I've got a busy day today, with no time for jibber-jabber, so it'll have to be a point-form round-up for this week.
Toronto Star:
- Corey Mintz reviews Grace, and ponders who might be next in line after the departing Susur Lee to become Toronto's top chef.
- Gord Stimmell says that real men drink rosé - but for those who don't, he also recommends some reds and whites from today's Vintages release.
- Mark Bittman cooks up a simple pasta with soft-shell crabs.
- Francine Kopun looks at the impending opening of a Starbucks at Queen & Bathurst, and what it might mean for the neighbourhood.
- Richard Ouzounian has six meals in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Globe & Mail:
- Joanne Kates reviews Gilead Cafe - although she spends the majority of her column reporting on the closure of Garden @ Eleven.
- Beppi Crosariol introduces us to bonarda, an Argentinian grape variety that is little known outside of its country of origin.
- Lucy Waverman whips up a delicious early-summer dinner including sorrel and pea soup, grilled fish and more.
- Laura Serra has one of the signature green tea cocktails at Spice Route.
- David Sax reports on the return of authentic Jewish deli dining to downtown at Caplansky's and Bagel World.
- Sasha Chapman says that we should all eat more Ontario strawberries (well, twist my arm!), and also cooks with green garlic from her local farmers market.
- In the special "Europe on the Cheap" Travel section: Ellen Himelfarb checks out five upscale chippies in London; Patrick McMurray sucks back the bivalves and stout at Moran's Oyster Cottage in Clarenbridge, Ireland (not online); Eric Reguly cools off with some amazing gelato at Rome's Fior di Luna; Naomi Buck investigates Berlin's unique canteen culture; David Sax is in awe of Maison David Deli in Paris; and Jessica Johnson relaxes with afternoon tea at The Fujiyama, a Japanese tea room in the heart of Venice.
National Post:
- Gina Mallet reviews The Musket, one of the few (or maybe the only?) traditional German restaurants in the GTA.
- Jon Bricker and Kate Swoger are through with Mr. Noodle forever after a visit to Kenzo Ramen.
- Margaret Swaine picks some bubbly and a few other choice bottles from today's Vintages release.
- Bonnie Stern reveals the last meal choices of herself, CBC's Shelagh Rogers, and cookbook historian Elizabeth Driver.
- Paul Bachmeier reviews Taras Grescoe's Bottomfeeder.
