Yeah, we know that Facebook is sooooo last year, and that all the cool kids are Twittering now. But that hasn’t stopped us from setting up a new Taste T.O. Facebook Page (replacing our old and probably soon-to-disappear Taste T.O. Facebook Group).

So if you haven’t given up on the ol’ FB yet, please check it out and become a “fan”. We might have more fans than BlogTO, but we’ve got a lot less than Torontoist, so our egos could use the boost. KTHXBYE!

First, a toast to a really fabulous 2007, with thanks to everyone who helped and supported TasteTO during our first year of publication. We are overwhelmed by the fantastic reaction our site has had from Toronto’s foodie community and have great plans for the new year.

Huge, huge thanks with much gratitude to all of our writers, past and present, who worked so hard for us with little compensation. Your many voices and perspectives have ensured that TasteTO truly represents the array of culinary delights in our wonderful city. We are truly honoured to have all of you on our team.

Thanks as well to all of the chefs, restaurants, shops, farmers, market organizers, brewers and winemakers, food advocates, PR companies and gossip columnists who allowed us to pick their brains, take their photos, raid their space, scarf their fois gras, sip their wines, and rearrange their display cases to get the perfect photo. Thanks to the many friends who sat by in amusement as we sampled and photographed their food before they were allowed to eat it.

And finally, thanks to you, our readers. We have worked hard this year to bring you some of the best food writing this city has to offer, and watching our hits increase every month as more and more people find the site has been thrilling.

We have great stuff planned for 2008 with more new columns and contests, merchandise bearing our super-cool logo designed by graphic artist Will Skol, as well as some tastings and other events.

Sincere wishes for a joyful, prosperous and truly beautiful 2008 to everyone!

Sheryl & Greg

From everyone here at TasteTO - we wish you and yours the very best for the holiday season. May it be full of joy, happiness and really, really great food.

Come join us!

TasteTO.com is looking for writers and bloggers to contribute weekly or bi-weekly.

If you have:

• an excellent knowledge of food
• strong writing skills, including spelling and grammar
• exceptional time-management skills (must be able to work on a deadline and stick to a schedule!)
• ability to work with an editor and accept criticism and edits to your work
• access to a digital camera and good to excellent photography skills, especially with food
• familiarity with blogging software and basic to great internet skills and knowledge

…please send an email telling us about yourself and why you’d like to write for us, as well as three samples (cut and paste or URLs only - please, NO FILE ATTACHMENTS!) of your food-specific writing.

Note that we absolutely cannot consider any applications that do not include food-specific writing samples. Bloggers - please do not send a link to your whole blog - THREE specific samples only.

Serious inquiries only, please - send an email to sheryl@tasteto.com

Come join us!

TasteTO.com is looking for writers and bloggers to contribute weekly or bi-weekly.

If you have:

• an excellent knowledge of food
• strong writing skills, including spelling and grammar
• exceptional time-management skills (must be able to work on a deadline!)
• ability to work with an editor and accept criticism and edits to your work
• access to a digital camera and good to excellent photography skills, especially with food
• familiarity with blogging software and basic to great internet skills and knowledge

…please send an email telling us about yourself and why you’d like to write for us, as well as three samples (cut and paste or URLs only - please, NO FILE ATTACHMENTS!) of your food-specific writing.

Note that we absolutely cannot consider any applications that do not include food-specific writing samples. Bloggers - please do not send a link to your whole blog - THREE specific samples only.

Serious inquiries only, please - send an email to sheryl@tasteto.com

Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month, which means Taste T.O. will be presenting a segment on Take 5, the morning show on CIUT 89.5 FM, as part of their daily feature This Month Has 22 Experts.

This month, we’ll be talking with host Andy Frank (and whichever rotating co-host happens to be in the other chair) and guest David Alexander of the Toronto Vegetarian Association about the 23rd annual Vegetarian Food Fair, which takes place this weekend at Harbourfront Centre. The Fair is the largest event of its kind in North America, and always features a wide array of tasty treats for eaters of all persuasions.

Take 5 can be heard on CIUT every weekday from 8:30 to 10:00 AM. If you’re outside of the radio listening range, you can listen online, or on Rogers Digital Cable (channel 946) or Star Choice (channel 826). This Month Has 22 Experts appears on the program at 9:45 AM each day.

Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month, which means Taste T.O. will be presenting a segment on Take 5, the morning show on CIUT 89.5 FM, as part of their daily feature This Month Has 22 Experts.

This month, we’ll be talking with host Andy Frank (and whichever rotating co-host happens to be in the other chair) and Christina Zeidler of the Gladstone Hotel about Harvest Wednesdays, the weekly series of local/seasonal food dinners and tastings taking place at the Gladstone through to the end of the summer.

