Oh, shoot. I know it's selfish of me, but I was sort of hoping that the One City One Table event at the Distillery District this Saturday would fly under the radar of most folks. Not because I don't want it to do well, but because I have my suspicions it's going to do *too* well and my inner agoraphobic was hoping to cruise through the various sampling stations with ease. But now that Kim Honey of the Toronto Star has covered it today, my hopes of avoiding the crowds have been dashed.
Honey also receives her first CSA box of the year and discovers the contents to be somewhat sparse. Remember this complaint in a month or so when she's begging Star readers to take all that extra zucchini off her hands. Also in the Star, Pamela Cuthbert bids adieu to chefs Tobey Nemeth and Michael Caballo as they leave their respective gigs to head to Spain in search of foodie adventures; Corey Mintz discovers a new fish shop in Kensington Market; and Gord Stimmell finds some wines that the critics like even if they're geared towards the hoi polloi.
At the Toronto Sun, they're previewing the Taste of Little Italy street fest that takes place this weekend, and Rita DeMontis plans to sip some Frangelico. In the spirit of Italian eating, DeMontis also reports that PizzaPizza is now offering a gluten-free crust, which is a bonus for all those folks with allergies and celiac disease. Elizabeth Baird reports on the Tour de Dufflet in her news column. And compared to all the fuss Mother's Day gets, Father's Day is really a more subdued affair, but Liza Sardi suggests some cooking classes for dear ol' Dad. Or you could take him to Harbour Sixty for dinner where he can have s'mores for dessert.
Mat Dunigan is cleaning his grill at the National Post, and Amy Rosen cooks up some sea trout. On the Appetizer blog, Gina Mallet attempts to emulate loopy UK cookbook author Delia Smith by trying to pick a fight with the locavores. Again. How tedious.
At the Globe and Mail, Heather Sokolof reports that the "freshman 10" might be coming from gourmet cuisine instead of junk food as university cafeterias up the quality of their menu offerings. And in the "score one for local" column, Carly Weeks reports on the confusion over those salmonella-tainted imported tomatoes. Chef Keith Froggett makes ricotta gnocchi; Leslie Beck looks at how supersized servings are giving us supersized backsides, and Beppi Crosariol reports on how single malt is replacing bourbon in cocktails. The Sunday dinner interview is Sheila Copps.
Out west, Fiona Morrow has a piece on kasu sake and its many uses, Alexandra Gill checks out some Okanagan winery restaurants, and has dinner at Joy Road (which sounds similar to Michael Statlander's Eigensinn Farm),
