Along with a long list of accomplishments as a Toronto City Councillor, Joe Mihevc also introduced the backyard chicken bylaw where residents could keep up to four chickens in their yard. Here’s how it’s working at his home, especially breakfast-wise. Continue reading
In search of the iconic malt drink that shaped my childhood taste buds in Wisconsin, I was surprised where my quest led me in Toronto’s multicultural abundance. Continue reading
Torontonians don’t just eat food, we make it too. From wine juice producers to breweries, from bakeries to coffee roasters, from patties to pasta, food feeds the city’s economic engine. Continue reading
Where do you eat when you’re out in the middle of the night? Vesta Lunch has been a Toronto institution since 1955. The Vesta is a video short by Lucas Gindin and Leib Kopman. Continue reading
Chickens are not complicated creatures. Feed, water, scoop poop, dress up like turkeys for Halloween, repeat. But really – do it for the eggs. Continue reading
We all have to eat, of course, but what does food mean to us and why do we care so much about it? Continue reading
Did you know we have one? Toronto’s Food Policy Council, the first in North American, was established as a subcommittee by the Board of Health in 1991. Continue reading
Specialty grocery stores import from everywhere. Here’s where the local Maraș Turkish community can buy bulgur from home, anchovies from the Black Sea, pointy chick peas… Continue reading
Elect the tastiest candidate in town. Continue reading
How a farmers’ market got started, what it takes to keep it going and the principles that guide it. Continue reading
A family’s traditional cookies carry the stories of their lives. Continue reading
How a ‘work group’ makes serious farm gardening so much easier and a whole lot of fun. Continue reading
Documenting a mother’s recipe for a vegetable (and some tuna) antipasto. Continue reading
The journey of two young Toronto organic farmers whose market gardening is bringing more fresh food to our city. Continue reading
Encountered at the cenotaph in Prospect Cemetery. An offering which suggests that warm memories of family around the table last a lifetime, sometimes longer. Continue reading
Recycling, re-purposing and defying convention. All in the name of, mostly, drying tomatoes. Continue reading
While eschewing perfect-shaped grocery store apples for locally grown ones, do we really know what’s involved in their cultivation? Continue reading
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