Chowder Secrets
With Ocean Wise’s annual Chowder Chowdown hitting Toronto’s Distillery District this...
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Real Food Toronto
Mario Fiorucci is very proud of his van. Fiorucci and his wife Tara Longo fled Bay Street jobs a...
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Baby, It’s Cold Outside…not!
So we’re not getting the typical Canadian winter. From coast to coast we are all shaking our...
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Gie Her a Haggis! Yes, she’ll love it!
Haggis needn’t be feared. When it is well made, it is a robust, filling and flavourful food. It has been said that we “faint of heart” North Americans would enjoy this more if we didn’t know its ingredients.
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Braising The Night Away…
After years of making osso buco from shanks of practically every animal sold here (including the “Awesome Buco” Elk shank), blade roasts, braised oxtail, and pork or beef cheek, I’ve now taken to braising neck.
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21st century Thanksgiving: Food challenges and choices
We have many challenges to consider: we are losing our best agricultural land to development and urban sprawl; a diminishing proportion of our food is grown locally; our family farms are often unprofitable and going out of business; we are eating more processed food, and our society is unhealthy as a result; and some of us may not be getting enough food at all.
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What a Trip!
These animals are beautifully cared for and it shows. We were able to give the Wild Boars a snack of black walnuts. They crack them open with their strong jaws and nibble at the fleshy nut inside. It was cute to see the wild boar piglets (whose jaws aren’t strong enough to crack the nuts) nibbling and nuzzling the ground for the little fleshy bits of nut.
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Healthy Butcher Farm Trip 2011 Sunday, Sept 11
We believe it is important to see where your food comes from and to know who is producing that food. We’re proud of our farmers and the excellent job they continue to do. So proud in fact that we thought we’d introduce you to them and have them show you their pride and joy, the animals they raise.
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Toronto Chefs Show Us Their Sausages
It’s a hot sticky Summer in Toronto, and that means it is time for Toronto Chefs to show us their tasty sausages at Marben’s Sausage League. Jamie Drummond speaks with Marben’s Ryan Donovan about the concept behind his Sausage Party and then grills the two Chefs who were going sausagehead to sausagehead last week.
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Festival of Farmers at The Healthy Butcher
The Healthy Butcher is a ‘Certified Good Food Fighter’ Don’t miss the opening...
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