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The Palmerston Café 800 Dundas Street West 416-361-3333 Complete meal for two with all taxes, tip and cocktails: $80 Nestled at an unassuming corner of Dundas and Palmerston, the diminutive Palmerston Café is ushering in its second summer...

EVENTS Food!: Sink Your Teeth Into Science Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM various admission prices Explore the relationship between food and science in a wide variety of mini-experiments and demonstrations throughout the Centre...

Styrofoam Ones - Alexander The... (L) and J Catalog (R) Synth-punk trio Styrofoam Ones formed a couple of harsh winters ago over a mutual interest in dollar bin records and Red Stripe...

Here's all the tasty bit from around Toronto today... Don't assume that because it's July that strawberry season is over. Many farmers now grow an everbearing variety that bear fruit right up until the first frost. [Toronto Sun] Casual is in...

EVENTS Food!: Sink Your Teeth Into Science Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM various admission prices Explore the relationship between food and science in a wide variety of mini-experiments and demonstrations throughout the Centre...

It has spawned countless copycats, and has earned Chef Marc Breton a local food hero award from the Toronto Food Policy Council. It brings together farmers and local food producers with the people who eat their food...

Here's all the tasty bits from around Toronto today... What your food eats changes the way it tastes, which is why so many artisanal meat producers are experimenting with different unique foods for their animals. Think nuts and beer for pigs, grape leaves for lamb, and mustard flour for chicken...

EVENTS CHIN International Picnic Exhibition Place free admission Uncover an exciting new culture, or rediscover your own at the 43rd Annual CHIN International Picnic. This 3-day event (July 1st, 4th & 5th) attracts 250,000 people annually and remains the largest, free picnic in the country...

Merci Mon Ami 171 East Liberty Street, #107 647-436-3832 Brunch for two with all taxes, tip and coffee: $40 As had been made evident on this site before, I am not a patio person, especially a streetside patio...

EVENTS CHIN International Picnic Exhibition Place free admission Uncover an exciting new culture, or rediscover your own at the 43rd Annual CHIN International Picnic. This 3-day event (July 1st, 4th & 5th) attracts 250,000 people annually and remains the largest, free picnic in the country...

Here's what Toronto food bloggers are cooking up this week... Blog From Our Kitchen - can't figure out what to do with those tasty radish greens (no, really, they are tasty) - try an omelette. Bon Eats - white chocolate macadamia cookies - there's a reason for this flavour combination...

Here’s a round-up of the food & drink articles in Toronto’s papers today… Globe & Mail: Chris Johns is the first food critic in town to check out Ceili Cottage, and aside from a couple of small complaints, he gives it a glowing review...

EVENTS Food!: Sink Your Teeth Into Science Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM...

Toronto is doing everything it can to become the centre of the local food movement. Restaurateurs such as Anthony Rose (The Drake), Roberto Martella (Grano) and Christopher MacDonald (Cava) have all championed buying their goods close to home, but have overlooked Ontario wine as a local resource...

Here's all the tasty bits from around Toronto today.....

Those of you who know Greg and I in person will likely shake your heads - as if we don't already have enough to do without taking on another food and drink website. But it would appear that's exactly what we've done...

Here's some food for thought for today... Food deserts versus food swamps - access to fruit and veggies doesn't necessarily make people healthier. But what's the solution...

Welcome to the first instalment of Flavours of the Day, our new daily listing of events, markets, specials and other food-related happenings in Toronto and area...

Amongst the complaints directed towards the LCBO by craft beer drinkers, one of the most common is the poor selection of beers from elsewhere in Canada...

It’s that time of year again. Summerlicious (July 3rd - 19th); when diners flock to Toronto’s restaurants in search of a cheap meal, and restaurant staff groan and complain at the long hours and stiffed tips. Summer (and Winter) Licious are self-perpetuating catch-22s...

Here's some food for thought for today... The US FDA still can't figure out why people got sick from eating raw cookie dough. Dudes - raw. cookie. dough. Problem is, the e.coli strain linked to the illness hasn't actually shown up in the product...

Crêpes a GoGo 18 Yorkville Avenue 416-922-6765 Complete dinner for two with all taxes, tip and sweet cider: $49 While calling Crêpes a GoGo for reservations, I am intrigued by the thick Parisian accent that takes my name and number, and wonder if it might be owner Véronique Perez, but with so...

Here's this week's round-up of the latest local food and restaurant news... Openings: Several months past his hoped-for St. Patrick's Day launch, Patrick McMurray of Starfish finally opened his Irish pub The Ceili Cottage (1301 Queen Street East) this past week...

Here's what Toronto food bloggers are chewing on this week... Blog From Our Kitchen - Elizabeth demonstrates why making your own sourdough can be scary - it comes to life in the summertime. The Bumbling Baker - eee! Cute corn cupcakes. Closet Cooking - oh, so pretty. Kevin makes strawberry souffle...

Here’s a round-up of the food & drink articles in Toronto’s papers today… National Post: Gina Mallet looks for the glory of yesteryear at the Arcadian Court in The Bay's Queen Street location, but she is sorely disappointed...

Angela Aiello is a true city girl with country roots. Growing up in the Niagara region with an Italian family heritage, and a booming wine industry in her backyard, she was destined to become a wine entrepreneur, and lover of all things gourmet...

Here's all the good stuff from the papers today... Toronto Star: Oh noes! Whatever will we do if the boozes run out? Customers emptied the shelves at LCBO stores yesterday as a strike deadline loomed. Left behind - wine in tetrapaks and that nasty banana liquor...

Here's some food for thought for today... "You've got to love the Chicken Hawk. He's just an inexperienced country bird but sounds like a tough Bronx city kid." -Foghorn Leghorn...

Here's some food for thought for today... "Our customers care about where their food comes from..." - oh, stop, that makes my sides hurt. McDonald's hops on the sustainable bandwagon in the EU with a whole 7 of their 500,000 suppliers using "innovative sustainable practices"...

In all of the coverage about the services affected by the current City of Toronto strike, the one thing we've all forgotten about is the Farmers' Markets. More concerned about daycare and garbage pickup, no one, including the City, has put much thought into events being held on city property...

The Queen and Beaver Public House 35 Elm Street 647-347-2712 When we interviewed Jamieson Kerr late last summer for a profile of his King West establishment Crush Wine Bar, he mentioned that one of his future plans was to open a new place modelled after the gastropubs that have taken the dining...

Here's some food for thought for today... When it comes to shipping beer, those glass bottles sure are heavy. Cans lighten the load, but hey, why not sell beer in bags? Yes... bags. Oh geeze - why am I expecting that the husband is going to want to order some beer soap...

The Roxton 379 Harbord Street 416-535-8181 Dinner for two with all taxes, tip and beer: $65 Memory often fails us. A bad experience gets worse and worse, while a merely pleasant experience can become an amazing one over time...

It's the first official weekend of the summer, and festival season is kicking into high gear, with big events happening all across the city...

A trio of scones from School Bakery and Cafe. My epic hunt for the perfect scone has been long and onerous; it appears that nearly every bakery and coffee shop is cursed to carry flavourless, shapeless doughy lumps that resemble everything but a scone...

Here's some food for thought for today... Food Inc. filmmaker discusses the film and Monsanto's "refusal" to take part, while Monsanto tries to compare copyright infringement of a film to their efforts to patent genes and shut whole sectors of farmers out of the market...

It's a short column this month, as there are no new issues of City Bites or Edible Toronto to report on (although the summer issue of the latter should be out in a week or two), so we just have the July 2009 edition of Toronto Life to review...

Here's what Toronto food bloggers have been up to this week... Blog From Our Kitchen - got leftover asparagus? Whip up an omlette. Bon Eats - Bonita makes a case for ketchup. CSAShare - Alexa gets creative with radishes...

Here’s a round-up of the food & drink articles in Toronto’s papers today… Globe & Mail: Joanne Kates despises lunch but raves about dinner at the newest location of Le Gourmand. Gayla Trail explains why growing basil can be a pain, but is well worth the effort...

It's not often that a change of name and style of a restaurant warrants a flurry of media coverage, including a somewhat sensationalized Globe & Mail cover story. But Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner wasn't just any restaurant - or rather, its namesake owner isn't just any chef...

She Takes The Cake 1600 Dundas Street West 416-538-2253 You can't mention Dundas West bakery She Takes the Cake without talking about dulce de leche(but more on that later)...

Here's some food for thought for today... Childhood obesity - not just for humans - researchers have found that adult crows that eat junk food will also feed the less nutritious food to their chicks, resulting in malnutrition in the baby birds...

It's no big news that we've got some great wines being made in Ontario, but at many restaurants, the wine lists are still skewed heavily to bottles from France, Italy, Australia, and other non-Ontario wine regions...

