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Food & Drink
CNE Snacks 2013: we try bacon milkshakes, chocolate-covered franks and more at this year’s culinary freak show
We thought last year’s CNE fat-fest was bacon-centric, but this summer’s rendition reveals new levels of porcine depravity:...
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Wild boar and tofu bacon at Baconfest 2013
Toronto’s enduring fascination with cured pork products finds yet another expression in Baconfest, a daylong food fair devoted...
Food & Drink
Sideshow Snacks: cronut burgers, Nutella fries and bacon-covered everything at the CNE
The CNE food tent has devolved into a culinary freak show: a place where ordinary snacks—like ice cream cones and...
Food & Drink
A brief history of bacon: charting Toronto’s enduring fascination with the glorious, salty stuff
Photographs: William Davies Shop and Davies Pen of Hogs from Wikimedia 1 Commons; Peameal sandwich by Carlo Mendoza; Caviar from...
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Introducing: Rashers, the new Leslieville shop devoted to the bacon sandwich
Memories of the bacon butties of England and Ireland inspired industrial designer Richard Mulley and aviation CEO John Clark to...
City News
Nine Toronto Halloween costumes, from Kevin O’Leary to a condo tower
Since Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, most of the revelry will be this coming weekend—which means there’s only a few...
Food & Drink
Is a global bacon shortage imminent?
Sure, at The Dish we like salty-smoky rashers of bacon as much as the next guy, but the bacon-everything trend, which has been...
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A culinary tour of some of this year’s deep-fried wonders at the CNE
For last year’s Canadian National Exhibition, we brought you eight culinary innovations, including the god-awful (but much...
Food & Drink
The CNE announces this year’s deep-fried and bacon-laden indulgences
Each year, we fear and anticipate in equal measure the arrival of whatever new deep-fried offerings and culinary innovations the...
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Introducing: The White Brick Kitchen, a new spot for American comfort food (“Tater Tots” included)
The newest local joint serving up hearty comfort food is tucked in among the Korean eateries on Bloor Street West. The White Brick...
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Introducing: Easy Restaurant, the College Street outpost of the classic Parkdale breakfast joint
With the advent of brinner and the dizzying popularity of all things bacon, it’s not surprising that all-day breakfast joints...
Food & Drink
Why whiskey could be the new bacon (parental discretion advised)
Remember your last bourbon sour? Well, we hope you savoured it, because the surge of brown spirit–based drinks might well be on...
Culture
The Top Chef Canada exit interview: episode 3, death by rendering
This season, we’ll be chatting with each week’s eliminated chef after they get the boot (or, rather, after their boot-getting...
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GALLERY: Our 10 edible picks from this year’s Toronto Christmas Market (mulled wine very much included)
You don’t have to be a wide-eyed, rosy-cheeked tot to enjoy the second annual Toronto Christmas Market at the Distillery...
Food & Drink
The bacon-everything trend reaches its tragedy and farce stage (parental discretion advised)
This morning, the world’s food editors, reporters and bloggers issued forth a collective shudder upon receiving the latest press...
Culture
Recipe to Riches reviewed: Episode 3, Chicken Grenades
Once again on this week‘s Recipe to Riches, the show’s formula stayed pretty much the same. But for some reason, the whole...
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City News
Weekend Reading List: top stories from our sister sites, from runway panache to butternut squash
Every weekend we round up the highlights from the other websites in the St. Joseph Media family. Check them out, after the...
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President’s Choice gets in on the bacon-everything trend with the new, upscale Black Label line
Loblaws is set to launch a line of gourmet products meant to compete with the likes of Pusateri’s or Mark McEwan’ s grocery...
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Ex marks the spot: eight culinary innovations at this year’s Canadian National Exhibition (including deep-fried cola)
In the days of yore, people flocked to the Canadian National Exhibition to see the year’s prize cows, pigs and horses. It’s...
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Best of the City 2011: Five top spots for a delicious drink
Rooftop drink Cocktail class Ice Blood orange margarita Wine by the glass The Roof Lounge 4 Avenue Rd., 416-925-1234 The Park...
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It’s back: KFC introduces the Double Down 2.0 to Canada, now with slightly less sodium
In what seems more like fodder for competitive eaters and Twitterers than legitimate news, KFC has just announced that the Double...
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Introducing: The Lakeview Storehouse, Dundas West’s new corner store and communal pantry
Back in November 2010, we told you that the owners of the Lakeview Restaurant were planning on going retail in early December with...
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Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 3: Aykroyd’s verboten vodka
Was it just us, or was the level of cooking on last night’s episode of Top Chef Canada miles ahead of the safe, bland fare from...
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Just in time for Easter, a photographic tour of Toronto’s exceptional—and unusual—egg creations
Nutrient-dense, endlessly versatile, yet Platonically simple, eggs are truly one of nature’s perfect foods. While many chefs...
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
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Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
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Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
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“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative