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Inside the private art collection of La Banane and CXBO Chocolates co-owner Sarah Keenlyside

Inside the private art collection of La Banane and CXBO Chocolates co-owner Sarah Keenlyside

No wall is left uncovered in her gorgeous Kensington Market loft

Inside the kitchen of Brandon Olsen and Sarah Keenlyside, the owners of La Banane and CXBO

Inside the kitchen of Brandon Olsen and Sarah Keenlyside, the owners of La Banane and CXBO

Just a few of the things it's stocked with: chocolate, foie gras, butter and a bowl of Dungeness crabs

What’s being served for <em>Toronto Life’</em>s one-night-only dinner at La Banane
Food & Drink

What’s being served for Toronto Life’s one-night-only dinner at La Banane

Get your tickets before they're gone

<em>Toronto Life</em> is hosting a series of epic dinners at the city’s best restaurants, and you’re invited
Food & Drink

Toronto Life is hosting a series of epic dinners at the city’s best restaurants, and you’re invited

You don't want to miss these one-night-only menus

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

What’s on the menu at La Banane, Brandon Olsen’s fancy, French-inspired restaurant on Ossington

What’s on the menu at La Banane, Brandon Olsen’s fancy, French-inspired restaurant on Ossington

Including something called a "Ziggy Stardust Disco Egg"

What’s on the menu at CXBO, a colourful new sweet shop in Brockton Village
Food & Drink

What’s on the menu at CXBO, a colourful new sweet shop in Brockton Village

Bonbons, caramels and fruit jellies as if designed by Jackson Pollock and Buckminster Fuller.

Charlie’s Burgers is hosting a one-off dinner at Wayhome Music Festival
Food & Drink

Charlie’s Burgers is hosting a one-off dinner at Wayhome Music Festival

It's a step up from the usual food truck fare

Consumed: What Franco Stalteri, the founder of Charlie’s Burgers, ate last week
Food & Drink

Consumed: What Franco Stalteri, the founder of Charlie’s Burgers, ate last week

"I've had trouble with fernet ever since Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver came to Toronto for back-to-back CB dinners"

Consumed: What the Harbord Room’s Cory Vitiello ate last week
Food & Drink

Consumed: What the Harbord Room’s Cory Vitiello ate last week

"I crushed about six red Twizzlers—always red—and some tequila on the rocks"

Twelve of the city’s most terrific chocolate truffles
Food & Drink

Twelve of the city’s most terrific chocolate truffles

We're cuckoo for this cocoa

How Canoe celebrated its 20th anniversary
Food & Drink

How Canoe celebrated its 20th anniversary

The restaurant welcomed back past chefs and front-of-house staff to work with the current crew for a one-night-only tasting menu

Ex–Bar Isabel chef Brandon Olsen is opening a chocolate shop in Brockton Village
Food & Drink

Ex–Bar Isabel chef Brandon Olsen is opening a chocolate shop in Brockton Village

While he might be known for his work with foie gras and fried chicken, his true love is sugar

Introducing: Bar Isabel, Grant van Gameren’s highly anticipated new restaurant in Little Italy
Food & Drink

Introducing: Bar Isabel, Grant van Gameren’s highly anticipated new restaurant in Little Italy

Big Stories

&#8220;I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique&#8221;: a memoir about being homeless during Covid
Memoir

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid

The miserable truth about online school
City

The miserable truth about online school

They were first in line for the vaccine: &#8220;I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare&#8221;
City

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto&#8217;s top chef
Memoir

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever
Memoir

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever

&#8220;I lost three patients in 36 hours&#8221;: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH
Memoir

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH

&#8220;My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult&#8221;
Life

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top 10 longreads of 2020
Deep Dives

Toronto Life’s top 10 longreads of 2020

They survived Covid, but they&#8217;re not okay
Life

They survived Covid, but they’re not okay

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice
City

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice

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