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  1. Please excuse the shameless self promotion, but we've got a lot of email on this from around Toronto, where Zoltan's a well known wine consutant, and I'm curious what the larger eGullet community thinks... 10 Commandments of Wine Service Malcolm
  2. All right, ok: I repent! Mea culpa maxima. All this hot dog bashing made me cranky. OF COURSE, more good food is good, no matter what. Let's just hope it's not Pizza Hut carts and Whopper-cycles. John Fillion's doing another one of those demos tomorrow at City Hall. Here's the press release: Please join us for Toronto Street Treats Main Course Event Where: Nathan Phillips Square When: Friday, July 13, 2007 11:30 a.m. News conference Noon to 2 p.m.Vendors selling examples of new Toronto street food to the public Hosts: Councillor John Filion and Chefs from some of Toronto’s best restaurants, including: * Chris McDonald, Cava * Claudio Aprile, Colborne Lane * Didier Leroy, Didier * Food Share * Golden Turtle Restaurant * Indian Rice Factory * Izakaya Restaurant * Jamie Kennedy * Jumbo Empanada * Lemon Heaven * Pappas Grill * Guy Rubino, Rain Restaurant * Sunshine Shakes * Carole Ferrari, The Local Cafe * Viva Tastings
  3. My 2 cents: 1) What's wrong with street meat? I love a spicy sausage with sauerkraut, hot peppers, dill pickle, onion and ball park. Damn tasty. 2) It's not like it's hard to get diverse, cheap and good food anywhere in Toronto. Or to take it out of the restaurant if you're dying to eat something on the side walk. How is this going to change what anyone eats? We're already eating well. I think the whole thing is really silly/non-news.
  4. I had an absolutely perfect espresso at Ezra's Pound, beside the LCBO at Dupont & St. George, yesterday. Ezra made it and it was sublime. Go there! (I want to keep him in business, as it's close to where I live.)
  5. Many thanks for the rec's - I think we're going to try A16 - seems to be the right menu for a casual Sunday supper.
  6. Am heading for 4 nights in SF with the Mrs. and another couple who are dear friends and like to eat. Friday is Range, Saturday is Gary Danko and Monday is Chez Panisse. Sunday is open. I harbour a fantasy of a neighbourhood bistro off the beat and track, but somwhere in SF proper. A relaxed Sunday night dinner with elbows on the table, I think. In any event, I am completely open minded, and welcome any and all suggestions that lead to a good meal. Help, SVP. [edited for spilling]
  7. I can understand why govenrment agencies enforce health standards, whatver the merits. I do not understand why 20 officers with guns drawn are necessary to interupt the sale of a few litres of milk. Some press: Globe article from this morning Owen Sound Sun Times piece quoting expert who says raw milk is dangerous.
  8. You're thinking of "The Cheese Emporium" at Mt. Pleasant and Bayview. It has nothing to do with The Cheese Boutique and the Pristine family who run the latter. I am wholeheartedly biased towards the CB, but they are advertisers on my site and treat v. well, so I can't be objective. I will say I specifically sought them out as advertisers because I thought the quality of the fare was exceptional. I don't know where else you can get truffles regularly throughout the season. Sasha Chapman had a great profile on the family and store in Toronto Life a few issues back. See: http://www.torontolife.com/features/big-cheese/ Check out there site, too: . http://www.cheeseboutique.com/ If you go during the week between 11 and 3 or 4, there's a good chance you'll run into one of the city's top chefs.
  9. About 2 years ago, someone in the provincial government in Ontario decided to ban "fresh sushi". The mere notion of this caused bourgeois gastronomes like me to go apoplectic and start organising petitions, we went hard after media, got our stories heard, mobilised, got noticed and it went away quickly. And we're CANADIANS for &^%$$ sake! Come on America, fight back! You are the nation of Fisher, Beard and Child. What the &^%#@? Is Bourdain the only one willing to stand up for civillity? Get mad. Get really mad. And then go DO something. They've already got Chicago. Enough is enough.
  10. It's edited by George Will, whose son Brian began it as a hobby. George is often on eGullet and welcomes info, updates, etc. (I think): support@chefdb.com.
  11. Bravo, Ivy! (For those who would like to read more Ivy, I will shamelessly refer you to her columns at Gremolata here and here.)
  12. Haven't read the Richman piece yet, but I kinda want to believe it. (Not a big Vegas fan, so I'm way biased.) Interestingly, Jeffrey Steingarten has a pice in the September Vogue that talks about Vegas as a (the?) new American culinary capital. Seems to be taking a completely opposite track.
  13. Cafe Doria, and it's a perfectly good espresso. I wonder if there isn't any place on St. Clair West?
  14. If you scroll down to the bottom of this article from Decanter.com on what some wineries are doing to help customers pack their wine, you'llsee a posting from a BA captain on temperature variations in the hold of a typical airplane. Good wine geek reading.
  15. (Where's Fat Guy when we need him? ) I'm easily confused and not sure I understand completely. In this hypothetical, are we to assume that the lab report showed nothing wrong with the product? Or the opposite?
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