Volume Two, Number Twenty-Six | Toronto | A Good Food Media website | News & features from the good food movement

Ice Cream City

In Season Now: Peas

Could there be anything better suited to the spirit of this great dominion than shelling peas this Canada Day week? Kathleen Mackintosh reports the first (Upper) Canadian peas in the pod have come in from the fields. Mackintosh adds that some farmers, like her supplier Alvin Gingras, are also shelling their peas before delivery... sounds convenient... but GFR is not sure we altogether approve. Why should farmers have all the fun? | Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

Nation's Table

David Rosengarten Interview

Jamie Drummond video-interviews author and Food Network star David Rosengarten on the isle of Santorini. More>>

Root Cellaring!

Malcolm Jolley meets Steve Maxwell and Jennifer MacKenzie, authors of The Complete Root Cellar Book. More>>

Ontario's Best Sommelier

Jamie Drummond reports on CAPS' the Best Sommelier competition. More>>

July 1-4 Inniskillin's Canada Celebrations, Inniskillin Niagara | July 5, Fred Eaglesmith at The New Farm BBQ, The Stop | July 7 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Dinner, Profile Wine Group | July 8, Boy's Night Out, Lifford Wine Agency... More here...

Lauren Baker's Good Food Ideas

Jamie Kennedy's Big Table

Photographer Jo Dickins caught Jamie Kennedy's big local dinner at the Evergreen Brick Works in this photo essay. More>>

In Season Now: Cherries

Kathleen Mackintosh reports that it must truly be summer in Ontario as the first cherries have arrived to her store from Mathias Farm in Niagara. Nothing to d but put out a bowl and watch them disappear.
Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

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Young Blood Sommelier Series (3)

Iowa's Prosciutto Master

Kristina Groeger dines and chats with one of (North) America's artisanal food pioneers, Herb Eckhouse from La Quercia. More>>

Emmanuela Paterianaki's Wine

Jamie Drummond brings his video camera to Crete to talk to winemaker Emmanuela Paterianaki. More>>

Vintage Port Under $20

A fellow wine scribe gave Jamie Drummond the fortified wine tip of the year: the 2003 Jose Maria Da Fonseca & Van Zeller Vintage Port is now only $19.95. More>>

Who is Ontario's Best Sommelier?

CAPS Ontario tests their finalists for Best Ontario Sommelier at George restaurant in Toronto, June 28. More>>

Good Food Fighter Posts

How to Open a Cocktail Club

Antipasto e Un Menù Equilibrato

Jane Rodmell from All The Best Fine Foods on the importance of a balanced menu. More>>

What Jancis Said About Norm

Norman Hardie on what Jancis Robinson thought of his Chardonnay. More>>

une 1-30, Med Summer: Italy, All The Best Fine Foods | June 26, Food, Wine and Music Under the Stars, The Stop | June 26-27 Taste The Place, Southbrook Vineyards | June 27, Cuvée 'L' Chardonnay Release, Norman Hardie | July 1-4 Inniskillin's Canada Celebrations, Inniskillin Niagara | July 8, Boy's Night Out, Lifford Wine Agency... More here...

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Just Opened: Enoteca Sociale

Just Opened: Parts & Labour

Kristina Groeger went out to Parkdale's newest restaurant, Parts & Labour. More>>

In Season Now: Scapes

Garlic scapes are the shoots or stems and flowers of "hard neck" garlic plants. Farmers traditionally cut them off the plants so that growing energy is concentrated in the bulbs. In this way they're a kind of sneak preview of the season's crop. They have slightly more chive-like flavour, and can be used as a substitute for cloves or as one might use a ramp or even a scallion. Kathleen Mackintosh, who just received the season's first scapes from Perth County garlic producer August Harvest, uses hers to make pesto. She simply whizzes the stocks up with Monforte's Toscano cheese and oil to use on pasta, or as a gremolata-like sauce for grilled meats. | Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

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Scott Vivian and The Beast

KK's BBQ Book Review

Kerry Knight waxes on the grill while reviewing Steven Raichlen's PLANET BARBECUE! More>>

Wine Under $10: La Casona

Malcolm Jolley cannot get over the price point on the 2007 La Casona Monastrell, well balanced wines are so rare under $10. More>>

