Taste T.O. and Toronto Life have a bit of a history when it comes to stories about children. But thankfully, there is no mention of us - or our fictional spawn - in Sasha Chapman's article (not yet online) on "gastro-kids" in the May, 2009 issue that's on news-stands now.
Chapman looks into kids' cooking classes and other services available to help develop the palates and skills of budding gourmets. Although as she notes in her conclusion, "the best (and cheapest) way to teach them how to make quinoa salad is to make it at home."
Also in this issue:
- David Lawrason recommends some South African wines (not yet online).
- Sasha Cartman - uh, I mean, Chapman - says "NO KITTEH, THIS IS MAH POT PIE!!!".
- Rob Mifsud checks out the prix fixe menus at Didier, Sidecar, Gilead Cafe and Perigee.
- Shaun Smith looks at the holy trinity of Spring for locavores: ramps, morels and fiddleheads.
Speaking of fiddleheads, there's a big handful of them on the cover of the Spring issue of Edible Toronto. The cover previews a feature article by Carmen Everest Wahl on Nick Secord of NorCliff Farms, North America's largest distributor of the tasty green ferns.
Other selected highlights in this issue include:
- Deb Cripps profiles chef Michael Stadtländer and his legendary Eigensinn Farm.
- Gail Gordon Oliver describes her experiments in front yard farming.
- Robert Hughey gives a lesson on cask-conditioned ale and where you can find it in Toronto.
- Sheryl Kirby investigates the hard road to the top for Toronto's small number of successful women chefs.
- Hamutal Dotan visits the Wychwood Barns, and explains how the much lauded renovation of the site almost didn't happen.
- Cookie Roscoe Handford reveals how she became one of Toronto's best known food activists and strong proponent of farmers' markets.
- Lara Rabinovitch runs through the rich history - and richer food - at United Bakers Dairy Restaurant. (Mmmmm... cheese blintzes...)
Those and many more articles can be read by picking up a free copy of the magazine at various locations in and around the city, or via the PDF version due to be posted to the Edible Toronto website soon.
