Posted by Greg Clow in in the papers, news and media on November 10, 2007 at 12:42 pm
I'm on a tighter schedule than usual today, so it'll have to be a quick point-form summary of the Saturday sections this week rather than my usual verbose and tedious round-up.
You're welcome.
Globe & Mail:
- Joanne Kates reviews Oro.
- Beppi Crosariol is excited about the 2005 Burgundies, a few of which arrived at the LCBO this week.
- Maggie Wrobel tries a Courvoisier Hypnotiq, the signature cocktail of the superclub Circa.
- Lucy Waverman cooks Aussie-style.
- Sasha Chapman visits Ontario's only peanut farm.
- Peter Scowen takes professor and author Richard Florida to Kensington Market.
- An AP wire story in the Travel section reports on building battle between Zagat and Michelin, as more and more US cities get Michelin Guides.
- Also in the Travel section (but only the paper version) is an except from Laura Schenone's upcoming food and family memoir, The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken.
Toronto Star:
- Amy Pataki reviews Aoyama Sushi.
- Gordon Stimmell seems to be channelling Michael Vaughan this week, as he questions the mysterious mark-ups of many Vintages wines.
- Susan Sampson cracks a coconut and makes a pie.
National Post:
- Gina Mallet reviews Osgoode Hall Restaurant.
- Michael Vaughan tastes the ten Burgundies and a few other selections in today's Vintages release.
- Sarah Efron reports on the closure of yet another Kensington Market landmark, Augusta Egg Market.
- Adam McDowell looks at the tentative proposals for St. Lawrence style food markets at Union Station and Yonge & Eglinton.
- Jon Bricker and Kate Swoger visit Schnitzel House in Thornhill.
- Alison Broverman shares a cuppa with tea expert Hasina Lookman.
- Bonnie Stern cooks with kale, rapini and Swiss chard.
- Amy Rosen has an awkward conversation with Masaharu Morimoto.
- Christine Sismondo hunts down the best hidden bars in Manhattan.
- A short wire piece lists Canada's top 10 new restaurants as chosen by En Route magazine, with Toronto's Colborne Lane and Foxley Bistro making the list.
