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My Kleftiko Coup

November 3, 2007

Whenever I cross the ocean to visit my mother in her lovely North-West London neighbourhood of Primrose Hill, we set out for dinner on our first or second night together to the wondrous nearby Greek restaurant called Limonia. Always packed, it is a local favourite with celebs and regular folk alike.  Read more...

Filed Under: London, My mum Ruth Schachter, Recipe, Restaurant Tagged With: kleftiko, lamb, Limonia, London

Dim and Then Sum

October 30, 2007

Having grown up in a family that refused to stay put, I’ve spent much of my adult life trying to put down roots. I found them in an instant when I walked into Toronto’s feisty, colourful and inimitable Kensington Market one sunny day in the late 1970s and knew immediately that this was home. Its ethnic mix, Jewish history and cheaply cheerful warmth proved irresistible and I lived happily in the heart of this wonderful place for more than 25 years, nearly all of them in the same house on Augusta Ave. facing a lively park.  Read more...

Filed Under: Chicken, Chicken, Ginger, Jewish, Kensington Market, Recipe, Restaurant, Seafood, Toronto Tagged With: Chicken, Chinese food, dim sum, kensington market, recipe, Toronto

Roasts with the Most

October 24, 2007

You know those magical moments in cooking – when you put something together, almost haphazardly, and it turns out to be sublime.

That happened to me recently when a friend came over to cook dinner at my house using the contents of my fridge as our guide – possibly my favourite way to spend time.  Read more...

Filed Under: Beef, Fall Recipe, Fall vegetables, Pot Roast, Recipe, Vegetables Tagged With: beef, roast, Vegetables

Beloved Bistro

October 16, 2007

As a longtime food writer and one-time restaurant critic, I dread the oft-asked question:

“Which is your favourite restaurant?”

My usual response to this query about Toronto, my former home of 30 years (these days, the same info is asked of Stratford, Ont., where I now live – more of that in a future blog) is to request that the person name a category: high-end or cheap and cheerful, ethnicity of food, area of town etc. etc. Even then, as I rifle through my virtual restaurant rolodex, I’m often stumped.  Read more...

Filed Under: Recipe, Restaurant, Seafood, Toronto Tagged With: bistro, French restaurant, seafood, stew, Toronto

My Favourite Pho

October 12, 2007

I’ve been eating that delicious Vietnamese soup called pho (pronounced feu) for at least 10 years, mostly at one of my favourite Vietnamese restaurants in the heart of downtown Chinatown: Sai Gon Palace, 454 Spadina Ave. just south of College.

Recently, I had a Calvin Trillin moment at this popular, spacious no-frills eatery with the semi-open kitchen. A creature of habit, I am a regular here with a regular menu choice.  Read more...

Filed Under: Beef, Jewish, Restaurant, Soup, Toronto Tagged With: pho, Sai Gon, soup, Toronto, Vietnamese

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Marion Kane has been a leader in the world of food journalism for a few decades. She is an intrepid populist whose work combines social commentary with a consuming passion for all things culinary. For 18 years, she was food editor/columnist for Canada's largest newspaper: the Toronto Star. She lives in Toronto's colourful Kensington Market and is currently a free-wheeling freelance food sleuth®, podcaster, writer and cook.

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