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Food for Thought – a Foodtv.ca blog – Video of the Week: Chef …

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Video of the Week: Chef Michael Smith Talks Season 2 of Chef Abroad. AND sneaks in a little dig at Toronto – see if you can catch it! But aside from that, he actually tells a great story about an un-savoury encounter in Peru, …

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Chef School, Pt. 2: Mozo Trades Beantown For Hogtown To Open Up …

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Mozo clearly relished her experience in Boston, notably apprenticing under famed chef Lydia Shire at Biba. “She really is my mentor. It was terrifying, going to work with a stomach ache, asking myself, ‘Do I want to do this? …

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Chef School, Pt. 3: Happy Twist Of Fate Lands Woods At Lucien

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

When Woods left the country to work in San Francisco, it was for the experience of working under Alain Ducasse protégé Sylvain Portay. It turned out to be one of the biggest influences on the Canadian chef’s career. …

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French Laundry chef Thomas Keller to visit Toronto – The Appetizer

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Thomas Keller, the Michelin-starred chef of French Laundry and Per Se fame, will be visiting Toronto next month to promote his latest cookbook, Ad Hoc at Home. Keller will appear on Nov. 30 at the Toronto Reference Library’s Appel Salon …

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Toronto Tasting Notes…Eat locally. Blog globally.: Chef Michael

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

You may remember Chef Michael Smith from such shows as Chef at Home, Chef at Large, The Inn Chef and his latest, Chef Abroad, on Food Network Canada. The tousle-haired, denim-and-cableknit-clad east coaster (a proud resident of PEI) has …

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Restaurant review: 2009's best – Posted Toronto

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

She sent friends to her favourite restaurant only to be told it was atrocious. She asked the chef what happened? He was off that night due to a family emergency. Who was doing the cooking? “The dishwasher.” To sum up the trends: … Blacktree 3029 New St., Burlington, Ont., 905-681-2882 Matteo Paonessa has fun with Ferran Adrià’s bag of tricks — worth the drive. The rare ostrich comes with a knockout spring roll full of hot birds’ stock. Splendido 88 Harbord St., …

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National Post Dec 19 2009 The Devil's Decade Ends in Anarchy

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

It seems quaint to recall that fine dining restaurants were once regarded as temples of food – eaters made pilgrimages to Joel Rebuchon in Paris, Thomas Keller in Yountville, to Ferran Adria in Bilbao to Heston Blumenthal in Bray, Susur Lee in Toronto. … She asked the chef what happened? He was off that night due to a family emergency. Who was doing the cooking ? “The dishwasher.” To sum up the trends: Snackerfusion, cosmo bites on shared plates. Rustic Italian …

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National Post Dec 19 2009 What happened to restaurants in the

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

She asked the chef what happened? He was off that night due to a family emergency. Who was doing the cooking ? “The dishwasher.” To sum up the trends: Snackerfusion, cosmo bites on shared plates. Rustic Italian …

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Shelf Life Taste Test » Impulse Buy Seasonings, Spices » Ad Hoc

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

… (b) because famed chef Thomas Keller made quite a splash in Toronto recently, brought to Toronto by The Cookbook Store to promote his new cookbook ‘Ad Hoc At Home’; and (c) because Keller’s fried chicken recipe (developed in his Ad …

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Taste T.O. – Food & Drink In Toronto » Flavours of the Day

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Join Celebrity Chef Michael Smith along with Paul Finkelstein and the Screaming Avocados for a 4-course dinner at Hart House. Proceeds from the dinner will go to support the Screaming Avocados, the culinary arts students from Stratford …

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