Dame (Formerly “Old Bastard”) Sommeliers: Marlise Ponzo
In a spin-off from our extremely popular Young Blood Sommeliers series, we are proud to present...
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Tag: Albert Ponzo
Terroir Talk Budapest & Balaton
Arlene Stein is moving the Terroir hospitality forum forward. Arlene Stein is excited. She’s...
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Raising A Healthy Appetite : The Restaurant Question
In this month’s Raising A Healthy Appetite segment we sit down with Le Select Bistro’s...
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Toronto Pigstock October 26
Rebecca Mackenzie is excited about Pigstock. Mackenzie (who was known as Rebecca LeHeup until...
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The Old Hands: Jean-Jacques Quinsac
In the eighth of our burgeoning Old Hands series we probe the memories and minds of some of the...
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Night Chef
Some time ago Good Food Revolution’s Malcolm Jolley and I were enjoy a meeting over lunch at...
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Nella Chefs
Last Monday the fourth round of the 2013 Discovered Chefs Competition was held at Nella Cucina on...
Read MoreChowder Champ
Twelve top chefs from the Greater Toronto Area battled with ladles, soup pots, and culinary acumen last evening for the winning title at the 2012 Vancouver Aquarium Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown in Toronto. In the end, Chef Albert...
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Cava Cup – Ground Hog Day 2
Never mind the rodents and their shadows, in Toronto the second day of February now means its time for the Ground Hog Invitational Chefs Challenge hosted at Cava by proprietors and chefs Chris McDonald and Doug Penfold. Their all-star chefs competition, which they bill as an alternative to the city of Toronto’s Winterlicious festival, pits some of the city and region’s most ambitious young chefs against each other in a battle of artinasanally-processed pork.
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Sardinian Tour: In Search of Typical Cuisine
Culigiones, a very particular type of agnolotto filled with potato, mint and an acidulated Sardinian sheep’s milk cheese, are perfectly executed and we mop up the sauce, or ‘facciamo la scarpetta’ we make the little shoe as they say in Italia, with intricately sculpted traditional bread. The smell of the porceddu, roast-suckling pig, fills the air as it sizzles fireside in the center of the gorgeous dining room.
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Slow Food Chef Series at The Cheese Boutique
Slow Food Toronto Chef Series Station Dinner: Tuesday, September 14, 7PM at The Cheese Boutique, 45 Ripley Avenue. A stationed, smart-casual affair where all guests will be able to interact with participating chefs: reds bistro’s Michael Steh, Crush Wine Bar’s Michael Wilson, C5 – ROM’s Ted Corrado, Le Select Bistro’s Albert Ponzo, Earth / Globe’s Kevin MacKenna and The Cheese Boutique’s Afrim Pristine with pairings by Niagara’s Stratus Winery.
Read MoreBioVino Event At the Green Living Show: A Photo Essay
by Marlise Ponzo There was a great lineup at last weekend’s BioVino eco-friendly wine tasting! This three-day event was presented at Toronto’s Green Living Show by The Living Vine an organic, biodynamic and sustainable...
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