Food

Setting the table for a radically different food guide

Food guides count. Canada’s Food Guide is a big deal – but it can be much more influential. On the whole, the guide is a symbol Canada’s food-related values. Public institutions, schools, universities and community-based organizations look to it to reflect ...

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Annabelle’s Review: Return to Midi brunch is ‘outstanding’

Midi Bistro is a charming French restaurant in mid town. It certainly was the place to be on this Sunday morning. It is a small restaurant and was completely filled. I noticed that Chelsea seemed to be the only server. ...

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Rush Hour 1438A Dufferin St. 416 533 4687

Rush Hour, without any hesitation, is my favourite restaurant in town. I have introduced this place to many friends. Now their friends also attend on a regular basis. You must have a reservation. It is wonderful to see a family ...

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Trump expected to serve up higher food prices

Sylvain Charlebois — [Troy Media] Donald Trump has been a topic of conversation at dinner tables for some time. Now, the American president-elect is poised to push up the cost of the food on those same tables. Policy proposals on immigration, ...

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Review of Café La Gaffe on Baldwin St.

My neighbor called me up at the last minute and suggested dinner. I have been meaning to go back to this special spot in Baldwin Village. I was delighted. The whole street is a series of restaurants. It is fun ...

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Seen: Evening at the Market

The 2016 Evening at the Market gala drew a happy throng of 1500 people from all over Toronto, who sampled the very best of the wares of the 120 participating vendors. Proceeds from this year’s event went to Second Harvest.—E.M.

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St. Lawrence Market ‘Evening’ a tasty success

St. Lawrence Market’s wildly popular Evening at the Market was held Nov. 10 and, as usual, was quickly sold out of all 1,500 passes. It’s an evening when merchants at the world-renowned St. Lawrence Market strut their most extravagant best ...

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Restaurant Review: Bistro Five61

Annabelle Goodman – Kabeer Goel is a masterful chef and the owner of this favoured spot. The plating is exquisite. The food is outstanding. Ted and George are the two servers that will look after you. They are delightful and ...

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Water-dominating Nestle can be hard to recognize

Frank Touby — It’s hard to boycott Nestle, the horrid corporation whose despicable president decreed that access to water “should not be a public right.” In the mind of that evil character, it’s proper that his corporation should prosper by charging ...

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Aquaculture rules fail to protect wild salmon

Neville Crabbe — In a recent study, Gardner Pinfold Consultants Inc. has found regulation of salmon aquaculture in Canada, Maine, and Norway does not meet international standards for the protection of wild fish. Laws and regulations in New Brunswick, Nova ...

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