Drummond on Oz

Jamie Drummond delivers a 'state of the nation' on Australian wine. More>>

Good Food Fighter Posts

Wine Clubbing

Warren Porter from Sommelier Service on wine clubs in Ontario. More>>

Taggiasca Olives

Jane Rodmell from All The Best on Taggiasca olives from Liguria. More>>

Organic and Biodynamic Winemakers

Nicole Campbell from the Lifford Wine Agency on sustainable winemaking. More>>

Tempering Toronto

Christine Sismondo on why she and Bill Sweete started the city's first private cocktail club. More>>

Norm Hardie's Diary

Norman Hardie explains why he's building a pizza oven next to his winery. More>>

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Lunch at Chuck E. Cheese's

Malcolm Jolley

In Season Now: Sugar Snap Peas

Kathleen Mackintosh says "Sugary and sweet they're the perfect portable snack: snap peas are back in season and HOPE Organic Farms from Aylmer are supplying our first batch." Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

Au Revoir Amuse Bouche

Photo: John Gundy
Congratulations on five great years. More>>

James Murphy on Good Food

Jamie Drummond

Cava Calf Test

Kelly Jones finds how Michael Schmidt's raw milk affects the taste of his veal. More>>

Wine Under $20: Big and Fruity

Malcolm Jolley says it's ok to love this $17 fruit bomb from the Languedoc, 2007 Chateau Rouquette sur Mer, Cuvee Amarante, La Clape. More>>

Joshna Goes to City Hall

Joshna Maharaj

Where (Else) to Eat in Chicago

Evan Saviolidis lists his favourite Windy City restaurants, from hot dogs to haute. More>>

Is Pinotage Any Good?

Jamie Drummond looks at South Africa's hybrid grape, with a cheeky question or two for David Sonnenberg of Diemersfontein. More>>

June 1-30, Med Summer: Italy, All The Best Fine Foods
June 17, Food For Change Dinner Series, The Stop
June 18, Slow Food Chefs' Dinner, Slow Food Toronto
June 19, Jamie Kennedy Communal Table, JK Kitchens
June 26, Food, Wine and Music Under the Stars, The Stop
June 27, Cuvée 'L' Chardonnay Release, Norman Hardie
July 8, Boy's Night Out, Lifford Wine Agency

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 was 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.

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Michael Steh on Slow Food

In Season Now: Baby Greens

With asparagus and strawberries well underway, Kathleen Mackintosh reports that Ontario is reaching prime salad season: "Baby greens are moving from the green house to row covers to fresh full open air and folks like Cookstown Greens, The New Farm and Greenbelt Organics are doing a fine job of injecting some chlorophyll into our life's and brightening our plates." (Photo of Holland Marsh lettuce courtesy Christine Sismondo). Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

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Young Blood Sommelier Series (2)

Pinot Perfection

Irene Steh talks to Paul Pender (Tawse) and Ron Giesbrecht (Henry of Pelham) about Ontario's debut at the International Pinot Noir Celebration in Oregon. More>>

The Vegetarian Option

Malcolm Jolley likes English chef, Simon Hopkinson's writing as much as his recipes in his latest cookbook, The Vegetarian Option. More>>

Cooking in Prison (Part 2)

Blair Walter from Felton Road

Jamie Drummond talks to one of New Zealand's foremost winemakers, Blair Walter, in Central Otago. More>>

How to Taste Whisky

Glenfiddich's Master Distiller Ian Millar shows Jamie Drummond how to properly enjoy the water of life. More>>

Aperitif Under $15: Lillet

Bordeaux's wine-based aperitif is the perfect start to a summer dinner aprty, and a great deal says Malcolm Jolley. More>>

Recent Good Food Fighter Posts

Med Summer at All The Best: Italy’s Burrata | Jamie Kennedy's Communal Table - June 19 | Med Summer at All The Best: Spain | Quebec’s Véronique Rivest Winner of the WOSA Sommelier World Cup | Boys’ Night Out is back, baby! | Slow Food Dinner - June 18 | Burgundy: The Wine Equivalent to Dungeons and Dragons | Best of the Braai South African Wine Tasting and BBQ | In Pinot We Trust: Mark Vlossak, St. Innocent, and the Willamette Valley | Chateau Margaux Comes to Town

June 1-30, Med Summer: Italy, All The Best Fine Foods
June 9, South African Wine BBQ (Toronto), WOSA
June 10, South African Wine BBQ (Ottawa), WOSA
June 18, Slow Food Chefs' Dinner, Slow Food Toronto
June 19, Jamie Kennedy Communal Table, JK Kitchens
June 27, Cuvée 'L' Chardonnay Release, Norman Hardie
July 8, Boy's Night Out, Lifford Wine Agency

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 was 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.

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