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Just Opened: Le Papillon finally alights at Jonathan Ashbridge Park
According to Paul and Danielle Bigué, it was a sign from God that convinced them to convert a 90-year-old house on Eastern Avenue...
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Paula Deen hit by flying ham, Moscow’s favourite vodka comes to Canada, cooking up Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood
• The ever-upbeat Paula Deen was unaware that she was in a game of catch when someone tossed a ham in her...
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Picking the best butter, ice cream for dogs, robot chefs take over Asian kitchens
• Dogs are no longer left out in the cold when it comes to ice cream. A teenaged entrepreneur from New York City has...
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David Lee and his chicken cartilage take home top honours at the Toronto edition of Gold Medal Plates
The bar was raised mighty high last night for the city’s haute cuisine scene with a head-to-head cook-off between some of...
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Greg Couillard’s back in Toronto to cook up a Mexican-Caribbean-Indonesian-Asian menu at the Spice Room
"If chefs are not doing drugs, they're drinking; and if they're not doing either, they're lying," says Greg Couillard while...
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More and more hot international chefs eating out in Toronto
We have been noticing lately that internationally renowned chefs are increasingly traipsing through Toronto. A few months...
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Whole Foods gets some competition, Rosie DiManno’s Halloween hijinks, rethinking turkey dinners
• New York challenges three chefs to create a Thanksgiving meal using such classic ingredients as turkey, brussels...
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Squash season is upon us: five of T.O.‘s top chefs show us how they’re treating fall’s star fruit
For Toronto chefs worshipping at the altar of fresh and local, squash is the ingredient of the moment. Cowbell ’s owner and...
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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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New York slams Canadians for not “doing their homework” on Coco cookbook
In a recent finger-wagging post on New York 's food blog, Grub Street, Daniel Maurer chastises the top figures of Canada's...
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Tyler Cunningham and Frank Romano go spatula to spatula in Liberty Village booze-off
Mildred’s Temple Kitchen is staging a battle (Crown) royal tomorrow. House chef Tyler Cunningham and Frank Romano (of Far Niente...
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Boneless chicken wings on more menus, Canadian diet unhealthy, Toronto’s newest microbrews
• The Holland Marsh is more than a distance marker on the way to cottage country. Fourteen per cent of Ontario's produce is...
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The sandwich generation: how the recession helped the lowly lunch box staple conquer Toronto
As people downsized discretionary spending (and foie gras consumption), the city’s chefs embraced their new bread and...
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Five no-sweat Thanksgiving meals
Attention, time-crunched turkey lovers. This weekend, some of Toronto’s top chefs and gourmet shops are offering no-fuss...
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Gourmet magazine has balled its last melon
Gourmet is no more. The food world is mourning the loss of the magazine, which has been a cornerstone of North American culinary...
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Christine Cushing berates hapless cooks, risks food poisoning
Even though Christine Cushing was a Food Network mainstay with three shows, cookbooks and her own line of food products, she...
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Food Porn: the Brick Works Picnic shows off the local harvest
It’s harvest time, and that means the Picnic at the Brick Works is close at hand. In only its third year, this annual...
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Michael Smith’s tweeting imposter, coffee does not keep drivers alert, Mexican truffles come to T.O.
• Canadian chef Michael Smith, one of the Food Network’s biggest stars, was recently appalled to find that a fake Michael...
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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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Truffles to close: Toronto’s grandfather of fine dining bites the dust after 37 years
After nearly four decades of obsequious service and high-end dining, the Four Seasons' restaurant Truffles announced that it will...
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The Roosevelt Room takes the supper club back to the future
Another supper club is opening in the Entertainment District, but before the eye rolling commences, note that The Roosevelt Room...
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Bud Lite makers sue Ontario craft brewer, the anatomy of a restaurant closure, rice-pairing guide
• The Star reports that Ontario beer maker Brick Brewing Co. is being sued for copyright infringement by the makers of Bud Light...
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Dominic Amaral leaves Madeline’s, Jason Carter takes over
After working under Susur Lee for nine years, head chef Dominic Amaral has left his post at Madeline’s and is now working at...
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Instant pleasure? Starbucks replaces actual java with the just-add-water variety
When Starbucks invited us to The Drake for a big announcement last week, we instantly started dreaming up the next designer...
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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
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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