Here’s a round-up of the food & drink articles in Toronto’s papers today…
Toronto Star:
- Corey Mintz gets in touch with his feminine (and chocolate-loving) side at MoRoCo Chocolat.
- Gord Stimmell reveals some of his favourites from the judging sessions for the upcoming Ontario Wine Awards.
- Michael Benedict visits the Borough Market in London, England where he finds that what was a moribund wholesale-only market just a decade ago is now a thriving foodie haven.
National Post:
- Gina Mallet goes to the new oyster bar Rodney's By Bay and eats... well, oysters, and nothing else. OK, they just opened a couple of weeks ago and don't have a full menu yet, but you'd think that a professional restaurant critic might want to wait until a restaurant was actually preparing some of their own food before giving them a review. Or maybe she thought that her so-so appraisal of Rebel House tacked onto the end of the column would distract readers from the fact that she wrote a 2 1/2 out of 4 stars review based on a few dozen oysters.
- Margaret Swaine recommends three Ontario wines.
- Jon Bricker and Kate Swoger discover the delights of Korean dumplings at Man Doo Hyang Dumpling & Noodle House in North York.
- Alison Broverman's "Tournament of Vegetables" series once again falls victim to the Post's craptacular website, as only the intro to this week's instalment appears online.
- Alisa Smith and J. B. MacKinnon continue a series of articles tied in with their Food Network show The 100-Mile Challenge.
- Anna Olson's recipe for ham and scallion scones has a headline with one of the most groan-inducing puns we've seen in quite some time.
- Bonnie Stern shares some recipes from a meal served by her friends as a thank you to those who sponsored them in the Ride to Conquer Cancer.
Globe & Mail:
- Joanne Kates proves to her critics that she might just have a heart, as she admits to feeling a little guilty for giving Lakes a bad review for their new bistro-style menu.
- Beppi Crosariol gives gamay some love.
- Lucy Waverman cooks a delicious dinner using some of the season's freshest ingredients.
- Sasha Chapman previews next Friday's "Do It Slow Bachetto" at Hart House, and also shares some thoughts on communal dining in general.
- Josh Wingrove reports that many Toronto food banks and agencies are finding it hard to meet the recession-driven increase in demand for their services.
- Richard Blackwell reminds us that even in a recession, people are still drinking a lot of beer, although many are trading down to cheaper options.
- Margo Pfeiff goes down to the farm. The seaweed farm, that is.
- John Varty reviews two new books that investigate the social and historical impact of the humblest of foods: the potato.
Once again Gina Mallet gives food journalism a bad name. If she were blogging her reviews she'd be poached harder than an egg at one of the restaurants that she writes about.
After reading Margo Pfeiff's piece I want to take a seaweed tour.
Andrea, Gina Mallet does have her own blog. She mostly uses it to slam trends and organizations she dislikes and takes great glee in skewering the Slow Food movement under the guise of looking out for the food-poor little people. Recently she even attempted to create a parallel between Carlo Petrini and Jim Jones with references to "drinking the Koolaid" when talking about the upcoming Slow Food dinner. Ironically, Jim Jones didn't actually use Koolaid, which, yet again, proves how incredibly poor Ms. Mallet's research skills are.