EVENTS
A Sake Tasting Adventure
Kaiseki Sakura, 556 Church Street
two sittings: 6:00 PM to 7:45 PM and 8:15 PM to 10:00 PM
$100 - call 416-564-0529 for details
The Crazyfish Collective is a not-for-profit dance collective and in preparation for our upcoming show please join us for a Fundraiser and Silent Auction. Explore some of Japan's delicious traditional Sake and the culinary expertise of master chef Daisuke Izutsu of Kaiseki Sakura.
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Night School for Cheese Fans: Québec Cheese Past and Present
Leslieville Cheese Market West, 541 Queen Street West
two tastings: 7:30 PM and 8:40 PM
$20 - call 416-361-3111 to reserve
Join cheese specialist Julia Rogers of Cheese Culture for a fun, tasty and informative class. It's fair to say that Québec cheese is a Canadian favourite, with a reputation for quality and creativity appreciated from coast-to-coast and internationally. This class outlines the 400-year history of dairying in La Belle Province, and provides opportunities to taste traditional and contemporary styles.
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Old Glen's Old Gold
Vineyards Estate Wines Queens Quay, 228 Queens Quay West
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
$20 - call 416.598.8880 to reserve
The Olympics are now over but you can continue to salute Canadian Gold when sommelier Glen Siegel opens his secret cellar of Oldie Goldies! These are wines that Glen has hidden away to age, back vintage beauties that need to be tasted. Glen will demonstrate and explain the effects of aging on wines and even open a couple of older icewines.
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Joanna Waley-Cohen on Food & Religion in Chinese History
University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, Room AA-112, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough
7:30 PM
free admission - reserve at UofTtix.ca
In premodern China, religious practices, together with beliefs about the relationship between the human and natural world, were among the important factors shaping what people ate and the circumstances in which they ate it. Joanna Waley-Cohen discusses the interaction of Buddhist, Confucian, and other popular belief systems in China, specifically in terms of their impact on culinary history and on related social customs and practices.
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DINNERS
Food For Change Dinner Series
The Stop's Green Barn, Barn #4, 601 Christie Street
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$75 - $120 with wine pairings - $100 to be part of kitchen crew
Chef Chris Brown creates an intimate, five course dining experience for you to savour under the stars at our fabulous Green Barn. And if you want to experience life in a professional kitchen, join the kitchen crew and help prepare the feast. Proceeds to support The Stop Community Food Centre.
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Stop For Food
various restaurants
various times
$35 & $50 prix fixe menus
Dozens of Toronto’s finest restaurants unite once again for Stop for Food, a culinary celebration that raises funds for The Stop Community Food Centre, a unique anti-poverty organization in the city’s west end. Throughout the month of March, each participating restaurant will offer a special prix fixe menu priced at either $35 or $50 per person, with $5 or $10 respectively per meal being donated directly to The Stop. These menus will be prepared in each restaurant’s distinctive style, using exclusively Ontario-grown ingredients, further strengthening the bonds between local farmers and artisanal producers, restaurants and the community. (Continues to March 31st.)
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Dominus: Tasting & Dinner with Christian Moueix
Centro Restaurant & Lounge, 2472 Yonge Street
6:00 PM
$295 - call 416-365-5767 or 1-800-266-4764 to reserve
Best known as the visionary producer of Château Pétrus and other top Bordeaux estates, Christian Moueix has also garnered high praise with his Napa venture, Dominus Estate. At this unique estate in the Napa Valley, Moueix uses Bordeaux grape varieties to create distinctly Californian wine that speaks eloquently of its terroir. This structured tasting and dinner will feature several vintages of the iconic Dominus as well as Napanook and Othello; the latter available in only a handful of markets worldwide.
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OUT-OF-TOWN
Bring Food Home: Connecting Ontario Farm and Food Networks
Delta Kitchener Waterloo, 105 King Street East, Kitchener
see website for registration details
The conference will bring together a broad range of participants from diverse regions and sectors, including farmers, food enterprises, health promoters, community groups and government organizations. The purpose of this gathering is to facilitate our learning and working together to create food systems that are healthy, just, accessible, culturally appropriate, financially viable and sustainable. (Continues to March 6th.)
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MARKETS
Apple Tree Market
behind North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, 200 Eglinton Avenue West
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Dufferin Grove Organic Farmers Market
Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin Street
3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
For a comprehensive list of upcoming events in and around Toronto, check out our Events page.
