CNE 2017: Ferris Wheels and Chicken Feet
CNE: A Toronto Tradition The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), more colloquially known as “the Ex”, has been an annual tradition in Canada’s largest city, Toronto, for nearly…
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MasterChef Canada: Behind the Scenes in Season 4
MasterChef Canada: Here I Come!!! I was thrilled to be a guest diner on “MasterChef Canada” Season 4 Episode 8, in which home cooks did…
Foragers Table: Freshest in New York
Foragers Table in Chelsea opened in 2012 with a firm belief that every product they sell should be locally sourced, sustainable and organic. Foragers also has…
CraveTO: Yearning for More Tastes!
I was able to check out CraveTO in Toronto last night. Tickets cost $20. Doors opened at 5pm. We arrived at the red-carpeted entrance of The Burroughes,…
Giancarlo Rocks for Classic Italian Fine Dining
As a resident of Little Italy in Toronto, I’ve been long overdue for a visit to Trattoria Giancarlo (41 Clinton Street), a culinary landmark for traditional…
YamChops Part 2: Dragons DO Eat Vegan!
One of my first LettuceMeat feature articles back in 2014 covered Toronto-based YamChops, arguably the world’s first “Vegetarian Butcher”. Notwithstanding the clever juxtaposed food noun name (teehee!),…
Anti-Ageing Secret: The Mediterranean Diet
Any Highlander fan (you know who you are!) will tell you that it’s probably not a good idea to live forever. But most of…
Conservas: Gourmet Spanish Canned Foods
Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian family and friends. It’s been another year of things to be thankful for: health, happiness, and lots of really…
Hakka Festival of Toronto – A Great Celebration!
Like many Canadians, my parents were immigrants – moving here to find new opportunities for themselves and their children. In fact, in the 2011 census,…
Little Italy Shines for Toronto’s Annual Festival
One sure sign of summer in Toronto is the annual Taste of Little Italy festival that takes place at the end of June. This is…