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While I can't find an official website confirming this, Natalie MacLean's Nat Decants newsletter tells me it is so, and Natalie is rarely wrong.
Besides, it's never a bad day for a Grilled Cheese Sandwich whether you eat it with tomato soup, top it with crumbled bacon or dip it in ketchup.
What's your Grilled Cheese Style?
In a today's New York Times article "Warnings Don't Deter Lovers of Sushi", New 
Yorkers are quite cavalier about lab results showing that tuna samples from 5 New York sushi restaurants - Gourmet Garage, Nobu Next Door, Sushi Seki, Sushi of Gari and Blue Ribbon Sushi - all had unusually high levels of mercury. Some of the people quoted chose non-tuna items, some chose tuna anyway and Roberta Berman of Staten Island was reported to have shrugged and said :
“If I become iridescent from it, I become iridescent from it.” She added. “I’ll glow in the dark.”
What would you do if the craving for sushi hit?
I'm not a fan of New Year's Resolutions. I think that if you want to change things in your life, you should change things. It's like promising to quite smoking in 3 days. Trust me, those extra 3 days worth of smokes aren't going to do you any more good than those last 3 days.
However, sometimes, deep inside, I do make an annual restaurant resolution. I will identify a restaurant that I'd like to try but haven't gotten to yet and commit to eating there at least once in the coming year.
Last year's restaurant was C5. The year before was the Rosewater Supper Club.
This year? Well, I think it's ONE
Do you have a 2008 must-try dining experience or restaurant?
At Canzine yesterday, we asked people to complete the phrase "CheapEats is...", here are some of the responses:
How would you finish the phrase "CheapEats is..." ?
So in honour of the impending Summerlicious Restaurant Festival we wanted to find out what your favourite Food Festivals are:
An interesting note: last year when we asked which food events people would be attending in August, there was a 3-way tie for most popular between:
They were followed very closely by:
Tags: toronto, toronto festivals, food festivals, summerlicious, masala! mehndi! Masti!, taste of the danforth, ps kensington, toronto festival of beer
Recently, over beer and cameras with the flickr.com crowd, conversation turned to burgers. Inspired by Mondo's recent discourse on Charlie's Char-Broil homeburger special, people started reminiscing over burgers past.
So how about we have a burger-quest?
Opinions were flung about like unwanted tomato slices and the burger debate started in earnest. Johnny's Hamburgers (ceto-06 pg 84), Charlie's Char-Broil and Star Burger were all mentioned as favourites. (and are now all on the "recommended" list for the next edition).
Add to that the "Want a great burger" Quick List (ceto-06 pg 63):
Today is Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, or as I grew up knowing it Pancake Tuesday.
I never knew when exactly it was, or even why exactly it was, but mom always made me crepes! She'd slice up the nicest fresh fruit she could find, whip up cream, and make sure we had a little duster filled with powered sugar. It was a great surprise, especially since I never knew when it was coming. Was it Februrary? April? March? Who knew? Mom did and she kept it secret. (My mom rocks!)
So now I'm "grown up", it's time to fill my own day with pancakes:
crêpes:
and tasty tasty dosa:
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So, why not celebrate Pancake Tuesday by throwing a little love around? And what the hell - buy yourself a crepe too.
Now that winterlicious & valentine's day are over, it's time to remember some of our favourite simple pleasures - like pizza!
Our favourite these days is topped with hot sopressata, gorgonzola and roasted red peppers - sometimes ordered in, and sometimes done on the BBQ. Yum.
So what are your favourite pizza toppings?
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Just six days 'til the Halmark Holiday, and it's everywhere. Yup, even here.
So, what are you up to on v'day?
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Now that the groundhogs have said spring is coming early (you mean it's not already here?), we can all breath a sigh of relief and focus on what is important, food!
So in honour of the impending spring and Wintercity's Restaurant Festival - Winterlicous, we wanted to find out what Toronto's favourite Food Festivals are, by asking what your favourite are:
An interesting note: when asking about what August food events people would be attending, there was a 3-way tie for most popular between:
They were followed very closely by:
You've heard it millions of times - "breakfast is the most important meal of the day." You may have even said it once or twice yourself. Possibly as you justified reaching for that cold slice of pizza or the cinnabon that just happened to be in your kitchen.
Lately there have been more and more restaurants focused exclusively on breakfast and brunch popping up across the city. They open early, close around 4pm and keeping your coffee cup full and serving up home fries is their stock in trade. Their menu consist of eggs done in all shape and form, pancakes, french toasts, homemade granolas and bennies - lots of bennies.
The ones listed below have all found a place in our hearts and our tummies.
The summer is hot. The work is done.
The beer is cold. The herb is sweet.
The music's fine. It's time to eat.
So 'fess up. What do you eat with your Red Stripe?
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Hi guys,
in our continuing exploration of Toronto's food, we've been overwhelmed with food events for August. Perfect for exploring, tasting, sipping and sampling cultures.
Weekly food events:
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With Bangladeshi, Indian , Pakistani, and Sri Lankan restaurants oferring Tastes of South Asia for $1-$4, the Kingfisher Beer Garden and live Bollywood movies being shown on the Rogers Screen, Toronto's Gerrard India Bazaar is the place to be August 20-21. For more info: www.festivalofsouthasia.com and www.gerrardindiabazaar.com |
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It's hot. It's sweltering. It's sticky and gross. I need a drink.
So the question is: what to have?
All the heat advisories say drink lots of water and avoid caffeine and alcohol. All the coffee shops are pushing frappuccinos. Years of university training say "hot day"+"beer"="good times".
So the question remains: what to drink on a scorching hot day to refresh and rehydrate?
Pasta has become such a mainstay in Canadian's diets that it's available at almost every restaurant listing home-style cooking.
With the push for low-carb diets, and the recent backlash, we've been wondering what italian-style pasta you would order. So pick something from column A and something from column B and let's find out what pasta Toronto is eating these days.
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Stewart says the Detroit Eatery makes one of the best burgers he's ever had. Who do you think makes the best burger in Toronto and what do you top it with?
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Toronto is a restaurant loving city. People grab breakfast on the way to work, eat lunch out in local restaurants and dinner-and-a-movie is a regular occurance. We'd like to know how often you eat out, and when.
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