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A Night of USA Rice, Molecular Cuisine with Chef John Placko

October 28, 2012

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When FayeClack Communications Inc. sent me an email to join a night of Molecular Cuisine and a demonstrations on different use of USA Rice, it didn’t take me too long to decide.  You could say the email grabbed me in two levels. The lab geek in me came out peeking and I doubt there would […]

Soupstock 2012

October 21, 2012

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When about 200 chefs band together to get their voices heard to Stop the Mega Quarry, the crowd comes.  Just like what happened a year ago at Foodstock, foodies came in droves to support the efforts to stop the proposal to build a limestone mega quarry at Melancthon township.  When last year the attendance was […]

Coming home to Toronto

September 1, 2012

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Walking the streets of Barcelona on the last day of my vacation has always been a tug of war of melancholy and enthusiasm.  I have always been attached to Barcelona and it felt like home.  It has always been there to inspire and get me at my most creative. When I come back to Toronto, […]

Petit Thuet

August 8, 2012

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While dining in a restaurant by Queen St. West, I once wondered what was Thuet bread.  As I waited for my food, we did a quick search on what it was and found out all about Marc Thuet.  The man behind the chain of gourmet bakeries in Toronto, it was said to be one of […]

The GridTO’s Burger Week Finale – Carnivores Unite!

June 3, 2012

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Whoever at TheGridTO who has come up with the idea of creating Burger Week in Toronto was a pure genius.  For most of the week, Torontonians were burger-crazy, indulging on special burgers created by the city’s best.  The week culminated with an afternoon with 20 of Toronto’s meat-meisters coming together at Artscape Wychwood Barns.  They […]