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Greek Salad and Whole Roasted Cauliflower are Tops in “The Last Schmaltz”

November 8, 2018

Country Greek from “The Last Schmaltz” is a Salad Comprised of
the Usual Ingredients Plus the Welcome Addition of Chickpeas

What is a nice Jewish boy from North York doing with a mini-empire of quirky restaurants in a gritty neighbourhood of downtown Toronto? Doing pretty well is the short answer. Read more…

Filed Under: Chefs, Fall vegetables, Jewish, Recipe, Salad, Toronto, Vegan, Vegetables Tagged With: Anthony Rose, Greek, Greek salad, hummus, Jewish, restaurant, roasted cauliflower, Toronto, Vegetables

Sweet Smell of Success and a Few Bites from the Big Apple

November 28, 2011

The "Tower of Power"

I can’t go for too long without a visit to my favourite place: Manhattan.

There’s something about the buzz, hubbub and hum that permeates it both night and day – not to mention the food aromas emanating from food carts and eateries at every corner – that make that place feel like home.

No doubt the feeling is made even stronger by the fact that much of its population seems decidedly Jewish – and, of course, many of its lively citizens are, as am I. Read more…

Filed Under: Dessert, Ithaca, Jewish, New York City, Restaurant, Steak Frites Tagged With: delicious dessert, Ithaca, Manhattan, New York City, restaurant, steak

Pilgrimage to Food Mecca Chez Panisse Disappoints

May 5, 2011

I have long dreamed of eating at famed Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse.

At an Association of Food Journalists gathering in the Napa Valley more than a decade ago, I tried, without success, to find a way to make that pilgrimage.

A couple of years later, I interviewed its earth-mother, food guru founder Alice Waters by phone while she was on a train en route to Yale university where her daughter Fanny was a student and where Alice was trying “to change the food in the college dining halls and to change the way people there think of food.” Read more…

Filed Under: Julia Child, Restaurant, restaurant reviews, San Francisco Tagged With: alice waters, California, Chez Panisse, restaurant, San Francisco

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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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