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Books: Drinking With Men

Guest Writer — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:14:45 +0000

Here my drinking buddy, Suzanne Carte, reviews the book “Drinking With Men” written by her friend Rosie Schaap. We’ve decided to illustrate with pictures of our favourite old haunts. Watch Swallow for my interview with Schaap coming soon. Three cheers for Rosie Schaap’s new book Drinking With Men – a poignant and inspiring [...]

Interview: Trine Hahnemann, the Danish Martha Stewart

Guest Writer — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:03:10 +0000

I had a chance to sit down with Trine Hahnemann, food writer, book collector and cookbook author at All The Best Fine Foods after her speech at Arlene Stein’s annual Terroir Symposium about the need for biodiversity on our plates. Trine is author of The Scandinavian Cookbook, The Nordic Diet and Scandinavian Christmas 2012. – [...]

Caitlin Freeman’s Guide to San Francisco

Ivy Knight — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:57:00 +0000

When my buddy, The Tempered Chef Bertrand Alépée, told me he was planning a trip to San Francisco and asked for my recommendations I had to think waaaay back to my last visit there. I’ve been to California lots but haven’t been to SF in about ten years, and that time our whole weekend was [...]

Summer Sucks When You’re a Cook

Ivy Knight — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:19:29 +0000

My first summer off the line was impossibly wonderful. I sat on patios on Saturday afternoons and ordered drinks, I took long walks in the sunshine and window shopped through lazy Sunday mornings, oblivious to the brunch services going on all around me. I still woke up on the weekends with the gut-twisting agony that [...]

Round-Up #56: Josh Ozersky, Fresh Ham and a Shanghai Shandy

Ivy Knight — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:41:47 +0000

Send in your best “get out of my kitchen” shots [via On Our Table] “I still feel like a fat ass. I need a chin lift so bad.” Paula Deen [via The Miami Herald] Gorgeous photography (food and otherwise) on this blog [via My Name Is Yeh] Making a [...]

Staff Meal: Luma

Guest Writer — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:44:57 +0000

At 3:30 preparations for the dinner service at Luma were well underway. Located on the second floor of the TIFF Bell Lightbox building, I sat with Executive Chef Jason Bangerter overlooking King Street West as we discussed how Luma prepares their daily staff meals. – Krista Hessey How do staff meals traditionally work at [...]

South Africa’s Mulderbosch Does Lunch at Auberge de Pommier

Guest Writer — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:03:45 +0000

They came to Toronto for Terroir 7, invited by Arlene Stein, and after wowing the over 500 attendees they visited one of Toronto’s most beautiful restaurants. Kristy Gardner was lucky enough to check it out. Last Wednesday, Auberge du Pommier welcomed South African winemaker Adam Mason from Mulderbosch Vineyard and Relais Chateaux Chef Peter Templehoff. While [...]

Photo Essay: Chez Sardine in the West Village

Ivy Knight — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:38:28 +0000

I interviewed a bunch of chefs when I was in NYC, then my un-backed up phone was stolen and the untranscribed interviews were lost forever. One of the lost interviews was with Mehdi Brunet-Benkritly, Exceutive Chef of Fedora and Chez Sardine in the West Village. It sucks that I lost the interview with the former Au [...]

BMO Field Menu Gets a Revamp

Guest Writer — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:21:22 +0000

Maia Filar went to the BMO Field’s new menu launch expecting a floppy foot long, instead she got a whole pig on a spit. Soccer hooligans rejoice! To help kick off Toronto FC’s 2013 season, which started Saturday March 30th, BMO Field is launching an all-new menu they are hoping will change the [...]

The Virtue of Raw Clams

Guest Writer — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:49:39 +0000

Rob Firing is back with the second in his series on seafood. This time he’s all about clams, raw on the half shell. Even if they don’t save the world (which they could) they are tasty, and largely ignored north of the 49th After nearly being swept out to sea in a bit of a [...]