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Clotilde Dusoulier Offers Food for Thought to Bloggers at George Brown College

November 14, 2011

I was already juggling a couple of things I wanted to do on a recent mid-week night when I stopped by The Cookbook Store to check out the latest offerings and chat with its resident maven/manager and my longtime buddy Alison Fryer.  Read more...

Filed Under: Chefs, Dessert, Food Blogs, Recipe, Toronto, Yogurt Cake Tagged With: brilliant woman, charisma, Chocolate & Zucchini, chocolate and zucchini, city toronto, Clotilde Dusoulier, cookbook store, favourite foods, food guide, foodies, french woman, george brown, george brown college, humility, interaction with others, large group, living in paris, ontario town, recipe development, sandbox, software engineer, writer in residence, writing books

Avocado and Cactus in Kensington

March 3, 2011

Mexican chef Francisco Alejandri at his eatery Agave y Aguacate in Kensington Market.

I don’t need another reason to rave about my favourite Toronto ‘nabe and longtime home: feisty, gritty and never-dull Kensington Market. But hey, now I have one.  Read more...

Filed Under: Restaurant, Sleuthing, Toronto Tagged With: aguacate, arepas, augusta ave, central mexico, chef instructor, cooking up a storm, food station, george brown, george brown college, kensington market, little food, mexican chef, nabe, perth county, rundles, sassafraz, scaramouche, stratford chefs school, sweet buns, walmart

The Saucier’s Apprentice

November 30, 2009

Eating at The Chefs House – the year-old training restaurant for George Brown College’s budding chefs, sommeliers and hospitality students – is my idea of being a guinea pig at its absolute best.

I recently had lunch at this beautiful, spacious restaurant located at 215 King St. E. in downtown Toronto, steps away from the college’s main campus, with one of may favourite people: chief chef/instructor at the college, John Higgins.  Read more...

Filed Under: Restaurant Tagged With: annoying problem, braised duck, chef instructor, chief chef, george brown, george brown college, guinea pig, hospitality students, john higgins, lamb curry, lashings, meal experience, mushroom soup, open kitchen, quibbles, quinoa salad, restaurant business, sommeliers, spacious restaurant, toasted pine nuts

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Marion Kane, Food Sleuth®

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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