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Savouring and Celebrating the CK Table

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Picture an outdoor dinner party, surrounded by the fields of a local farm, featuring food that was grown or raised within relatively close proximity, or – as the farmers might say – within spitting distance. The local residents eating the meal can pinpoint on a map of their municipality where the food came from. During the meal, the diners mingle with the farmers who supplied the food and cooked it on site with their own hands. It just doesn’t get more local or more delicious. Read more

A Harvest of Canadian Food Writing

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With the autumn harvest of regional foods behind us and the fresh sprouting of spring gardens still months away, it’s time to embark on a harvest of a different sort – the culling of good Canadian food writing to sustain a restless mind through the winter months. Or, if you find yourself in the throes of Christmas preparations, this list could help alleviate the gift-buying anxiety for any of those patriotic foodies in your life. Read more

Eating Toronto

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As Ontarians, are we supposed to take pride in or offence to the nickname of Hogtown for our provincial capital? What are we supposed to think about that section of the city known as Cabbagetown? Is there any deep meaning behind these blatant food references? Editors Christina Palassio and Alana Wilcox have compiled a collection of food essays in The Edible City: Toronto’s Food From Farm to Fork to not only explain how food defines Toronto’s history, but also how a city feeds its citizens and how those citizens can make the best food choices to keep a city sustainable. The book presents dozens of Toronto writers tackling a variety of current topics, such as the debate over opening up street food to healthier offerings other than hot dogs, legislation to protect agricultural land, school meal programs, immigrant workers in Ontario farms, food banks, humanitarian programs to feed the hungry, and food-related activist projects. Read more