I’d heard a lot of buzz about Ruby Watchco, the latest hot-spot on Toronto’s restaurant scene, and was waiting for the hubbub to die down before I went for dinner.

However, I had reason to seek out its co-owner and my longtime buddy Lynn Crawford (she taught my daughter Ruthie to play pool many moons ago) for an event involving women chefs that I’m heading up to raise funds for the drop-in for homeless women called Sistering and, after much telephone tag, I caught up with her one mid-morning at her fledgling eatery located on Queen St. just east of Broadview.

I love dropping in on chefs especially when I wind up in the kitchen. Naturally, that happened on this mid-week day and soon I was embroiled in chatting with chef Lora Kirk as she was roasting some over-sized, decidedly delicious-looking beef ribs for that night’s menu. Read more…