tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40182532496372926262024-02-07T01:51:27.459-08:00Starving FoodieHi, Thanks for dropping by. Follow my food and life adventures around Toronto and beyond as I look for the best food to inspire you to elevate your dining pleasure.Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.comBlogger768125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-15487559274221738842023-05-20T12:13:00.002-07:002023-05-20T12:15:17.788-07:00Sial Canada Show 2023 The Sial Canada Show returned to Toronto after a few years of online and only Montreal shows. They are Montreal Based. It returned to the Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place from May 9 to 11, 2023.Noteable were the Montreal Celebrity Chefs in attendance with products and demos such as Chuck Hughes, Stefano Faita and Michele Forgione. The lone Torontonian was the eclectic Matty Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-32889018077652391762023-05-07T11:21:00.001-07:002023-05-07T11:21:19.873-07:00We are Guardians - How to save the planet Puyr Tembe with her team of Forest GuardiansWE ARE GUARDIANSDirected by
Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, Rob GrobmanRunning Time: 82 Minutes Watching this Hot Docs documentary on a rainy Sunday in Toronto makes you realize how important rain and water are to life.There is a disconnect between the Amazon rain forest and the people that make decisions as to what will happen with it.&Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-74959539024027411232023-04-29T05:19:00.000-07:002023-04-29T05:19:00.665-07:00Food and Country - Surviving during Covid-19 FOOD and COUNTRYDirected by Laura Gabbert
Producers: Laura Gabbert, Ruth Reichl, Paula P. Manzanedo, Caroline LibrescoRun Time: 99 min.International Premiere at Hot Docs - May 28, 2023Just as the Covid-19 pandemic started to shut down the world in March 2020, director Laura Gabbert and famed Food Writer Ruth Reichl got together to tell the stories of the Restaurants that were forced to shutStarving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-44638625085307235102023-04-21T09:08:00.003-07:002023-04-21T09:19:52.400-07:00Restaurants Canada Show 2023 Trends I keep apologizing for not writing as often as I used to but I have cut way back on events and outings since the pandemic started, but one event I can't miss when it happens is the Restaurants Canada Show #RCShow. It was held at the Enercare Centre in Toronto from April 10-12, 2023. It is at the top of my list of trade shows I love to attend. It's a Food Industry Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-20838664246473877842022-10-16T11:10:00.004-07:002022-10-16T11:10:52.381-07:00Toronto Food Film Fest 2022 The Toronto Food Film Fest is back in person and also available virtually. From October 14-17, 2022Screenings are held at the Royal Theatre at 608 College Street in Toronto. You can also view films virtually. Each screening is paired with a snack and there are also panels and demos that can be attended with the VIP pass.The festival experience has something extra thanStarving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-71002025982788016462022-08-01T07:42:00.007-07:002022-08-01T07:52:34.484-07:00Smorgasburg Toronto Food Festival My blog has had a bit of a hiatus due to Covid 19 restrictions and the fact that there really wasn't anything going on and I was just tired. Tired of working from home and being limited to what I could do compared to what I used to do. I was also growing tired of going to festivals before the pandemic because the TTC made it challenging to get around. So I took a longer Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-16830446395889509782022-05-21T07:17:00.002-07:002022-05-21T07:17:26.188-07:00The Restaurants Canada Show is back! The last Food Trade Show Event that I went to just before everything got locked down in the world was the Restaurants Canada Show at the Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place. So it was fitting that over 2 years later that was my first big show back to almost normal. It was a hybrid version so there were some things that you could check out virtually but you can't sample food Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-17986947895838698072021-12-23T09:46:00.003-08:002021-12-23T09:46:36.970-08:00Holiday Traditions I was thinking recently even though Covid 19 has killed so many Holiday Plans I was lucky enough to have a few tradition events and even started a new one this year.For the past 5 years or so I have been hosting an Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookie Decorating Party. It started at my place with my friend Adam for his daughter Kenzie and we invited his friend and his husband came too. Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-84305292895544067182021-09-05T07:31:00.004-07:002021-09-06T08:45:07.411-07:00The Vaccine Passport and Restaurants, events etc. I haven’t written many blog posts over the span of this whole never-ending Covid 19 pandemic because my busy life has changed to s solitary life at home mostly.Before the pandemic started I used to go to Restaurants, all kinds of festivals and events and movie theatres. That all stopped in March 2020. That’s what I used to write about mostly on my blog so without the Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-25136050450827936382021-06-17T10:08:00.010-07:002021-06-17T15:08:57.623-07:00 Misconceptions about Farming from a Farmers perspective Misconceptions about Farming from a Farmers perspective.Canola Farm in AlbertaThis week I joined a Zoom event organized by people from Canola Eat Well who have done a series of 3 events online pertaining to Plant, Grow, Eat. With a large group of Canola community food industry people and various food writers and farm advocates.We listened to scientists studying farming, there was a Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-63792201051745866802021-01-31T15:15:00.002-08:002021-01-31T15:15:51.515-08:00Mary's Happy Belly new Dumpling launch Mary will make your belly happy.This is my first post for 2021. I have not been inspired to sit down and spend time writing because of the lack of inspiration because all the events of 2020 were cancelled except for the Restaurant Canada show that I squeezed in just before the shut down and beginning of the cancellation of all public events.That was the end of feb-beginning of March.&Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-32760477639943721922020-08-23T07:47:00.000-07:002020-08-23T07:47:35.558-07:00More Stuff than Space? Pandemic re-org project.This is what some of my spices looked like when I started the processThis is what it looks like afterward. There is a container for oils, vinegars, sauces and a spice riser.I have been working from home since the Covid 19 shutdown in March. I have never worked from home in my life other than when I wasn't working and working on my blog and other Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-24346115879934687752020-07-19T17:05:00.001-07:002020-07-19T17:11:28.508-07:00What is a Foodie?What do you think of when you hear the term Foodie? Do you cringe or drool?
I started my Blog in 2011 after my work contract ended and my mother passed away. I had already had blogs but I was home cooking more so I created a Blog to put my thoughts and photos about food onto a blog for myself and my friends.
In 2011 it wasn't a pretentious lucrative thing as it turned out to be Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-39595072602828593192020-07-05T07:26:00.000-07:002020-07-05T07:27:31.878-07:00The best heatwave food - Gazpacho!
GAZPACHO- Is it a soup or a salsa or a salad?
I don't write a lot of recipes for a couple of reasons. One because I hardly ever measure anything unless I am baking and the other is that I generally make classic time tested dishes. But I decided to write this recipe because it's close to traditional but the way I have been making it for a few years and it's been a go to Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-74726538955334684072020-04-18T09:56:00.002-07:002020-04-18T09:56:12.479-07:00Coronavirus and the Food Industry
If you read my previous post I talked about the Restaurant Canada Show that I went to in March 2020. I had high hopes for 2020 because I had a very rough year in 2019 physically, career wise, financially and of course that affected my mental health as well. I was hoping to shake off that year and start fresh in 2020 and do what I wanted to do and spend more time with people I likeStarving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-64292480340453319382020-04-15T06:25:00.001-07:002020-04-15T06:27:23.908-07:00Restaurant Industry in Canada during Covid 19It's hard to believe that it's been just over a month since I went to my last big Food Industry Show. At the beginning of March I visited the Restaurant Canada Show at the Enercare Centre in Toronto. This show is one of my favourite shows of the year. I look forward to it so much because it's a chance to check out what's new in the Restaurant Industry and I also get to hang out with Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0Toronto, ON, Canada43.653226 -79.383184343.285985499999995 -80.0286313 44.0204665 -78.737737299999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-46761166812294989332020-03-31T14:07:00.001-07:002020-03-31T14:07:35.775-07:00Covid 19 cancels events in Toronto until July
Today the Mayor of Toronto announced that all events and Parade permits are now cancelled until July 2020.
