Volume Two, Number Eleven | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | A Good Food Media website | News & features from the good food movement

The Big Food Book This Spring:
Sarah Elton's Locavore

The Tamworth Diaries: George Restaurant Buys a Pig

Sous Chef Fiona Lim describes how chef de partie Joel McDonald breaks down an entire Tamworth  pig, under the watchful eye of chef Lorenzo Loseto at George. More>>

Guernsey Girl Champs

Jamie Drummond reports that Team Auberge de Pommier wins cheesy gold with a great griller. More>>

GFR Videocast: Ata Rangi's Helen Masters

Watch this space for GFR's Good Food Fighters, organisations dedicated to conviality and food system accountabilyt and responsibility. More>>

Terroir Tourists

Malcolm Jolley becomes a tourist on his own terroir as he follows a bunch of out-of-town journos on Toronto gastro-tour. More>>

Wine of the Week:
Spanish Red Under $20

Jamie Drummond likes the 2007 Bodegas Martin Codax "Cuatro Pasos" Mencia Bierzo (Spain (LCBO VINTAGES 39313 - $16.95) and thinks it offers fantastic value. More>>

In Season Now: Lavender Honey

Kathleen Mackintosh loves Lavender Blue's line of lavender infused honey and jams (including a tart lemon marmalade). The farm on the North Shore of Lake Erie is one Ontario few lavender operations. | Culinarium is Ontario's Locavore Store, generously sponsors GFR'sweekly seasonal produce report.

In Season Now: Oats

Grains are the next step in the growing demand for local food, but Oak Manor Farms has been milling Ontario organic grains, like their steel cut oats since 1975. Kathleen Macintosh likes hers with a splash of maple syrup. | Culinarium is Ontario's Locavore Store, generously sponsors GFR'sweekly seasonal produce report.

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GFR Videocast: Nicholas Pashley's Passion for Good Canadian Beer

Maple Miracle

Real Dish columnist Lorette C. Luzajic cannot wait for this time of year, when the sap runs and a new batch of maple syrup is nearly here. (Includes a recipe.) More>>

Don't miss John Gundy's Event.

In Defence of Fine Dining

Photo: John Gundy
As much as activist Zara Fischer-Harrison cares about food security, she says it's ok to treat to yourself to a fine meal, even if the bill could feed a family for a week. More>>

Michael Schmidt Fights On

Passionate Paella Pairings at Cava

Photo: John Gundy
The Iberian Penisula met the Niagara one (and whatever Prince Edward County is) this week, Jamie Drummond reports. More>>

The Icelanders Cometh

The Drake Hotel's Anthony Rose welcomes Chef Thor Eggertsson from the much lauded Orange restaurant in Reykjavik. More>>