DINNERS
Stop For Food
various restaurants
various times
$35 to $50 prix fixe menus
In support of The Stop Community Food Centre a group of Toronto restaurants have joined forces to present Stop for Food. For the month of August all participating restaurants will be offering locally focused prix fixe menus for $35 or $50 per person, with $5 or $10 being donated directly to The Stop. The Stop Community Food Centre strives to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds community and challenges inequality. The Stop recognizes that confronting hunger must go beyond handing out food to people struggling on low incomes. Through innovative food programs, their aim is to bring people together to break down social isolation and improve quality of life. (Continues to August 31st.)
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EVENTS
Caribana 2009
various locations
various times
some free events - various prices for other events
Caribana is an exciting cultural explosion of Caribbean music, cuisine, revelry as well as visual and performing arts. In its 42nd year it has become a major international event and the largest cultural festival of its kind in North America. As Carnival is an international cultural phenomenon, the great metropolis of Toronto and its environs will come alive as the city explodes with the pulsating rhythms and melodies of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Hip Hop, Chutney, Steel Pan and Brass Bands. (Continues to August 3rd.)
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Toronto Turkish Festival 2009
Yonge-Dundas Square, southeast corner of Yonge Street & Dundas Street
10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
free admission
Organized by the Canadian Turkish Friendship Community, the Toronto Turkish Festival invites you to a delightful two days during which you can get a taste of Turkey. The festival celebrates Turkish culture through music, exhibits, art, crafts, dance, shows and fabulous food. (Final day.)
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Island Soul
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West
various times
free admission
Island Soul showcases, explores and documents how age-old regional arts, music and cultural practices survive, mutate, thrive or are threatened in the face of technology - from dubplate to download, old school to new. The weekend will feature African and Indo-Caribbean culinary, music, and dance rituals as a means to re-discover the identity of African and Indo Caribbean persons as a fragment of the Caribbean Diaspora in Toronto. In the Caribbean culinary arts tradition, the food programme will have a special selection showcasing the unique vegetarian cuisine communities promoted by vegans and Rastafarian culture groups. (Continues to August 3rd.)
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Food!: Sink Your Teeth Into Science
Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
various admission prices
Explore the relationship between food and science in a wide variety of mini-experiments and demonstrations throughout the Centre. Learn how we digest food; how worms digest food - vermicomposting; the misconceptions around eating insects; how butter is made from cream; test your lunch box for it’s cooling effectiveness; learn about rotting foods; understand what your food labels are really saying; test real vs. fake flavours; and much more. (Continues to October 12th.)
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OUT-OF-TOWN
Field Trip to Cookstown Greens
bus departs/arrives at Broadview Subway Station on Erindale Avenue
10:30 AM to 4:30 PM
$45 for adults - $30 for children 6-12 years - free for children 5 and under
Field Trip is an opportunity for 'city folk' to get out of the city and into the field, to get to know where our food is grown and who is growing it. It's an opportunity for farmers to show and explain how food is grown and raised, and for them to talk with and listen to their urban consumers. It's a way for open dialogue to exist between consumer and producer so that we can all benefit from the growing season and our local agriculture. Each trip is unique with a different focus and objective.
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Niagara Bus Tour with café Taste
depart/arrive at café Taste, 1330 Queen Street West
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
SOLD OUT
Join the café Taste crew on our very own Niagara Winery Bus Tour! We're visiting some of our fav wineries and getting the VIP treatment! We'll be happy to fire up the BBQ for dinner when we return. Ticket includes travel, tastings & lunch.
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MARKETS
Downsview Park Merchants & Farmers Market
Downsview Park, 40 Carl Hall Road
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Goody's Natural Market
beside the Grenadier Restaurant, High Park
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
MyMarket Liberty Village
"Green P" Parking Lot #224, corner of Liberty Street and Atlantic Avenue
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Square One Farmers Market
Square One Shopping Centre, Northwest Parking Lot (near Zellers), Mississauga
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
