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Garlic at Toronto Garlic Festival
Food & Dining 

Garlic fest draws everyone but vampires

September 23, 2018September 28, 2018 Rodger Burnside Artscape Wychwood Barns, Christie Street, garlic, Toronto Garlic Festival

Garlic may fend off vampires but it doesn’t keep away mortal fans of the seasoning plant — as more than 4,000 people attended the recent Toronto Garlic Festival.

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Toronto Tea Festival
Food & Dining NEWS 

Tempest in a lot of teapots

February 15, 2018March 24, 2018 Streeter staff Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Tea Festival

In its sixth year, the Toronto Tea Festival welcomed more than 3,000 leaf fans at the Toronto Reference Library on Feb. 2 to 4.

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Food & Dining 

Battle of the sexes—well done

June 7, 2016February 3, 2018 Rodger Burnside barbecue

North Toronto resident and barbecue expert Phillip Allen says it’s the old joke: “Men didn’t go in the kitchen, but god forbid if women went near the barbecue grill.”

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Food & Dining Home 

Taking the caveman out of grilling

June 6, 2016June 10, 2016 Rodger Burnside barbecue, grilling

North Toronto resident and barbecue expert Phillip Allen says it’s the old joke: “Men didn’t go in the kitchen, but god forbid if women went near the barbecue grill.”

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Business Food & Dining 

New resto Thais menu to tradition

May 29, 2016August 1, 2017 Brian Baker restaurant, Thai food

A touch, and taste of old Siam has arrived on Mount Pleasant Road. Moving into to where Wild Burger used

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Indian Street Food dish
Food & Dining 

Heavenly street food

May 5, 2016February 24, 2018 Liz Campbell Bayview Avenue, dining, ndian Street Food Company

I had been looking forward to visiting Indian Street Food Company. I love Hemant Bhagwani’s idea of bringing to life in chilly Toronto the hot flavours of his Indian childhood.

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Food & Dining 

Heavenly street food

May 1, 2016September 26, 2016 Liz Campbell

I love Hemant Bhagwani’s idea of bringing to life in chilly Toronto the hot flavours of his Indian childhood.

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Food & Dining 

What’s your Easter roast?

March 7, 2016March 28, 2017 Town Crier staff Easter

Think Thanksgiving and turkey automatically comes to mind. Think Christmas and it’ll be turkey again, with ham as an alternative. But Easter, the year’s third largest holiday? The choices of main courses are much wider.

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Food & Dining 

New resto a laffa matter

March 3, 2016March 28, 2017 Liz Campbell Ba-Li Laffa, laffa

My friend raved about a new spot serving laffa. “What’s laffa?” I asked. And that’s all that was needed to

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Food & Dining 

Familiar chef opens kitchen on Mt. Pleasant

January 5, 2016January 22, 2016 Liz Campbell Boland's Open Kitchen, dining, food, review

Who’s cooking? That’s my first thought when Chris Boland amiably greets us at our table. This is, after all, Boland’s Open Kitchen. But he’s here to tell us about what’s really good on the menu tonight, and he begins with an apology.

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Food & Dining 

Holy crepe, this place gets it right

December 9, 2015August 1, 2017 Liz Campbell Crepes

I particularly love crêpes that are light and airy, and overstuffed with interesting fillings. And such is what I find at Crepe Studio Bistro.

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Food & Dining NEWS 

Cookbook by and for North Toronto seniors

October 13, 2015March 28, 2017 Jordana Rovet cookbook, POINT, seniors

POINT aims to revive the sense of comfort, warmth and care that was once cherished by compiling a cookbook for seniors that is also written by seniors.

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Food & Dining 

Spice up your life with this lady

October 13, 2015August 1, 2017 Liz Campbell cooking, Sharon Ellston, Spice Lady

Sharon Ellston’s business importing exotic organic spices, as well as many other specialty culinary ingredients, earned her the moniker, The Spice Lady. For 30 years she has taught both cooking and food safety.

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Food & Dining 

The Homeway is like taking a step back in time

October 1, 2015October 2, 2017 Liz Campbell dining, food, review, The Homeway

Although it first opened in 1948, I wish I could have seen The Homeway Soda Bar back in the 1960s.

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Food & Dining 

Join the Rebellion: add local gastropub to list of great eateries

May 26, 2015October 2, 2017 Liz Campbell Rebel House

When we first walk into The Rebel House in Rosedale, I’m convinced I’ve made a mistake. There’s a large bar

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

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

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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