Posted by Greg Clow in magazines, news and media on May 20, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Sign #1746 that "green" has gone mainstream: Toronto Life's Best of the City issue for 2007 has a "Green Edition" theme, and is tagged on the cover as "the everything guide to guilt-free consumption (that won't cramp your style)." Of course, this completely ignores the fact that the best way to be more ecologically concious is to stop buying lots of crap that you don't need rather than looking for green alternatives for absolutely everything, but I suppose their advertisers wouldn't be too happy with that message, would they?
That being said, we all need to buy food, and some of the places that TL suggests we can do so responsibly include Whole Foods, Noah's, Organics on Bloor, Vital Planet Health Shop, Essence of Life, The Healthy Butcher, Mill Street Brewery and other earth-friendly shops and retailers.
Elsewhere in the issue:
- James Chatto spends a whirlwind weekend eating his way around New York City with chef Nathan Isberg of Czehoski and Coca.
- Gerald Hannon reminisces about his mother and the magical properties of food that she taught him.
- David Lawrason provides a guide to some of the best Niagara wines that can only be bought at the wineries.
- Tom Thai's Foxley is given a preview, along with brief mentions of Fare Bistro, Marben and Bar Crudo.
- Liz Allemang checks out the surprisingly eclectic and palatable food available at BMO Field, including UK snack staples like Scotch Egg and Chip Butty.
- Chris Nuttall-Smith has a look at how chef Patrick Lin at Senses is putting three different types of mango to good use in one of his tasty appetisers.
- Shaun Smith scoots around town to try many different preparations of soft-shell crab.
