Posted in Events on July 16th, 2010 No Comments »
It looked like it was going to rain, and it did, briefly, but mostly it was a perfect summer day. It was also Father’s Day. College Street was having its Italian Food Fest, and The Distillery had a Food and Spirits event on to, so we had a lot of competition in getting the foodies [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Latino, News on March 26th, 2010 No Comments »
Cava’s Chris McDonald has invited me to join him to cook a special Latino dinner for Slow Food Toronto’s culinary series, and I’m excited. This will be the first time working with Chris, his Cava partner Doug Penfold and Carlos Rodriguez from Hart House. It will be the second time working with Marina Quierolo, owner [...]
Posted in Cooking classes, Events, Food, Latino, News on February 3rd, 2010 No Comments »
After a much needed holiday, I’m back in business. Last week I started the 2010 Pan-Latino cooking series at IQliving and at the LCBO. Happy to report the two first classes were sold out. It’s great to see how much interest has grown in Latin cuisine, not just in Toronto, but all over Canada as [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Fundraising, News on October 27th, 2009 No Comments »
This year’s event was all about ‘world cuisine’ using local and organic products. It was an honor for me and my crew, to have been invited to the picnic, thanks to the event organizers decision to recognize cultural and ethnic groups from around the world that make Toronto home. Connecting the global palate using foods [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Media, Roots on October 13th, 2009 No Comments »
I team up with Eduardo Lee and Marc Lukacs, owners of Arepa Cafe to do a chacapa testing at St. Andrew’s Farmers Market to promote the opening of the restaurant that will be located at 490 Queen Street West. With Eduardo Lee Cachapas, which are made with fresh corn, salt, pepper, butter and top up [...]
Posted in Events, Food, Fundraising, Media on September 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Nothing is sweeter than realizing a dream, and another one is coming right up. Thanks to the visionary Mary Luz Mejia and her partner Mario Stojanac of Sizzling Communications, an evening of Latino cuisine is set to blow your mind. We all decided to call it OLA, which stands for Of Latin America. And in [...]
Posted in Events, Fotos, Roots, Uncategorized on April 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
“Until a man duplicates a blade of grass, Nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favorable comparison with the products of Nature, the living cell of a plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life”. Thomas Alva Edison Love to [...]