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Fergus Henderson: The GFR Interview

Photo: Laurie Fletcher
Jamie Drummond interrogates Fergus Henderson at St. John, Smithfield about everything from the state of French gastronomy and the meaning of top 100 restaurant lists to the finer points of eating spleen. Then, Drummond dines at Henderson's Temple of The Whole Beast and furnishes GFR with photographic evidence. More>>

Join GFR For a Drink And A Chat
Join Jamie Drummond and Malcolm Jolley this Monday, May 10 at 6:30 PM at Boehmer, 93 Ossington Avenue, for GFR's contribution to Salut, Toronto's Wine & Food Festival. Tickets are $20 for this informal seminar on 'The Art of the Dinner Party' and include a light liquid refreshment. Click here to purchase tickets, or contact us to find out more. We hope you'll come down to Boehmer's fantastic, just-opened space and join us for an after-work/pre-dinner glass of wine and a fun chat. Come prepared with tough questions and plenty of attitude - we're ready! J&M. (Photo: Jo Dickins)

In Season Now: Rhubarb
"I know they're not really fruit, but everyone treats them as one anyway," says locavoriste Kathleen Mackintosh of rhubarb, which qualifies as the season's first Ontario dessert crop any way you slice it. Look for rhubarb in the just opening farmers markets or specialty stores - or check your backyard - rhubarb was widely planted (and spread) all over Southern Ontario in the 19th and 20th Centuries | Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

Martin on the Mosel

Photo: Mariusz Kapczyński
Anne Martin finds the real Riesling on the banks of Germany's Mosel river. More>>

Top Toronto Wine Bars

City Bites Editor Dick Snyder lists his favourite spots to sip and nibble. More>>

Gastronomy in La Rioja

Shaun Smith brought his camera and appetite to La Rioja. More>>

Real Dish: Brunch Heroes at Yasi's

Photo: Ralph Martin
Lorette C. Luzajic discovers a Wallace Street gem. More>>

Blind Dining: O.Noir

Trina Hendry tries visionless dining at Toronto's pitch black restaurant. More>>

Good Food Fighter Events
Please support GFR's Good Food Fighters who make this website work every week
May 1-30, Festival of Chefs, The Cheese Boutique
May 8-15, Salut Wine & Food Festival
May 11, Fundraiser for Chris Uy, Mildred's Temple Kitchen

July 8, Boy's Night Out, Lifford Agency

NEW: GFR readers can now save 15% on the list price of Salut Wine & Food Festival events! Use promo code GFR01 when you click on the banner below for event listings and ticket purchases. Check out all the great dinners and tastings now, and we'll see you at Salut!

Zoltan's Picks: An Under $15 Stunner and Five 5 out of 5's

Zoltan Szabo picks the 2007 Los Ailos Syrah Malbec (LCBO# 161406), which at $12.95 offers supererior value from the Valle del Tulum in Argentina. Zoltan notes the wine has: "Aromas of black berries, plums, toasted oak, vanilla and spicy nuances in the background. Medium to full-weight with integrated tannins and a smooth, warm finish. Try with spicy Hungarian sausages or Indian - spiced roasted and well sauced elk" Click here to find a bottle at an LCBO Vintages store near you. Szabo also gives GFR a additional five tasting notes on Outstanding Wines Recently Tasted, including a stunning 'five apple' second wine from Margaux, a Montepulciano d'Abruzzo that sublimely shatters stereotypes about the DOCG, a sparkler from the Marche, a top Alsatian Gewurtz and new Niagara Pinot Noir. More>>

Jo Dickins' OHI Gold Awards Slide Show

Jo Dickins' photo album of the Ontario Hosterly Institute's (a Certified Good Food Fighter) Gold Award Gala Dinner last month. more>>

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Bettina Bakes Bread (Arlene Assists)

Arlene Stein learns how to bake bread from pastry chef and Earth to Table co-author Bettina Schormann. More>>

Thermadoralicious!

Malcolm Jolley reports on hot young chef, Cory Vitiello's foray into show biz at a press demo for Thermadore. More>>

Two Wines Under $20

Anne Martin discovers two amazing values at the LCBO's VIntages: from Greece, the 2008 Nasiakos Mantinia LCBO# 143032 - $15.95) and from France the 2007 Château Dona Baissas Vielles Vignes (LCBO# 151282 - $17.95). More>>

Biodynamic Man, Chris Benziger

Chris Benziger's family are Napa Valley biodynamic winemaking pioneers. Jamie Drummond asks him how and why. More>>

BioVino 2010

Marlise Ponzo brought her camera to BioVino, Ontario's first expo of eco-friendly wines at the Green Living Show. More>>

Monforte Hootenanny!

Photo: John Gundy
Montforte's Ruth Klahsen threw a party to thank her CSA supports and launch her new dairy, reports Joshna Maharaj. More>>

Josée Is No Pussycat

Josée di Stasio is one of francophone Quebec's biggest cookbook and food TV stars. Malcolm Jolley finds out why. More>>

Die Küche von Frankfurt

Charity Anais seeks comfort in the back streets of Frankfurt in search of a regional herbal specialty. More>>

A Retailer Rants

Culinarium owner (and Good Food Fighter) Kathleen Mackintosh says locavore shopkeepers get no respect. More>>

In Season Now: Asparagus
Vickie Emlaw and Tim Noxon are the farming couple behind Vickie's Veggies, in the Eastern end of Prince Edward County. They report their first stalks of asparagus broke through the ground late last week and the season has officially begun across Ontario. As chefs scramble for the first stalks, store shelves should be stocked in the coming days. | Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

Good Food Fighter Events

April 29 - New Zealand Wine Fair, Toronto
April 30 - George Italian Dinner Series
April 30 - Culinary Grand Prix at George Brown
May 1-30 - 2010 Festival of Chefs (Free)
May 8-15 - Salut Wine & Food Festival

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Ivy's Ceviche Fest

Jo Dickins presents a photo-essay from Ivy Knight's Ceviche Smackdown. More>>

FWDGF's Mireille Guiliano

Malcolm Jolley meets Mireille Guiliano for breakfast to talk about The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook. More>>

Celebrity Guide to Wine

Jamie Drummond examines what might be the most important wine film ever made. More>>

In Season Soon: Fiddleheads

After ramps come fiddleheads - the immature fronds of the ostrich fern. Best steemed or sauteed in butter, and spritzed with a squeeze of lemon, look for fiddleheads as Ontario farmers markets begin to open next week. | Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

Iceland's Mugison

Jamie Drummond catches up with Icelandic pop star Mugison. More>>

Vintages Goes Green

Marilyn and Bill Redelmeir's Southbrook winery leads a release of organic, bio-dynamic and sustainably farmed wines. Jamie Drummond and Malcolm Jolley investigate just in time for Earth Day. More>>

Corsican Red for Under $20

Jamie Drummond's selection for GFR's wine of the week is from Corsica: the 2007 Domaine Vico 'Rouge'. More>>

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What Marlise Has Been Smoking

Marlise Ponzo reports on her smoking new life with the Big Green Egg and provides her Chef husband Albert's (Le Select Bistro) smoky summer chicken recipe. More>>

Anne Martin at ProWein 2010

Photo: Mariusz Kapczyński
Anne Martin tastes wines from all corners of the globe at Dusseldorf's ProWein, one of Europe's biggest wine shows. More>>

Don't miss these Certified Good Food Fighter events:
April 23 - Living Vine BioVino Seminar
April 24 - Living Vine BioVino Seminar
April 25 - Living Vine BioVino Seminar
April 27 - New Zealand Wine Fair, Ottawa
April 29 - New Zealand Wine Fair, Toronto
April 30 - George Italian Dinner Series
May 1-30 - 2010 Festival of Chefs (Free)
May 8-15 - Salut Wine & Food Festival

Good Food Revolution is published weekly by Good Food Media, a not-for-profit organization under Part II of the Canadian Corporations Act. Good Food Revolution is made possible by a grant from The Centre for Civic Engagement and by the support of Good Food Fighters, a community of Ontario food and wine enterprises and organizations dedicated to conviviality and accountability and responsibility. Contact us to find out more.

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