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Five 2010 trends to watch: we ask Jamie Kennedy, Anthony Walsh, David Lee and other chefs what to look for in the coming year
It’s no secret that 2009 was rough for restaurants—“It’s a year a lot of restaurateurs are happy to see go,” says C5...
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Chicken skin becoming trendy, deep-fried macaroni and cheese, Jason Alexander shills for Jenny Craig
• Food and Wine ’s Mouthing Off blog is predicting that chicken skin will usurp bacon as a trendy fatty food in 2010. The...
Food & Drink
Q&A: three minutes with Naked Chef Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver will send foodophiles into full swoon this Sunday, when he appears Roy Thomson Hall to speak about his new...
Food & Drink
A seven-patty burger, DIY mushroom farming, grain- versus grass-fed beef
• When it comes to weird fast-food promotions, no one beats the Japanese. This time around, Burger King has teamed up with...
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Ten worst dining trends, wine corrodes teeth, recession takes its toll on Halloween
• The recession has claimed yet another victim: Halloween candy. A new U.S. survey has found that the recession will mean less...
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Bacon-flavoured beer, the fattest city in America, the 50 best spots to eat the 50 best foods
• On a recent foray to Huntington, West Virginia (recently bestowed with the dubious distinction of being America’s fattest...
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In its 20th year, Feast of Fields is better than ever—and we have the pictures to prove it
No, Jamie Kennedy , we couldn’t possibly eat another. Those heirloom tomato, arugula and crispy pancetta BLTs were...
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How to cook a pig’s head, the chocolate-and-meat trend, restaurants bribe Yelp users
• British chef Fergus Henderson , who espouses a nose-to-tail philosophy when it comes to eating animals, appears in a new video...
Food & Drink
Pierre Gagnaire’s new restaurant, more Canadians eating out, International Bacon Day
• Why wait until September 5 when you can start International Bacon Day shopping now? Bacon-flavoured lip gloss and...
Food & Drink
Riding the gravy train: Smoke’s Poutinerie plans new locations and a poutine truck
Fries, curds and gravy—three simple ingredients that, when combined, create a dish as Canadian as hockey. Toronto’s love...
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A room of his own: Zane Caplansky moves his deli to old Jewish town
Zane Caplansky is bringing his celebrated “Toronto smoked meat”—part Schwartz’s , part Hogtown corned beef—to a brand...
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Washington takes on Toronto, the poutine craze goes south, Sutton Place caters to babies
• Just as Smoke’s Poutinerie and Poutini are doing in Toronto, Québécois chefs in New York are adding twists to the...
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Last call for Fiddleheads: Now we eat them, soon we won’t
The season’s first locavore love affair is about to come to an end. Fiddleheads—the fern fronds harvested for only one month...
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Bacon booze, Maple Leaf relief and the beef with beef
• Recent studies have revealed that beef is the least environmentally friendly meat out there, while the opposite is true of...
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More listeria lunch meat, hepatitis at the Hortons, why the U.K. loves Jamie Kennedy
• The ROM’s C5 ranks second in Food and Wine magazine’s list of the top 10 restaurants with a view. In your face, Santa...
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Flannel feasts at The Drake, fat facts at school, Burger King’s asinine advertising
• Because nothing screams "kids’ meal" better than a rap about getting an erection, the gurus at Burger King decided to sample...
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A special Coke for Passover, the biology of bacon’s appeal, the perfect pad Thai
• It’s not just breakfast tradition that attracts humans to bacon; there is a biological reason for its allure (and...
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A pierogi debate dies, Inniskillin’s Italian glory, bacon cocktails
• The media coverage of the alleged rat infestations in Chinatown has to do with a lot more than health concerns, argues...
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Toronto’s hidden brunch gems
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Praising peameal, Canadian wines go abroad, Marché Movenpick rises again
• The recession is hitting gimmicky joints hard, but “Insatiable” columnist Sasha Chapman sees few consequences for...
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TV’s boozing imperative, comparing obesity and smoking, fatty meal fetishes
• Food porn Web site thisiswhyyourefat.com is pioneering a new generation of gastronomic infatuation. The site features such...
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Mr. Sub drug bust, Starbucks downsizes, Pizza Pizza goes west
• Carb-loading may not be the only indulgence attracting Mr. Sub customers after dark. Police uncovered a marijuana stash worth...
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’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
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Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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!”
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