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The sipper club: meet the city’s competitive cabal of top sommeliers
Will Predhomme belongs to a competitive cabal of top sommeliers who sniff, sip and spit their way through hundreds of bottles a...
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Daniel Boulud announces new Montreal resto, joins long line of Michelin-starred chefs to snub Toronto
First Jean-Georges Vongerichten , then Daniel Boulud , then Gordon Ramsay , and now Daniel Boulud again. That’s three...
Culture
Top Chef Canada recap, episode 1: playing with knives
Like most fans of the original, American Top Chef , we came to last night’s premiere of Top Chef Canada with some pretty serious...
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The Weekender: Harlem Globetrotters, Bugs Bunny and six more distractions
1. HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS This long-running exhibition team—they celebrate their 85 anniversary this year—may have all sorts of...
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Best New Restaurants 2011
This year’s crop of restaurants, from a million-dollar dining room to a brazen burger joint, pushed Toronto’s culinary culture...
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With Sausage Partners, Kyle Deming plans to contribute yet another chef-run fine food shop to the Leslieville strip
First there was the Leslieville Cheese Market , then the Foodist Market , then Hooked , and now Sausage Partners . Leslieville is...
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Chuck Hughes becomes the first Canadian chef to beat Bobby Flay on Iron Chef
Chuck Hughes, chef at Montreal restaurant Garde Manger , won Iron Chef America this past weekend, succeeding where few competitors...
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Terroir 2011 roundup: we talk to Toronto’s top chefs and restaurateurs at the foodie symposium
A couple weeks back, 400 members of the food and hospitality industry gathered at Hart House for Terroir V. The annual symposium...
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Q&A with Vikram Vij: the celebrated Vancouver chef on his successes and why he won’t open a restaurant in Toronto
Vikram Vij , chef and owner of Vancoucer haute Indian restaurants Vij’s and Rangoli , was in town this week for the Canadian...
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Six things we learned from the Star’s interview with Momofuku chef David Chang
Last week saw a flurry of excitement over the rumours and then confirmation that David Chang , chef and owner of New York’s...
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Q&A with Fergus Henderson: the father of nose-to-tail eating comes to Toronto
It’s not hard to discern the influence that chef Fergus Henderson— co-owner of London’s legendary St. John Restaurant and...
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Googling gets more delicious with Recipe View
Continuing its never-ending quest to make searching marginally easier, yesterday Google introduced the pretty awesome Recipe...
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Introducing: 416 Snack Bar, Queen West’s newest spot for cosmopolitan late-night grub
With the recent arrival of such hot spots as The Hideout , Tattoo Rock Parlour and Barchef , the Queen and Bathurst area has seen...
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Modern comforts: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on Woodlot and Ici Bistro
Two neighbourhood restaurants serve up light-handed renditions of our rib-sticking favourites The comfort food revolution has...
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Good Stuff Cheap: four standout dinner dates for penny pinchers
FOR A CINQ À SEPT Devoted locavores should head to Beast after work Wednesday through Friday, when former Jamie Kennedy chefs...
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The 10 best pickled foods at Toronto restaurants
Pickled things—lovingly brined, jarred and served by the city’s star chefs—are the hottest grandmotherly food since cookies...
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12 best bets for Winterlicious 2011: our chief critic goes through the menus so you don’t have to
Big-spending downtown Torontonians have taken in the past few years to whining about Winterlicious, but the two-week dining...
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Introducing: Kenzo Ramen, the newest contender in the Annex Japanese restaurant wars
Does the Annex really need another budget-friendly Japanese restaurant? After all, the strip of Bloor Street is flooded with...
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Inside the fridge of Anthony Walsh, Canoe’s executive chef
What’s a staple in your fridge? Hot sauce is there. Cheeses. We’re crazy for cheese. With a homemade salami, you don’t need...
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Toronto’s best house-made pastas
Factory-made linguine and penne just don’t cut it anymore. These days, it’s all about making it in‑house. The silky ribbons...
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Toronto’s best Korean food: Chris Nuttall-Smith makes his picks
Move over, sushi. Now there’s something sexier. The new Korean cuisine is exciting, modern and worth crossing town for National...
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Empire state of mind: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on Scott Conant’s Scarpetta
Celeb chef Scott Conant opened his third outpost of Scarpetta this summer. Too bad it looks, feels and tastes like a branch plant...
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The List: 10 things chef David Adjey can’t live without
Ten things chef David Adjey, star of the new Food Network show The Opener , can’t live without The best perk ever I used to work...
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2,000 chefs weigh in on the top restaurant trend of 2010
Toronto is not always on the ball when it comes to eating and drinking trends (we’ve only just climbed on the speakeasy...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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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“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
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Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
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The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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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
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The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
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These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions