Category: Food
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Pasta Picks: Dal Moro’s Fresh Pasta To Go
By: Vanessa Quon As fall looms, comfort food is starting to creep back into our lives, which is why Dal Moro’s Fresh Pasta To Go is a great place to help satisfy those carb cravings. Located at 605 Yonge St. in the Church and Wellesley area, Dal Moro’s serves fresh, traditional pasta, conveniently placed in…
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Experiments at the Labothéry
Credit: Shannon Schaefer By: Shannon Schaefer Wash your hands, get your lab coat on and prepare to conduct your own flavour experiment at Toronto’s first do-it-yourself bubble tea store – Labothéry. Located on 717 Bay St., Labothéry is a unique bubble tea store that allows customers to craft their own signature drinks. When customers walk…
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Hip Hip Halal! Three halal burger joints taking Toronto by storm
By: Sukaina Jamil The Burgernator Photo courtesy of The Burgernator Perhaps the most well-known halal burger joint in Toronto, The Burgernator is located in Kensington Market on Augusta Avenue. Although the restaurant opened back in 2013, they recently revamped their menu in early March of this year. They introduced newer, bolder flavour combinations that emphasize…
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Beer 101: The Devil’s in the Details
By Mark McKelvie The dark orange gold look of the pilsner fills most of the pint when it’s served on tap, finished off by a fluffy white head. First, a clean scent of malt, then it hits the taste buds, a soft but noticeable bitterness accompanies the cold relief the beer brings. The average beer…
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MoRoCo is Choc Full of Flavour!
By Sukaina Jamil The Salty Sugar Daddy, left, and the Macaron Madness, right. How can you resist?! (Photo: Aya Baradie) The end of March is creeping up on us, and you know what that means – an unpredictable amount of winter weeks still lay ahead. Luckily Toronto is full of cute spots that make great…
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Chicken Fingers of Toronto: Top 3 Con-Tenders
By Kelly Skjerven You know that feeling you get when you go out to eat and hate almost everything on the menu? I have always been a picky eater, and I have a pro tip for you: chicken fingers are my holy grail (unless you’re vegetarian of course, in which tofu nuggets are great). I’ve…
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Here’s How to Order Vegan at Your Fave Fast Food Restaurants
By: Natalie Michie Many vegans might agree that fast food restaurants aren’t their first choice when it comes to getting a proper meal. However, sometimes these pit stops are unavoidable. My shift to a vegan lifestyle has certainly not stepped in the way of my love for junk food, so I can relate first-hand to…
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What Distinguishes Canada’s West Coast Cuisine?
By Isabelle Kirkwood (Tourism Vancouver) I think Ontarians often feel cocooned by their province’s vast population in comparison to the rest of Canada. However, as a Vancouverite and avid West Coast Best Coast flag-bearer, I’d like to take a bit of time to bring light to a distinguished yet often overlooked subculture of Canadian cuisine.…
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Veganism and Health: The Big Myth
By: Julia Mastroianni When you picture a vegan breakfast, I’m sure all you see are fruit bowls and green smoothies. My mornings look a little bit different. By 12 p.m., I’ve eaten one Clif bar and a peanut butter cookie. The plan for lunch is whatever I find in the fridge, but I usually wake…
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Is Toronto’s famous sushi burrito a symbol of cultural appropriation?
By Sarah Chew Usage rights: Wikimedia Commons I’ve been a fan of sushi burrito since it first came to the city through Rolltation, a rapidly growing joint at Dundas Street West and University Avenue. My Instagram and Facebook feeds were filled with the innovative food creation, which I saw garnered mixed reviews from Torontonians—so…
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Inside the Toronto Tea Festival
Photos taken by Shaun B. Jennings By Neha Chollangi Did you know that all tea comes from the exact same plant? No, it’s not different species from a specific group like you might expect, but literally the exact same species for every type of tea. This means that black, oolong, white, herbal, puerh and green…
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Pairing Canadian wines with fast food favourites!
Photo: Emerald Bensadoun By Emerald Bensadoun and Valerie Dittrich Picture this: a night on the town. Lots of wine. Dancing for upwards of six hours straight. You might’ve even skipped dinner to get to the pre-drink on time. But you’re a class act and you’d rather be in the clear than have a beer. What’s…