Take 5 can be heard on CIUT every weekday from 8:30 to 10:00 AM. If you’re outside of the radio listening range, you can listen online, or on Rogers Digital Cable (channel 946) or Star Choice (channel 826). This Month Has 22 Experts appears on the program at 9:26 AM each day.

We’re doing a bit of rearranging of the TasteTO publishing schedule, and have moved the Blog-A-Log column to Fridays. The next round-up of Toronto food blogger posts will be published Friday, July 20th.

Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month, which means Taste T.O. will be presenting a segment on Take 5, the morning show on CIUT 89.5 FM, as part of their daily feature This Month Has 22 Experts.

This month, we’ll be talking with host Andy Frank (and whichever rotating co-host happens to be in the other chair) about some of the many food & drink events that are taking place in Toronto this month, including Summerlicious, Scarborough Taste, Harvest Wednesdays and the Toronto Street Treats Fair.

Take 5 can be heard on CIUT every weekday from 8:30 to 10:00 AM. If you’re outside of the radio listening range, you can listen online, or on Rogers Digital Cable (channel 946) or Star Choice (channel 826). This Month Has 22 Experts appears on the program at 9:26 AM each day.

Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month, which means Taste T.O. will be presenting a segment on Take 5, the morning show on CIUT 89.5 FM, as part of their daily feature This Month Has 22 Experts.

This month, we’ll be talking with host Andy Frank (and whichever rotating co-host happens to be in the other chair) about farmers markets, Amnesty International’s Taste for Justice campaign, and if we have time, our restaurant review of the month.

Take 5 can be heard on CIUT every weekday from 8:30 to 10:00 AM. If you’re outside of the radio listening range, you can listen online, or on Rogers Digital Cable (channel 946) or Star Choice (channel 826). This Month Has 22 Experts appears on the program at 9:26 AM each day.

Come join us!
TasteTO.com is looking for writers and bloggers to contribute weekly or bi-weekly.

If you have:
- an excellent knowledge of food
- strong writing skills, including spelling and grammar
- exceptional time-management skills (must be able to work on a deadline!)
- access to a digital camera and good to excellent photography skills, especially with food
- familiarity with blogging software and basic to great internet skills and knowledge

…please send an email telling us about yourself and why you’d like to write for us, as well as three samples (cut and paste or URLs only - please NO FILE ATTACHMENTS!) of your food-specific writing.

Note that we absolutely cannot consider any applications that do not include food-specific writing samples. Bloggers - please do not send a link to your whole blog - THREE specific samples only.

Serious inquiries only, please - send an email to sheryl@tasteto.com

If you’re a regular visitor to Taste T.O., you’ve undoubtedly noticed that things look very different all of a sudden. We’ve got a new logo and a new colour scheme, both of them a bit brighter than the black/grey/white look we were using before.

We’re especially excited about our new logo, which has been created for us by local graphic designer Will Skol. He does fantastic work, and we were very happy to have him put something together for us.

Now that we have a snazzy logo, we’re gonna start putting it on things, so watch for some Taste T.O. merchandise to be available for ordering soon. We’ll also be doing a bit more tweaking of the site, although most of the changes will be small or behind-the-scenes, so you probably won’t notice much.

In the meantime, we hope you like the changes, and if you notice anything that doesn’t seem to be working properly, please let us know.

We somehow missed this when it was first posted/announced a couple of weeks ago, but better late than never:

Our web-hosting company, Dreamhost, has gone carbon-neutral. Which means that TasteTO.com has gone green without us even realising it. Cool!

This, in addition to the fact that they’re employee-owned and just seem like a fun bunch of folks to hang out with, make us very happy to give them our business. If you happen to be looking for a web hosting option, we highly recommend that you check them out.

We’re pleased to announce that Taste T.O. will be contributing to Take 5, the morning news and talk show on CIUT 89.5 FM, as part of their new segment, This Month Has 22 Experts.

Starting this Friday May 4th, and subsequently on the first Friday of each month, folks from the Taste T.O. team will be joining Take 5 host Andy Frank and his rotating co-hosts in the studio to chat about Toronto’s food and drink scene.

Take 5 can be heard on CIUT every weekday from 8:30 to 10:00 AM. If you’re outside of the radio listening range, you can listen online, or on Rogers Digital Cable (channel 946) or Star Choice (channel 826). This Month Has 22 Experts appears on the program at 9:26 AM each day.

Are you a musician, actor, artist, activist, writer, blogger, chef, or some other sort of person of notoriety who lives in Toronto and likes food?

If so, we’re looking for people like you to feature in a new weekly column called Tasting T.O., where we will be profiling local personalities and asking them a few questions about where and what they like to eat in our city. We’d especially like to focus on folks with something new or upcoming to promote, so if you’ve got a gig/release/project coming up that you’d like to hype, you’re a perfect candidate.

We’ll be launching the feature in the next couple of weeks, so if you or someone you know would like to be profiled, please get in touch.