Adler’s time at Chez Panisse influenced her approach in Everlasting Meal in another important way, she explains: “I wasn’t making any money!” And while she could rely on staff meals and leftovers while she worked at the restaurant, when felt the calling to get out of the kitchen and get back into the world writing and food activism, she truly began relying on her skills at stretching a budget while eating well.
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Gail Simmons’ Talking With My Mouth Full is a must read for any young person with an ambition to build a career in the food media world, and it’s a great fun read for those of us in it (at whatever humble station), because Simmons’ story covers the arc of the amazing food and media revolutions of the last 15 years.
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The Coffee Mill in Yorkville, which is fast approaching its 50th anniversary of doing business, is busy everyday at lunch with a crowd eager to experience those flavours, like paprika and caraway, that were once an exotic thrill in The Queen’s City.
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Kim D’Eon is famous for being one of Entertainment Tonight Canada’s senior journalists, but she’s also the host of Food Network Canada’s all new competitive cooking show, Family Cook Off.
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The contest for Toronto’s best Pho, in fooderatti circles, has been a mostly east versus west affair. The hipsters of Ossington proudly point to Joanne Kates’ review on the wall of Golden Turtle, while the Gen Xer parents of Riverdale are smug about Mimi’s hallowed place at the end of Gerrard Street’s Pho Row.
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