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Barista pouring coffee at fancy, independent coffeeshop.

What Tim Hortons has that independent coffeeshops keep missing

This is the first of two posts looking at Toronto indie coffee shops. My next post will talk about the recently launched Toronto Coffee Conspiracy. → When was the last time you applauded the opening of a new Tim Hortons or a Starbucks? Now think about your reaction anytime a new independent coffeeshop opens up in your neighbourhood. Unless you live under a rock, you […]

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Authentic cuisine: Jewish Artichoke alla giudia in Rome

Edible authenticity puts class politics on the plate

Just who does “authentic” cuisine serve? Anya von Bremzen, writing in the April issue of Saveur, isn’t so sure. I don’t normally buy food magazines for the articles on Italian food, but the April Saveur has a piece on Roman food, “Eternal Pleasures“, by von Bremzen, who also wrote one of my favourite cookbooks, Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook. I was in Rome

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