Chris Alexander is a lifelong cineaste and experimental music composer, obsessed with eccentric horror and dark fanatsy movies, weird romance, melodrama and spacey, strange sounds...

Here's all the good stuff from the papers today... Toronto Star: The strawberries are coming - just be patient and hope for warm weather. Toronto school boards want to replace regular soda in school vending machines with aspartame-based diets sodas...

Here's some food for thought for today... Restaurant patrons want to be served sustainable fish, but don't tend to purchase it when shopping for food to prepare at home...

Looking at the Beer Store's list of top sellers, it's painfully obvious that despite the efforts of forward-thinking craft brewers everywhere, the majority of beer drinkers in Ontario choose to drink pale lagers that lack flavour and character, and that would be hard to differentiate from each...

Here's some food for thought for today... Your desktop is dirtier than your toilet. Why does this matter? Is that a muffin next to your keyboard? Are you eating it with... gasp... your hands? Ewww! What's your favourite comfort food when you're sick? Soup seems to be winning based on the comments...

Odile Chocolat 829 Dundas Street West 416-538-1016 A dear friend once told me that the road to heaven is paved with chocolate...

Here's some food for thought for today... They've called in the big guns in the war to get Nobu restaurant to take bluefin tuna off the menu - here come the celebrities, now we'll have some action! And with bluefin tuna making the news, has it turned people off of all types of the fish...

Bonjour Brioche 812 Queen Street East 416-406-1250 Brunch for two with all taxes, tip and coffee: $25 (cash only) People seem to either love or hate Bonjour Brioche...

Here's this week's round-up of the latest local food and restaurant news.....

Here's what Toronto food bloggers are talking about this week... Ange's Blog - Ange kicks back after the 42 Wines event with some Bottom's Up! Bon Eats - Bonita offers a recipe for one of my favourite cookies: cranberry coconut oatmeal...

Greg is in Montreal, putting away pints at the Mondial Beer Festival, so I'm taking over his column this week. Undoubtedly I will miss something, since he has all kinds of tricks for finding stories buried on newspaper websites, but I'll do my best...

When we first got the announcement about next Wednesday's Earth Day Gala at The Drake, we were a bit confused, since the last time we checked, Earth Day was on April 22nd. So why was it being celebrated with a big ticket event on June 10th...

Greg tells many great stories of the time he lived at Queen and Broadview in the late 80s, upstairs from one of the guys from Skinny Puppy...

Here's some food for thought for today... The Montreal chef who serves seal meat on his menu has been receiving death threats from ardent seal hunt protesters. Why wait for the fruit to ripen? In some places they prefer it hard and green...

Negroni Panini 492 College Street 416-413-0005 Dinner for two with all taxes, tip and wine - $70 The boys behind Sidecar get it right again, bringing more cheap and cheerful dining to College Street with Negroni Panini...

I've read varying reports on the food at Stockyards at St. Clair and Christie, but Steven Davey of NOW wants to set the record straight. Meriting a rarely-seen 5-N review, the BBQ joint gets two sauce-covered thumbs up for its chicken and ribs (and pulled pork and potato salad...)...

Here's some food for thought for today... If it's got the word "buster" in its name, it's probably not health food - some individual dishes at family-oriented chains like Chili's, Red Lobster and Milestones can serve up an entire day's worth of calories, fat and sodium...

I always approach June with great anticipation - not as a sun worshipper but as a farmers market troller. The exceptionally cool weather this spring has left me wanting for a warmer climate, or at the very least, the first summer harvest...

Here's all the good stuff from the papers today... Toronto Star: Making the roasting process for coffee beans more environmentally-friendly. The Blue Nun goes for the gold - in an attempt to appeal to the Goldschlager crowd, the famous 70s wine will get sparkling and sparkly with real gold flakes...

Here's some food for thought for today... The decline of fish stocks in the world's ocean predates industrialization. We're all eating our weeds this spring, and stinging nettles are the latest darling ingredient, preferably on pizza...

Once or twice a year, I try and tag along with some friends who make regular beer runs down to Buffalo to stock up on stuff that isn't available in Ontario...

Here's some food for thought for today... Lots of stuff in the news recently about underground or "pop-up" restaurants - in the UK they seem to be taking place in private homes. Is it possible that the next great chef might be lurking behind the stoves in some suburb...