EVENTS
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place
various times
various ticket prices
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is a unique event that takes place every November in the City of Toronto. The Royal is the largest combined indoor agricultural fair and international equestrian competition in the world. Where Canadian and International breeders, growers and exhibitors are declared champions and where hundreds of thousands of attendees come to learn, compete, shop and have a great time with friends and family. (Final day.)
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The Edible City: Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork
Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
$5 or free with book purchase
Coach House Books launches the latest edition of their uTOpia series of books about what Toronto is, was and could be with "The Edible City – Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork". The Edible City covers peaches and poverty, processing plants and public gardens, rats and bees and bad restaurant service, schnitzel and school lunches. It contains studies of food-security policy, a happy tale about a hardy fig tree, a guide to finding unusual groceries, a look at the city through the lens of a "roti-scope" and a brewer's history of the city. The event will feature a panel of contributors moderated by CityBites editor Dick Snyder with horticulturalist and author Steven Biggs, Toronto Life food columnist Sasha Chapman, native plant guru Lorraine Johnson, chef Joshna Maharaj, and food & history writer Sarah B. Hood.
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Lunch & Learn: Salted, Spiced and Hung to Dry
Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen's Park
12:00 noon to 1:30 PM
$15
Learn how to make pickles, chutneys and preserved fruits and vegetables. Includes Jamie Kennedy box lunch.
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LUNCHES & DINNERS
Celebration Luncheon for Stratford Chefs School Gastronomic Writer in Residence Program
Nota Bene, 180 Queen Street West
1:00 PM
$250 (tax receipt for $175) - call 519.271.1414 to reserve
The selection for the third annual Joseph Hoare Gastronomic Writer in Residence at Stratford Chefs School will be announced at this fall luncheon, which is also a fundraiser for the program.
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OUT-OF-TOWN
Taste the Season
various wineries in Niagara-on-the-Lake & area
11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
$40 for weekend pass
21 Wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake come together for a fabulous celebration of great wine and the season’s best bounty. This popular touring and tasting program is a wine and food extravaganza featuring 21 premium VQA wines carefully matched with delicious food pairings. Passes include a 2009 collectible holiday ornament as a keepsake of the event. A portion of the proceeds from each pass will go to support the food program of Community Care St. Catharines-Thorold, to help feed those in our community who would otherwise go hungry. (Also on other weekends in November.)
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MARKETS
Downsview Park Merchants & Farmers Market
Downsview Park, 40 Carl Hall Road
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
