Toronto Taste 2012: Supporting Second Harvest Through Dining

Toronto Taste, Second Harvest’s annual food fest at the Royal Ontario Museum is truly a must attend and this year tickets sold out over a week in advance. 2012 marked the 22nd year of this event and 1400 Torontonians paid $250 for a ticket to this fundraising tasting of dishes by the top chefs around the city. Each […]

Creative and Innovative Minds Gather at ideacity 2011

2011 celebrated Moses Znaimer’s 12th ideacity, otherwise known as “Canada’s Premier Meeting of the Minds.” This gathering of 600 “artists, adventurers, authors, cosmologists, doctors, designers, entertainers, filmmakers, inventors, magicians, musicians, scientists and technologists” for three days at the Royal Conservatory of Music made for an invigorating and alchemic experience. Deepak Chopra was one of the […]

Foodies Gather Downtown for Toronto Taste!

Foodies gathered in Toronto to try leading local restaurant food in a festival/food style type environment with proceeds going toward Second Harvest and its fight against hunger in Toronto. Second Harvest is a charitable organization that for the past 26 years has been “picking up donated, perishable food, which would have otherwise gone to waste, […]

The Art of Cooking with Jamie Oliver!

Jamie Oliver was in Toronto for just one night and he cooked up a storm for 3,000 of his favourite fans.  Organized by The Art of Cooking and presented by The Food Network, Oliver came, saw and conquered the bedazzled crowd.  The Naked Chef was in town promoting his new book and program “Jamie’s America.” […]