EVENTS
St. Patrick's Week
The Ceili Cottage, 1301 Queen Street East
various times & prices
To celebrate St. Patrick's Day in fine style, The Ceili Cottage will be hosting fine days and nights of events including: St. Practice Day (March 13th), St. Patrick's Parade Day (March 14th), Industry Night (March 15th), Session Day (March 16th) and St. Patrick's Day Proper (March 17th). For full details, see the link below. (Continues to March 17th.)
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iYellow Wine School: Wine & Food 101
Reds Wine Bar, 77 Adelaide Street West
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
$35 per class - $260 for all 8 classes - see website for enrollment details
The second term of iYellow Wine School courses for Winter 2010 will help build your confidence around the art of wine and food. Classes are led by Sommelier Taylor Thompson, with food paired by Reds Sous Chef Amira Becarevic. See the website for full details on all 8 classes in this term.
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Total Health 2010
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 225 Front Street West
various times
various ticket options - see website for details
Total Health 2010, Canada's premier national health show, will celebrate 33 years of striving to make a difference in the world, bringing cutting edge knowledge to the public by the leading innovators in the natural health field. "Our Health, Our Planet" is our theme for 2010. Our stewardship of the planet influences the state of our health. We as consumers must choose foods and products which do no harm to people, animals or our planet. Our speakers will focus on traditional healing methods, traditional farming methods, promoting agricultural biodiversity, creating ecologically based communities, and preserving a healthy environment for our children. (Continues to March 14th.)
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Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival
Kortright Centre for Conservation, 9550 Pine Valley Drive, Vaughan (open daily)
Bruce’s Mill Conservation Area, 3291 Stouffville Road, Stouffville (open Wed-Sun, March Break & Easter Monday)
9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
$8 adults - $6 kids and seniors - free kids 4 and under
Tap into nature at the 42nd Annual Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival, the GTA’s longest running and most popular maple syrup festival. The festival celebrates the coming of spring and the sights, sounds and tastes of a Canadian heritage that sprouted from an age-old tradition of the First Nations people who first used the syrup for food and medicine. The Festival will include food and drinks, fun for all ages and lots of entertainment including daily self guided activities at both locations: maple syrup demonstrations, syrup sampling, horse drawn wagon rides, pony rides, maple syrup guided walks and more. (Continues to April 11th.)
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DINNERS
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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MARKETS
Downsview Park Merchants & Farmers Market
Downsview Park, 40 Carl Hall Road
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Farmers Organic Market
St. George the Martyr Church, 197 John Street
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Green Barn Farmers Market
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Avenue
8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
St. Lawrence Farmers Market
St. Lawrence Market (North Building), 92 Front Street East
5:00 AM to 5:00 PM
The Village Market
Toronto Waldorf School, 9100 Bathurst Street, Thornhill
8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
For a comprehensive list of upcoming events in and around Toronto, check out our Events page.
