DINNERS
Latin America: From Mexico to Argentina
Cava Restaurant, 1560 Yonge Street
7:00 PM
$85 - BYOB (no corkage) - call 416.979.9918 to reserve
The second of Slow Food Toronto’s Chef’s Series Events for 2010, featuring the cuisines of Latin America prepared by chefs Chris McDonald & Doug Penfold (Cava Restaurant), Marina Quierolo (Surkyl), Carlos Fuenmayor (Sobrasito) and Carlos Rodriguez (Hart House). Proceeds from the evening will help send delegates to Terra Madre, Slow Food’s bi-annual conference on sustainable world food economies in October 2010.
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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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EVENTS
Tastes of Tomorrow: Chef David Lee
George Brown Chef School, Room 112, 300 Adelaide Street East
6:30 PM
free for Tastes of Tomorrow members ($25 membership) - $10 for guests
Executive Chef David Lee from Note Bene will be coming in to talk about his experiences as a chef and to showcase some of his incredible cooking methods.
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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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MARKETS
The Stop's Good Food Market
Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre, 1900 Davenport Road
4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
OUT-OF-TOWN
Countylicious
various restaurants in Prince Edward County
various times
$30 or $35 prix fixe menu options
Don’t miss your chance to dine on divine cuisine with a down to earth price tag at Countylicous, Prince Edward County’s prix fixe culinary celebration. Top Prince Edward County restaurants will offer three-courses for $30 or $35. (Continues to April 17th.)
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