An Introduction or: How Pumpkins are the Ties that Bind   Where to begin? I guess introductions are in order: my name is Jared Lewinski and beer is my everything. Currently, I am a student at Niagara College Teaching Brewery in the Brewmastery and Brewery Operations Management program, as...

I visited Montreal last month as a guest of Tourisme Montreal and as part of GFR’s work with the Terroir Symposium and Wines of South Africa. I managed to get quite a bit of eating and drinking done while I was there, including an amazingly fun and delicious dinner at Nora Gray, which I...

Upon our recent trip to my hometown of Edinburgh we decided to celebrate by treating ourselves to one night staying in what must be one of the most over-the-top and special accommodations in all of the world, The Inner Sanctum at The Witchery on Edinburgh’s Castle Hill. As well as these...

When dining on the streets or in a local restaurant in Southeast Asia it is almost guaranteed that the ingredients are as local as it gets. But this has yet to translate to the higher end restaurants or five-star hotels which rely on foreign, imported products.  Fortunately there are chefs...

In the Spring of 2011 I was sent to Australia by the lovely folks at Wine Australia, all the while videoblogging for the LCBO and producing content for Good Food Revolution. Unfortunately, after innumerable videos being posted online, my hard drive became corrupted, and I lost most of the...

By Jamie Kennedy Kitchens, a certified “Good Food Fighter” Jamie Kennedy presents an evening with Charles Baker Thursday, May 23rd, 2013, 6:30 pm. On May 23rd, Jamie Kennedy welcomes Charles Baker to Gilead for a dinner celebrating both Charles’ wine portfolio and their long friendship....

By Jamie Kennedy Kitchens, a certified “Good Food Fighter” Jamie Kennedy presents a Gilead SOMEWHERENESS Wine Bar Friday May 17th, 6 – 10 pm We’ll be featuring S O M E W H E R E N E S S wines at 3 Gilead Wine Bar events in May; the second one takes place Friday May...

Andrew Richmond took a table at the Toronto Underground Market series of food events and turned it into a restaurant. La Carnita on College Street continues the guerrilla spirit of its origins, serving ‘gringo-style’ tacos and Tromba Tequila margaritas from a tap behind it’s...

From the outside, 2540 South Service Road doesn’t look like the home of one of Canada’s top wineries. There are no signs, no welcome centres, no tasting rooms at Le Clos Jordanne. To enter the cinder block-built converted cold storage facility, an invited guest must find an...

Author, broadcaster and multiple Guinness World Record holder Bob Blumer says his ‘Stratusphere’ dinner at Stratus Winery on May 18 will feature a “greatest hits” menu of “surreal bites”. Blumer, who GFR reached on the phone from New York City, is looking...

2012 Beronia Rosada Tempranillo, Rioja, Spain LCBO Vintages #323519 $14.95 (June 8th release) What could be better than a chilled bottle of Beronia Rioja rosado on a sunny day? I’ll tell you what… TWO chilled bottles of Beronia Rioja rosado on a sunny day… out in the...

1 Chef – 3 Winemakers TASTE OUR i4c CHARDONNAYS ALONGSIDE THE EXCEPTIONAL CUISINE THAT PAIRS SO WELL WITH THEM.  Enjoy a sneak preview of the County Chardonnays to be featured at the 3rd annual International Cool Climate Celebration July 2013 paired with Chef Scott...

The Ossington strip’s Fishbar recently celebrated two years of proudly serving sustainable seafood options by throwing a dinner to showcase both the quality of their suppliers’ fish and the culinary talents of their new Chef Miro Lelas. The evening’s menu was certainly a...

Don’t miss these Mother’s Day Specials at Nella Cucina! From now until Saturday we have some of our top-rated kitchen must-haves on sale. Or treat Mom to a cooking class ‘in the kitchen’ at Nella Cucina! Visit www.nellacucina.ca for our class calendar and more...

By Jamie Kennedy Kitchens, a certified “Good Food Fighter” Jamie Kennedy presents the inaugural GILEAD BEER BAR Thursday, May 16th, 6 – 10 pm To celebrate the excellence of our local craft brewers in Southern Ontario, Jamie Kennedy presents the Gilead Beer Bar. In this...

Between the years of 1993 and 1997 I somehow stumbled into the prestigious role of Sommelier at Edinburgh’s now-shuttered Atrium restaurant. For almost 20 years acclaimed Chef Andrew Radford and his wife Lisa ran what was arguably one of Scotland’s finest dining establishments,...

Singaporean chef Malcolm Lee is relatively young to be leading a kitchen. Normally, as most young chefs in Singapore do, Malcolm would be working the sauce station or be the sous chef of a Western style restaurant in Singapore or abroad.  As he began his apprenticeship in Europe his fellow...

It’s the perfect lunch that Mum will love. Packed with goodness and a vibrant green colour, this soup is paired with All The Best’s Sesame Cheese Straw. Serve at a spring lunch or dinner: it’s light and tasty. Just chill and add a little cream or yogurt to serve cold. Spring...

By Jamie Kennedy Kitchens, a certified “Good Food Fighter” Jamie Kennedy presents a Mother’s Day Dinner at Gilead Sunday May 12th, 2013 Join us at Gilead for a special four-course Motherʼs Day prix fixe dinner! $50 per person (not including tax and gratuity); our extensive...

  Please join us on Thursday, May 9 at the New Zealand wine show where we will be pouring the distinctly different wines of Churton from Marlborough: WHERE: The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge Street Toronto, ON M4W 2G8 (map) WHEN: Trade Seminar...