Posted in Food on May 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Not many Anglos know why Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Spanish for “the fifth of May.” The day commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It’s not even Mexico’s Independence Day; that’s September 16th, 1810. And to add to the confusion further, Mexican independence wasn’t recognized until September [...]
Posted in Food on April 16th, 2010 No Comments »
Stop by Snapper’s Fish Market on Sunday [April 18] between 1:30 and 4:30. 263 Durie Street, two blocks west of Runnymede, just north of Bloor I’m cooking up Laurie’s rainbow trout and serving it with chayote salsa. Recipes to go. Celebrate local food with this gorgeous Ontario fish, and come and say hola to Laurie [...]
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 Cooking classes, Food, Roots on December 14th, 2009 1 Comment »
In the Americas and all around the world, what we all have in common, is that our great-grand parents made sure that those typical or classical dishes for Christmas were passed on throughout generations. Case in point is the Hallaca, which is made through Central and South America and has many manes like Tamal, Hayaca, [...]
Posted in Food on November 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
The food is for the souls of the dead couple whose pictures were on the altar as part of the Latin American holiday, Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, which took place at Caju last Monday night. Homemade altars are a common sight in many Latino households as part of the Dia [...]
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 [...]