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[Aspiring food & drink aficionado grappling with what Toronto has to offer, all the while abiding by the advice of well-respected epicurean, Miss Piggy: "Never eat more than you can lift."]
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Episode 64: Mykonos–London’s Seaside

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, but I was hit by a garbage truck of homework! Now that the major paper is out of the way, all that is left is a final puking of course material in a two-ho...

31 mar 12

Episode 63: Romancing at La Société Bistro

It’ll be two years of canoodling the Lover’s bum this weekend (it’s our anniversary!). Festivities began last night at Yorkville’s swanky bistro, La Société. I must say, having been to Paris, La...

25 feb 12

Episode 62: Phenomenal Fried Chicken

You mention the word fried these days and people look at you as if they want to vomit on you, because they can’t imagine how anyone would want to luxuriate in a meal that was submerged in cooking oil...

25 feb 12

Episode 61: Meeting at MoMo’s

Illuminated by light peeping through the arches of Moroccan lanterns, MoMo’s at the corner of Robert & Harbord is the sort of place you retreat to for a cozy night of getting to know each other. ...

25 feb 12

Episode 60: Fancy Mac and Cheese

  I’m not ashamed to admit that there isn’t anything “fancy” per se about this dish other than its use of cappelletti, opposed to fusilli or macaroni. That being said, my choice of cappelletti s...

16 feb 12

Episode 59.5 (memo to file)– Happy Valentine’s Day

I know that Valentine’s Day can be disappointing, if not downright depressing sometimes. Your lover may have forgotten that it was Valentine’s Day or—even worse—that you were supposed to be their Val...

15 feb 12

Episode 59: Table for Three at Harbord House

Did you know that there is free jazz at the University of Toronto’s Hart House every Friday from 9:00 – 11:30 pm? Well, there is—that much I know. I’m afraid I can’t attest to the quality of the jazz...

25 jan 12

Episode 58: Warming Sausage and Bean Cassoulet

Below zero, Arctic weather demands this Sausage and Bean Cassoulet—a dish that is instantly warming and asks for very little from its admirers. Like any cassoulet, this stew must be left for some tim...

22 jan 12

Episode 57: Whose Arms Will Hold You Good & Tight When It’s Exactly 12 o’clock That Night

  Ah, the famous question—what are you doing New Year’s Eve? This is one of those horribly seasonal, small-talk questions, like “how was Christmas?” or, one of my personal favourites, “are you r...

01 jan 12

Episode 56: A Golden Roast Chicken and Candy Cane Chocolate Fudge for Christmas

Perusing the grocery store on the night before Christmas, I decided that a roast chicken—the conveniently smaller alternative to a turkey—would be the main star of our Christmas dinner. Now, like mos...

26 dec 11

Episode 55.5 (memo to file)

A half-day at work, before starting a four-day holiday, feels almost, but not quite as good as finishing the last paper of the semester and choking the library’s book-return slot with overdue materia...

24 dec 11

Episode 55: Getting our Christmas On with a Lamb & Date Tagine

The most wonderful time of the year has arrived— again! I’ve adorned the bookshelf and several arches around the home with fairy lights, hung stockings, and put up our Charlie Brown Christmas tree, s...

18 dec 11

Episode 54: Grano & Homemade Chocolate Cake for Big Bit’s Birthday!

The day has finally arrived—it’s Lover’s (official) birthday! I mention the official bit because we were so excited that we began celebrating with gifts, a feast and, of course, chocolate cake yester...

06 nov 11

Episode 53: Pizza at Vecchio Frak

I love pizza—just not this pizza. Vecchio Frak in Little Italy serves this sort of pizza and I’m the sort of person to read “artichokes, red peppers, mushrooms, and olives,” repress the bit about oni...

30 oct 11

Episode 52: Thursday at Tabülè in Davisville

Sometimes, Thursday can feel like Friday and somehow along the way these feelings can be so convincing that one might believe Thursday is Friday. In such instances, individuals may find themselves, i...

16 oct 11

Episode 51: “Wheres the turkey, Chuck? Dont you know anything about Thanksgiving dinners?”–Pepperm i...

