The Yum Yum Factor

Thanks to Gastropost and Maple Leaf foods, I finally got to attend a Terroir Symposium. In the past, Gastropost has treated me to some of the dinners and events leading up to the symposium but this was my first time at the actual event. It was 12 solid hours of culinary porn - wall to wall chefs, food writers, food photographers, food security warriors mingled with culinary obsessed super fans for a day of talks, workshops, presentations and lots and lots to eat and drink. At $300 a ticket, its only for the truly hard core, but if you have cash to burn and you want to rub shoulders with the tattooed, trucker hatted and bearded who's who in the culinary world, this is the place to be.

Four course journey into rediscovering Flavour at Jump See that beautiful, blueberry pie up there? That pie was baked for me by the mayor of Mono. You heard me, the Honourable Laura Ryan hand baked a slew of pies for the members of the media who joined in on the media tour of Headwaters. I just want to say that if this whole Mayor thing doesn't work out for you, Ms Ryan, you have a bright future in baking ahead of you. Can you imagine what our former mayor might have whipped up if the roles were reversed?? Gives crack pie a whole new  meaning. Paramount Fine Foods As a nice little treat, Paramount Find Foods invited me to bring a guest to their newest outpost on Bay St, just north of Bloor. As a lover of Middle Eastern food and seeing that I have never been to Paramount, I was pretty happy to say yes and I grabbed The Kid and we enjoyed a Mother's Day lunch on the house. Well, it was not totally on the house as this soft opening also serv...