Looking at Steve Gonzalez you’d be surprised to hear that he has been cooking for over twenty eight years. It seems that the Latin blood that courses through his veins keep this former Top Chef alumni looking very young. About three years ago Steve opened the highly popular Valdez on King West and served up …
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Almost every week in Toronto we have a food festival. Some are hits, and some fail so badly that they’re talked about for years. The newest kid on the block is the first annual Toronto BBQ Week presented by Samuel Adams and it runs from June 6th to 12th. I just checked my foodie crystal ball and I …
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A couple of weeks ago I headed down to the Enercare Centre in Toronto for the annual Restaurants Canada Show which was held from February 28th to March 1st. I really didn’t know what to expect since it was my first time at the show, but I quickly realized that this one was different from others I’ve attended. …
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Super Bowl 50 is fast approaching, and what better way to celebrate this mind blowing spectacle than with a tailgate party hosted by none other than Chef Matt Dean Pettit (MDP) of Rock Lobster fame. Sports has always been a huge part of Matt’s life, at one time his goal was to be a real …
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A lot of places in Toronto think that a plate of fried chunks of potato, greasy bacon, and poached eggs swimming in a pool of hollandaise sauce, fancied up with an orange slice and a strawberry should pass as brunch. The sad thing is places like these usually have lineups around the block before the ‘Open’ …
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What’s a blogger to do when he’s invited to an event and he can’t make it? He reaches out to one of his Belly Monsters friends, of course. The annual Gentlemen’s Expo made it’s way into Toronto three weeks ago and I was invited to attend as part of the media. Since I couldn’t attend, I asked …
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Toronto is home to many food festivals that take place throughout the year but not many can boast of being around for 20 years. On October 27th the wildly popular Eat To The Beat is back at Roy Thompson Hall raising funds for Willow Breast & Hereditary Cancer Support. Willow is an amazing organization that provides …
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If you’ve been to my site before you know that almost all of my articles thus far has been food related, but when I was given the opportunity to visit Ajax Downs, I jumped at it. Why? Well it was something different. Yes there was food, but I wanted to experience Quarter Horse racing, and also …
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Eating with your hands, sans cutlery. Millions of people around the world do this on a daily basis, but it’s not a common practice here in North America, unless, you visit an ethnic restaurant. One of those restaurants is Casa Manila, where I was given the opportunity to partake in their Kamayan style dinner. We were …
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Last week I was invited by the kind people behind the Canola Eat Well to one of their Eat Well Culinary Workshops that featured Chef Matt Dean Pettit (MDP), who put together a classic family-style fish-fry dinner with canola oil being at the heart of each dish. The Workshop Series features one chef and one host who collaborate and …
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