Posted by Greg Clow in magazines, news and media on July 20, 2008 at 7:56 am

The Summer, 2008 edition of City Bites magazine is out now, and while it seems a bit thinner than usual, it's still full of a good assortment of articles and features on Toronto's food & drink scene, including:

• A cover feature by editor Dick Snyder on sustainable seafood.
• Profiles of new gourmet grocery The Pantry by Benjamin Lee, and not-so-new gourmet grocery Diana's by Maia Filar.
• Nora Gubins on a recently introduced rating system for tea that's causing a bit of controversy.
• Adam Pesce's mini-memoir on his time as an unpaid kitchen bitch.
• A recipe for smoked pigeon breast from Stephen Temkin.
• A look at the multi-restaurant charity event Crosstown Kitchens by Gene Shannon.
• Signe Langford's round-up of five great neighbourhood butchers.
• Some tips for pairing Shanghai street food with wine from John Szabo (which will be useful if you're planning a trip to Shanghai sometime soon, I guess...).
• Stephen Beaumont's reviews of a couple of impressive high-end Canadian whiskies.
• A piece on how to smell wine from Konrad Ejbich.
• A chat about food and theatre with Avery Saltzman and David Eisner of the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company.

City Bites is available free of charge at restaurants and food shops throughout the city, or as a PDF download from the magazine's website.