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Author: Liz Campbell

Food & Dining 

Save space in your world for quinoa

May 6, 2014June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell cooking, Quinoa

Some 30 years ago, on a flight from Lima, Peru to Toronto, I sat next to a UN food specialist who told me confidently that quinoa would save the world from starvation.

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Food & Dining 

Mais oui, a jolly good job of pleasing the palate

April 14, 2014September 11, 2014 Liz Campbell Creme Brasserie

The more I encounter restaurant servers, the more I have come to value the good ones. And at Crème Brasserie, I found a gem.

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Food & Dining 

Food not part of writer’s dilemma

April 14, 2014September 11, 2014 Liz Campbell Midtown Restaurant

This review is something of a challenge. I made two discoveries this month: a new restaurant with good food and a problem I hadn’t anticipated.

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Kids & Families 

A marvellous, Mouse-free trip to Orlando

February 10, 2014June 30, 2014 Liz Campbell Orlando, vacation, What-to-do

This time I’m going to ditch the Mouse.

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Food & Dining 

Poutine’s one wickedly good ‘mess’ — in any language

February 10, 2014June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell Canadian dining, Poutine, Stack

A couple of months ago I wrote a review about the Toronto smokehouse Stack, where I was reacquainted with poutine.

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Food & Dining 

World cuisine in a single pot

January 8, 2014June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell Kensington Market, Tasty Tours

Andrew Street is one of the few remaining landmarks pointing to the origins of Toronto’s Kensington Market, then known as The Ward.

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Food & Dining 

All hail (the Canadian) Caesar

November 12, 2013June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell Bloody Caesar, drinking, drinks, food

The first Caesar was born in Calgary. Not the salad, the drink.

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Food & Dining 

Food that goes boo!

October 8, 2013June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell Baking, candy, Halloween

Kids love Halloween. And why not? All that candy, simply for the asking! Add to the fun with these spooky delights, perfect for a Halloween party or just to slip into lunch bags for a special treat.

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Food & Dining 

Malay may be gone, but Thai popular

November 3, 2011September 11, 2014 Liz Campbell Asian Fare, Beach, Bow Thai, column, Liz Campbell, Malay food, Thai food

Asian fare restaurant in The Beach comes across hit and miss

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Food & Dining 

Good living — and eating — on the Avenue

October 12, 2011September 11, 2014 Liz Campbell Bon Vivant, column, Liz Campbell, Massimo Capra

Fine experience and fine dining at Bon Vivant

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Food & Dining 

Try the great-food-and-prices combo

August 31, 2011September 11, 2014 Liz Campbell column, Greek food, Liz Campbell

We counted them. There are indeed exactly 17 steps down to the charming little eatery called 17 Steps. A sign

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Food & Dining 

Italian resto just like home

July 27, 2011September 11, 2014 Liz Campbell column, Italian Cuisine, Liz Campbell, Pertino Restaurant

Wrong turn leads to happy accident

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NEWS 

Pampering pets

May 27, 2011June 30, 2014 Liz Campbell clothing, Dyson Groom, Muttluks, pet bed, pet grooming, Pet-zzz-pad, pets

Dressing, sleeping, grooming — ideas to spoil your special friend more than you already do

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Food & Dining 

Ah, ham-m-mburgers!

May 27, 2011June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell barbecue, food, hamburgers

Break out the barbecue — it’s that time of year again

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Health & Wellness 

Surgery myths & magic

April 21, 2011June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell Brenda Sabine-Green, Cosmetic Surgery, Peter Adamson, Plastic Surgery

They say that 60 is the new 40. And it is, if Dr. Peter Adamson has anything to do with

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Liz Campbell

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Liz Campbell
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Liz Campbell
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Liz Campbell

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