Posted by Sheryl Kirby in magazines, news and media on April 4, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Yes, indeed, I do realize it's April. And that we kind of missed the boat on recapping a couple of local food-oriented magazines. We work on the intarweb here, people, we often forget that you folks still read things printed on paper made from our quickly-depleting forestry resources.
If you haven't nabbed a copy of City Bites yet, you might be out of luck, as the March/April issue is close to a month old. But if you have the patience of a saint, the most recent version is available on the City Bites site in pdf format.
In this issue...
- There's lots of ads. Hey you, advertisers, why not consider the intarnets?! No trees harmed. We even have carbon offsets on this site!
- Jessica Allen fights off the crowds of tinfoil-hat-sporting wine-lovers to check out some bio-dynamic wines
- Jeff Ruby shops at T&T Supermarket
- Signe Langford writes about Ambiance Chocolat, a new shop in Leslieville that works exclusively with Michel Cluizel chocolate
- Dick Snyder goes to New York City and eats and eats and eats
- Kathy Giudi looks at Ontario-made sheep's milk cheese
- Signe Langford visits Senses and Dick Snyder reviews Nyood and Sushi 930
- Zoltan Szabo finds values at Vintages
- Trish Kaliciak explores the smooth and crackly world of creme brulee
- Dick Snyder interviews Thirsty Traveller Kevin Brauch
- Julia Chapman eats her greens
- Stephen Beaumont drinks beer from a can - and likes it
- John Szabo looks at sustainable wines
- Konrad Ejbich looks back at 20 years of Cuvee Awards
- Leann Delap goes to, wait for it... The Old Spaghetti Factory
- Hot Docs director Chris MacDonald talks about food and movies
Also out on (recycled) paper this month is the Spring edition of Edible Toronto. Gail Gordon Oliver's magazine is now on the third issue and seems to be finding its niche quite nicely.
In this issue:
- Chris Lowry looks at the high environmental cost of air travel
- Gail offers up a list of websites and guides for folks taking a culinary tour of the Golden Horsehoe
- Lea Zeltserman reviews Elizabeth Driver's new book Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, 1825-1949
- Gail reviews Judith Finlayson's The Complete Whole Grains Cookbook
- Charmain Christie digs in to some Rootham preserves
- A series of articles explores Church Hill Farm with contributions by Samantha Albert, and farmer Vicki Lass with a really informative piece on the difficulties of running a small farm
- Elizabeth Driver celebrates rhubarb
- David Cohlmeyer writes about baby salad greens
- Chef David Garcelon shares a soup recipe for my favourite spring vegetable - fiddleheads
- There's a list of seasonal produce to expect in the coming months
- Gavin Dandy writes about the lure of farming
- Mary MacIsaac takes readers on a craft brewery tour of Ontario
- Mark Trealout reports on the growth of small agriculture in Kawartha
- Chef Garcelon is back again, this time as the subject in a piece by Ireen Wieditz about the herb garden atop the Royal York Hotel
- Sunday Harrison looks at school gardens
- Mary Luz Mejia profiles Stephen Treadwell and Treadwell Farm to Table Cuisine in Port Dalhousie
- Corey Mintz explores the eating habits of squirrels
- and Christina Campbell is all about the heritage vegetables
