What’s Cooking - Wednesday, February 27th
Posted by Sheryl Kirby in news and media, what's cooking on February 27, 2008 at 5:59 pm
It used to be that the area around the Science Centre was a no-man’s land in terms of food. But Jennifer Bain of the Toronto Star reports that Thorncliffe Village now boasts a multi-cultural selection of food shops and restaurants to accommodate the very multi-cultural community. Bain also tries some chia cereal (not just for pets), and to keep with the grain theme, reviews The Complete Whole Grains Cookbook: 150 Recipes for Healthy Living by Judith Finlayson.
Also at the Star, Tamsyn Burgmann reviews Agora, a new cafe in the Junction that focuses on organic, local and fair trade products, while In Store features bread with a lot of stuff added to it (Omega 3 this time around) and a Canadian soy butter. Josh Rubin sips some engine oil, Harviestoun Old Engine Oil, that is; a tasty stout.
The Star is also reporting that City of Toronto board of health wants to ban food advertising to kids. As predicted, the Association of Canadian Advertisers think this is a really bad idea. But since “The Association of Canadian Advertisers Incorporated (ACA) is a national, not-for-profit association exclusively dedicated to serving the interests of companies that market and advertise their products and services in Canada,” they might be just the teensiest bit biased.
At the Toronto Sun, Rita DeMontis recaps the Almost Famous Chef Canadian Regional Competition, and looks at the history of Uncle Ben’s. Elizabeth Baird reports that much more agricultural space is being devoted to greenhouses (which begs the question of why I can’t find a non-Mexican tomato to save my life), and Anne Marie McQueen has a piece on the horrible things bartenders are doing to beer.
Heather Sokoloff has the highlights of Montreal’s High Lights festival at the Globe and Mail, while Chef Massimo Capra savours some baby artichokes, and Beppi Crosariol previews The Wine Makers, a reality show for, well… winemakers.
