In the third of his cabin-fever-fuelled excursions onto the internet this week, Jamie Drummond explains why he’ll leave the beer reviewing to the experts as he enjoys his Creemore Springs Kellerbier and doesn’t think about things TOO seriously.
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Here’s the scoop! Food Day Canada is always the Saturday of the first weekend in August, since in most parts of Canada there’s a holiday Monday attached. It was known till last year as “The World’s Longest Barbecue”. The goal, when I began it in 2003, was to collectively celebrate the food of Canada (specifically beef because of BSE and the devastation in that industry at the time). After that year, I included all ingredients that were and are harvested here and every year since have challenged Canadians to barbecue, or otherwise prpeare them and share their menus on a dedicated website: www.foodday.ca.
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A lot of young people are going to Europe to finish their apprenticeships, however in Canada there is a lot of wealth for example simply from an ingredient point of view. Also, we are now coming out of a culinary infancy and there are a lot of strong and interesting chefs doing things that they weren’t before. What you learn at a young age forms you into what you into what type of chef you will become later on.
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The battle for smoked meat supremacy is about to heat up. Three of Toronto’s top delis-Caplansky’s, Goldin’s and The Stockyards-are going head-to-head (or, dare we say, brisket-to-brisket) in a competition to produce the best smoked meat sandwich in the city and raise funds for The Stop Community Food Centre.
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A few weeks ago we put Pizza Libretto/Enoteca Sociale Sommelier Lesa LaPointe through the wringer in one of our most popular articles thus far. We followed this with an interview with the Owner/Wine Geek of Parkdale’s Café Taste, Mr. Jeremy Day, then with Zinta Steprans, Sommelier at Toronto restaurants L’Unita and Malena. Today we look at a Sommelier who chose a different path altogether, Carolyn Balogh of Abcon International Wines… and she’s the only Sommelier I know of who has been on a stamp!
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