Volume Two, Number Thirty-Five | Toronto | A Good Food Media website | News and features from the good food movement

Wild Blueberry Harvest (Part 1)

Burgundy's Alexandrine Roy

Jamie Drummond discusses fine wine with Dme. Marc Roy's Alexandrine Roy. More>>

Wine Under $20: Lacrima
On the east side of Tuscany sits the Marche, the Italo-gastrophile's hot region for a few years running (not least since Jamie Oliver killed a pig on camera there in one of his TV shows). One of the most interesting exports is the small production DOCG wine Lacrima di Morro d'Alba, and the 2008 Azienda Giusti Piergiovanni version ($17.95 - LCBO# 180273) is no exception. Black fruit and violets mingle with a rose/Turkish delight/calamine lotion note that is distinct to this distinguished wine. It's both deep in flavour and light in the mouth. Subtle and fragrant, but at home on the table with whatever is being served - there's really no pairing: pasta, duck, steak, even BBQ chicken or ribs - it will fit and compliment. Before the work regime truly sets hold, and things get back to the fall routine, an exotic and firmly different wine seems all too appropriate. Click here to find an LCBO stocking it now.
 - Malcolm Jolley

Letter From PEC

Malcolm Jolley thinks about how a Loyalist redoubt became a (good food) revolutionary hotbed. More>>

The Vivians' Beast

In Season Now: Ontario Beets

Sometimes it seems like beets are always in season, especially in a salad with chèvre. But Kathleen Mackintosh reports the first sweet beets are being plucked from Ontario soil, and are sweet and crisp enough to shave raw onto any salad. Get'em while they're fresh. Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

GOOD FOOD FIGHTER POSTS

Rock'n'Roll Chipshop

Chippy's hosts a "rock'n'roll chipshop" at Lee's Palace for Slow Food Toronto a Certified Good Food Fighter. More>>

GOOD FOOD FIGHTER POSTS

Late Summer Succotash

Good Food Fighter Anthony Rose from The Drake Hotel presents a late summer recipe. More>>

Apple & Plum Galette

Good Food Fighter Jane Rodmell from All The Best presents a harvest recipe. More>>

Schiopetto at Zucca

Good Food Fighter Le Sommelier hosts a winemaker's dinner at Zucca. More>>

Zane Caplansky

Ice Cream City: Soma

Photo: Emily Materick
GFR's ice cream expert, Emily Materick, returns with her seventh instalment of her summer series 'The Scoop', with an interview with Toronto's organic gelato maker David Castellan of Soma. More>>

Stadtländer Dinner for Pakistan

Photo: Gundy
Sarah Crawford and John Gundy report a Michael Statdländer for Pakistan. More>>

Sooke Harbour House in Photos II

Sylvaner - A Good Food Fighter Post

Mark Cuff, from 'Certified Good Food Fighter' The Living Vine, looks at Germany and Austria's forgotten grape, Sylvaner. More>>

(Click on each listing for more information.)
CINQ Á SEPT ON THE PATIO
Crush Wine Bar - August 1 -31
MED SUMMER: TASTES OF GREECE
All The Best Fine Foods  - August 6-31
IVY'S HOLY GUACAMOLE SMACKDOWN
The Drake Hotel - August 30
FÊTE DE PINOT NOIR
Lifford Wine Agency - September 8
GREEN BARN LADIES LUNCHEON
The Stop Green Barn - September 23
SAVOUR STRATFORD PERTH COUNTY
Stratford Culinary Festival - Sept. 18-26

In Season Now: Tomatoes

Kathleen Mackintosh has declared the 2010 Ontario tomato season in full swing. Now is the time for Caprese salad, bruschetta, Gaspacho and all other raw (heirloom) tomato delights.  Culinarium, Ontario's Locavore Store, sponsors GFR's weekly seasonal produce report.

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