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Morimoto at Rain
To Rain early in the week for a special dinner of alternating courses cooked by Guy Rubino and guest chef, global superstar...
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Cause and Effect
Thursday night saw the spectacular start of the 2007 Gold Medal Plates campaign with a sold-out crowd of over 600 guests at...
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New Beginnings
Much rejoicing in the basement rec room of my brain that England has made it (OK, somewhat implausibly) to the final of the Rugby...
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Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy
Autumn is so much the favourite season of most Canadians I know (and why not? Canada does it so well) that I feel disloyal when...
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Under Canvas
It seems the worst sort of teasing to write about a meal that was available all through September at Splendido , knowing that...
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Gretzky, Brazil and New Zealand
Wine of the WeekWayne Gretzky Estates 2006 No. 99 Unoaked Chardonnay, Ontario ($13.95, 83 points, 63826) Celebrity, not...
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Youth Movements
Having finally got through the cruel deadlines that had accumulated during my self-indulgently prolonged stay in the somnolent...
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Five Great Niagara Moments
Wine of the WeekHidden Bench 2005 Vieilles Vignes Chardonnay, Beamsville Bench, Niagara Peninsula ($40, 93 points, 130 cases...
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More summer treats
Back to Toronto and happy to find that summer still lingers here, though Canadian friends (typically) are getting gleeful about...
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My Italian Summer Vacation
Wine of the WeekDonatella Cinelli Colombini 2003 Cenerentola, Orcia, Tuscany ($50, 90 points) One of the most interesting wines of...
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Salad Days
Three skinny feral cats have fallen in love with my wife and follow her everywhere like a retinue of tiny servants. It might be...
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Richard Bradshaw
News of the death of Richard Bradshaw casts a deep shadow over the old homestead. It reminds me of a conversation I once had with...
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Hot off the barbie
I’m posting early this week to give everyone a chance to participate in the World’s Longest Barbecue on Saturday, August...
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Pork and pinot
My daughter has secured a summer job as staff photographer at a camp near Minden. She returns to the city for three days while the...
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The Extraordinary Peter Gago
Wine of the Week Penfolds 2005 Thomas Hyland Shiraz, South Australia ($19.95, 89 points 611210) I tasted this new vintage, just...
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Four entrances and an exit
I went to Amaya on Thursday and enjoyed myself no end. Call the cooking there New Indian or Contemporary Subcontinental—or...
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Too much alone
Still eating my way through the 45 pounds of wild salmon I caught . Grilled, poached, roasted, fried, sliced into sashimi, turned...
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Crystal Five
I was sitting in the ROM’s new restaurant, C5, late last week, when the mimolette question arose yet again. Properly aged...
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Chinook thaw
Just when I thought the little single-prop Beaver sea plane was going to crash into the rocky pine forest that lined the shores, I...
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In the raw
I’ve been spending some time with Patrick McMurray’s new book, Consider The Oyster: A Shucker’s Field Guide , (McClelland...
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Nothing but the news
If any of you plan on being in Edmonton on June 12, come and join me for the first in a series of wine and food extravaganzas...
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Top Tuscans
Wine of the WeekGualdo del Ray 2003 Frederico Primo ($41.95, 92 points, www.vinvino.ca , 416-636-3534), Val di Cornia Suvereto...
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Van Inn
The Inn at Manitou has opened for its 34th season up near McKellar and was looking very spiffy in last week’s hot sunshine. The...
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Willi Fida
Just about 21 years ago, when I was a bran-new freelancer with an occasional gig at Toronto Life , the food editor at the...
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Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
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Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
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Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
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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
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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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“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
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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