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Chris Nuttall-Smith
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Kitchen Diaries: The five most-snooped-in chef’s fridges of 2017
Over the past year, we raided the kitchens of Toronto chefs and notable foodies. These were the most-popular ones
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Inside the kitchen of new
Top Chef Canada
judge Chris Nuttall-Smith
A few of the things it's stocked with: Lay's chips, bean-and-cheese burritos and ground-up cricket larvae
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A new chef collective hosts a dinner party to up the east end’s cred
Chefs Dan Pantano (Glas), John Sinopoli ( Table 17 and Ascari Enoteca ), Sean Simons ( Goods and Provisions and The Comrade...
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The Dish Power Rankings: April fools edition
Toronto Life’s roundup of the restaurants with the biggest buzz, the longest lineups and the toughest tables to snag. A long...
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Reaction Roundup: what keeps Canadian restaurants out of the world’s top 50?
Last week, we told you about Restaurant magazine’s annual list of the world’s best restaurants, which, once again, featured no...
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Six things we learned from the Globe’s feature on Grant van Gameren, Enoteca Sociale’s new executive chef
Last month we reported that Grant van Gameren, formerly of The Black Hoof , was working the stoves at Lucien (although the...
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True Grits: Chris Nuttall-Smith on Acadia’s sublime Lowcountry cooking
There are things you don’t expect in a cheap, casual Little Italy restaurant with a mediocre wine list. You don’t expect to...
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New York mag posts travel guide to the “Urbanist’s Toronto”
Once again, New York has recruited Save the Deli author David Sax to convince New Yorkers that, contra Jack Donaghy, there’s...
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Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on La Société, Charles Khabouth’s sexy, buzzy French bistro
Four million dollars buys a lot of restaurant, even on Bloor Street, at the heart of the city’s richest retail mile. Charles...
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Chris Nuttall-Smith on the craft-brewing movement that’s taking over Toronto
In a dingy former office at the back of Great Lakes Brewery in Etobicoke, nine waist-high, 50-litre fermenters gently burble with...
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It’s on: Summerlicious 2011 starts today, and we’ve got you covered
You’ve been fighting for reservations for the last 15 days, and finally, it’s here. That’s right, Summerlicious 2011...
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11 best bets for Summerlicious 2011: our chief critic Chris Nuttall-Smith makes his picks
Now in its ninth season, the city-run ’Licious phenomenon (there are both summer and winter incarnations, in case you’ve been...
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The South Rises: Chris Nuttall-Smith on the best barbecue joints in the GTA
The city’s latest southern-inspired restaurants are serving up smoky, tender, chin-dribbling barbecue. Who cares if it’s not...
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City’s average burger price plummets with closure of M:brgr’s King West location
On Tuesday, we heard through the grapevine from Montreal food journalist Lesley Chesterman that the Toronto location of M:brgr...
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Top Chef Canada recap, episode 6: horsing around
Last night’s episode of Top Chef Canada might have featured superstar New York chef Daniel Boulud , but the viewing audience...
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Susur Lee lite: the celebrity chef is back, but he didn’t bring his A game. Lee Lounge, his latest venture, falls flat
In the year following the announcement of Susur Lee’s new project in the storied room that once was Susur restaurant, it was...
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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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Where to Eat Now: 2011 edition
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Greatest Hits: Chris Nuttall-Smith picks the 25 most delicious dishes of the last year
The 25 most delicious dishes tasted this year, ranging from lowbrow comforts (potato puffballs) to high-minded masterpieces...
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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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Frisky Business: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on Mark McEwan’s Fabbrica
Bling king Mark McEwan has abandoned his usual opulence with Fabbrica. It’s loud, lusty and the one thing elite chefs tend to...
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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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Real Simple: Chris Nuttall-Smith takes on Enoteca Sociale and La Bettola di Terroni
Enoteca Sociale doesn’t look like much, and the cooking isn’t fancy. But this humble Dundas West spot is a revelation We’re...
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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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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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“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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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
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand