the Tempered Room’s pastry chef Bertrand Alépée

A few of the things it's stocked with: cheese, candy, coconut bacon and a bunch of butter

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Private School Directory

The Independent and Private School Directory Spring 2022
Private Schools

The Independent and Private School Directory Spring 2022

Big Stories

This family built their off-grid dream house for less than $1,000
Real Estate

This family built their off-grid dream house for less than $1,000

The true story of the $46-million heist that shocked the crypto world
City

The true story of the $46-million heist that shocked the crypto world

Tales of love and resilience from Little Ukraine
City

Tales of love and resilience from Little Ukraine

Toronto&#8217;s best new restaurants 2022
Food & Drink

Toronto’s best new restaurants 2022

This man would like your attention
City

This man would like your attention

I was forced into an arranged marriage at 17
Memoir

I was forced into an arranged marriage at 17

Toronto&#8217;s first family of cheese
City

Toronto’s first family of cheese

Twenty-five reasons to love Toronto now
City

Twenty-five reasons to love Toronto now

Inside a high-stakes flight from a crumbling country
Life

Inside a high-stakes flight from a crumbling country

The twisted mind of a serial romance scammer
City

The twisted mind of a serial romance scammer

What should the post-pandemic workplace look like?
City

What should the post-pandemic workplace look like?

How director Domee Shi turned Toronto into a pastel Pixar wonderland
Culture

How director Domee Shi turned Toronto into a pastel Pixar wonderland

How I learned the horrifying truth about my biological father
Memoir

How I learned the horrifying truth about my biological father

Inside a $4-billion family feud
City

Inside a $4-billion family feud

Fifteen mesmerizing photos that reveal the lives of Torontonians in the 1960s and ’70s
City

Fifteen mesmerizing photos that reveal the lives of Torontonians in the 1960s and ’70s

Behind the scenes of an $11-billion subway war
City

Behind the scenes of an $11-billion subway war

Dispatches from the weirdest university year ever
Life

Dispatches from the weirdest university year ever

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top longreads of 2021
City

Toronto Life’s top longreads of 2021

Fired for being female
City

Fired for being female

The winter hater&#8217;s guide to loving winter
City

The winter hater’s guide to loving winter

Great Spaces

Inside Vettä Nordic Spa, an indoor-outdoor Finnish pleasure palace in Oro-Medonte
Style

Inside Vettä Nordic Spa, an indoor-outdoor Finnish pleasure palace in Oro-Medonte

Best Dressed

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac &#038; Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac & Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey &#038; Lucia Remedios

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey & Lucia Remedios

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