This time last year I was quite dismissive of the idea of turkey for Thanksgiving dinner and opted for a burger at Fran’s Diner instead. It’s unseasonably warm this year, our daughter is off gallivan...

12 oct 11

Episode 50.5 (memo to file)

What are weekends all about? Playing, of course! We had lunch at Lahore Tikka House, ordering one of their hefty rice sizzlers—two chicken kababs, chicken tikka, and rice—an order of Afghani tikka, a...

18 sep 11

Episode 50: Ginormous Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

With the change in seasons, from summer to fall, the house is infested with spiders. I admit “infested” is a bit of an exaggeration to describe the number of spider sightings around the house, but I ...

18 sep 11

Episode 49: Herb-Rubbed Chicken Legs & Perfect Roast Potatoes

When I pass by the chilly, poultry section of a grocery store, I never bother looking at, let alone contemplate purchasing the chicken breast being sold for twice as much as the drumsticks, thighs, o...

11 sep 11

Episode 48: It’s My Party & I’ll Cry if I Want to

Growing up, I was never excited about my birthday. Unfortunately, my birthday never fell on a school day like the lucky kids born after Labour Day, but before the last day of school in June. Rather, ...

06 sep 11 1 person likes this

Episode 47: Crispy Potato Cutlets during Ramadan

It’s been just short of a month since Taste Testing Toronto disappeared on an unannounced hiatus. While I’ve felt the occasional pinch of guilt for neglecting this blog, I must say—in my defense—that...

30 aug 11 1 person likes this

Episode 46: The Nightmarish Dream that is Salad King

On Twitter, Salad King has been likened to crack, considered to be, in the words of @miiissjordan, “by far THE most addictive food […] ever encountered,” and the the sort of stuff dreams are made of....

31 jul 11 1 person likes this

Episode 45: Summerlicious Starts (and ends) with The Host

Weddings are often remembered for all of the wrong things, like the jiggling jowls on a garrulous aunt, the platitudinous poems passed off as speeches by the bridal party, or the vulgar curl of an un...

20 jul 11 1 person likes this

Episode 44: Peace & Quiet at Bamburger in Davisville

It’s difficult to find some peace and quiet to stroll through in Toronto. The Harbourfront, for instance, is, by Toronto standards, too scenic for its own good and attracts a noisy school of children...

11 jul 11 1 person likes this

Episode 43: Making a Creamy Pasta for Papa Bear

My father belongs to that rare and indelible class of people for whom each stir of the spoon and gesture in the kitchen are deliberate and precise. He is, ultimately, a man who not only enjoys cookin...

10 jul 11 1 person likes this

Episode 42: Strawberry Cake—A Slice of Summer

Somehow, practically three weeks have come and gone since a sunny Friday rendezvous at Patachou Patisserie. To recap, the first day of summer has come and made itself comfortable in Toronto, as has m...

26 jun 11

Episode 41: Patachou Patisserie - Something to Look Forward to

At a different time and place, the weekend meant careless (or was it carefree?) nights of carousing, pricey (or was it priceless?) meals, inhaling the sea breeze and exhaling a plume of smoke, wander...

05 jun 11 1 person likes this

Episode 40: Carrying King West Kitchen’s Food Baby

Last Friday meant the end of what was hardly a difficult, but nonetheless tedious week of banal work, of enforcing superficial and meaningless administrative clauses, mowing through mounds of paper w...

25 may 11 1 person likes this

Episode 39: Lemony Spaghetti

A couple of weeks ago, I won this great canvas tote bag from the Foodie Blog Roll simply by “spreading the word” about the blog aggregator, which does us bloggers the favour of “spreading the word” a...

23 may 11 1 person likes this

Episode 38: Celebrating AC Milan’s 18th Scudetto with Pizzeria Libretto

After what has been for many seven painful years, AC Milan gave  zealous fans, including my Lover, a reason to celebrate in a nil-nil draw against Roma that sealed the club’s 18th Scudetto (Seri...

16 may 11

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