Will the Food, Events and Entertainment and Travel Industries survive the effects of this COVID 19 pandemic?
The last large event that I attended was the Restaurant Canada Show it is one of my favourite annual shows and I haven't gotten to my blog post yet because there Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-53351520152379138972020-03-15T10:10:00.001-07:002020-03-15T10:10:54.457-07:0010 things to do during the Covid 19 social distancing isolation
Covid 19 has closed or cancelled in the city. What do I do now? 🙋
After working at Sunnybrook Hospital in 2003 during the hight of the SARS situation I have learned a few things.
1. Doctors don't know everything when these things show up.
2. You need to get through your day with knowledge and strength.
3. It's time to get creative and find new ways to do Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-61528672205077576442020-03-08T14:39:00.000-07:002020-03-08T14:39:46.177-07:00Bye Bye Sea Hi restaurant
What's changed in Toronto that it has caused so many long running institutions to start disappearing?
Today is the last day of the decades long running restaurant Sea-Hi Tavern on Bathurst Street just south of Wilson Ave in Toronto.
It seems odd now that this dated Chinese Food restaurant would sit in a predominantly Jewish area. It's also hard to believe how long it's been in Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-361149873733768532020-03-07T11:26:00.003-08:002020-03-07T11:26:25.239-08:00Sea-cuterie board workshop with MSC fish
How about a Seafood Sea-Cuterie Board for a Party?
I went to the Restaurant Canada Show last week and while I was wondering around trying to see as much as I could on my second day and drooling over the food I stopped to check my messages because I was waiting to see where a friend was at the show. She sent me a message asking if I was going to the Sea-cuterie board workshop Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-29108301569590918312020-03-07T08:54:00.003-08:002020-03-07T08:54:54.690-08:00Coffee and Tea Expo at Harbourfront Centre
If beer and wine aren't your thing maybe you are more of a Tea and Coffee person. If you are then there is an event for you on May 2 to 3rd , 2020 at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. The Toronto Coffee & Tea Expo returns again this year to a new venue. I went to the first one a couple of years ago and it's grown out of it's previous locations and moved to a more public Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-4215882773603571622020-01-26T13:56:00.000-08:002020-01-27T16:28:51.561-08:00Pass the Salt
The search for the ‘sweet spot’ of this nutritional trickster uncovers the secrets behind our salty crystal craving.
Essential? Harmful? Or both?
Markham Street Filmspresents
Pass the Salt a film by Michael McNamara
Are you salt addicted or salt sensitive?
I recently viewed this new Documentary about salt. It was a very interesting take on salt. Do you Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-50467136807206806622019-10-18T15:26:00.000-07:002019-10-18T15:26:16.576-07:00Planet in Focus - Food on Film
The 20th year of the Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival is on this weekend until October 20th, 2019.
I was able to preview 3 of the 4 Food Related Documentaries showing at the festival this year.
I have a soft spot for these documentaries because of my love of all things food and my interest in the sustainability of the food for future generations.
These Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-54744785531175754462019-09-05T05:07:00.003-07:002019-09-05T05:10:14.371-07:00Starving Foodie guide to best places to eat during TIFF19
Guide to good eats near TIFF theatres.
This will be my 19th year doing Tiff and between my festival experience and my foodie life I have picked up a few fav picks for eats close to the festival. I have been trying to do this list for the past few years and it changes every year especially since King Street West has changed so much because of the King Street Project. Most of my Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4018253249637292626.post-42086902970333786022019-08-10T07:29:00.002-07:002019-08-10T07:36:16.543-07:00Asparabus farm tour
ASPARABUS TOUR
I have been trying to find the time to write this blog post for a while and regret that I couldn't find the time to post it while Asparagus season was in it's peak but I wanted to make sure I let you know how great this incredibly short season is. Asparagus like strawberries has a very short 6 week peak season in the spring/summer. I love this time of year Starving Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03378327623205210768noreply@blogger.com0