Resources

We grow by learning, by equipping ourselves with the best and most thorough resources. This section is full of materials, both new and old, to help make your culinary destination the best it can be. Take a peek and get inspired!

George Brown College Celebrates Culinary Tourism

In Resources by Julia Gilmore

On any given Saturday, you may find Diana Bosworth or the other students of George Brown Chef School exploring new places or planning a new adventure. They may be at a farmers’ market, on a tasty tour or promoting local food. Students, like Diana, are completing the new Culinary Tourism Management course. This means researching these once hidden destinations and sharing it with others to enjoy!

In Resources by Agatha Podgorski

The City of Toronto and Green Living Enterprises have announced the finalists for the 2012 Green Toronto Awards! Winners comes from all walks of business committed to ‘green-ing’ our planet. These environmental awards of excellence recognize the individuals, organizations and companies helping to lead the way to a cleaner, greener Toronto.

In Resources by Agatha Podgorski

The search is on for a new Chef at The Drake Hotel in Toronto!

After six years heading up the local focused and innovative yet home-spun kitchen at The Drake, the talented Chef Anthony Rose is moving on to pursue his own adventures. Rumor has it he’s opening up his own place–and we at OCTA can’t wait to see what he has in-store!

In the meantime, we know Chef Darren Glew, former Chef de Cuisine will do a stellar job whipping out the delicious things The Drake has become known for–including the Monday night 86′d @ The Drake with Ivy Knight!

In Resources by Agatha Podgorski

… and 20 of them are Foodie focused!

On March 5, Festivals and Events Ontario (FEO) proudly to announce the 2012 Top 100 Festivals & Events in Ontario, sponsored by VIA Rail Canada.

In Resources by Cheryl Grishkewich

Ontario Wine Council research proves Ontario’s and the World’s growing love for VQA wines.

Culinary Tourists are motivated by authentic experiences when traveling. This is true whether it’s a tourist within our own Province or from the other side of the globe. One of the most powerful contributors to a truly authentic travel experience is local food and drink. They tell the local story with incredible depth, engaging all of the 5 senses. That is what makes it so memorable.

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May 2012

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	1 Cheese Making Technology Short Course Get Fresh in the Valley Bon Appetit Ottawa	2 Cheese Making Technology Short Course Get Fresh in the Valley Taste of Quebec Artisan Cheese	3 Cheese Making Technology Short Course Get Fresh in the Valley Alexandria Farmers' Market The Dinner Concert Sessions @ Foster's Inn Green Bites: Vegetarian Flexitarian	4 Cheese Making Technology Short Course Chef Neil Baxter’s Rundles 'Weekend Cooking Class’ Schedule for New Year! Good Food Festival & Market Get Fresh in the Valley Jamie Kennedy Culinary Series	5 Good Food Festival & Market Chef Neil Baxter’s Rundles 'Weekend Cooking Class’ Schedule for New Year! Wine & Herb Weekends - Niagara-on-the-Lake Get Fresh in the Valley Hands in the Bowl Alexandria Farmers' Market Growing Taste Buds Elora Culinary Walking Tour Workshop: Planning and Growing an Herb Garden Savour Stratford presents The Beer & Cheese of Great Britain The Beer & Cheese of Great Britain	6 Good Food Festival & Market Wine & Herb Weekends - Niagara-on-the-Lake Chef Neil Baxter’s Rundles 'Weekend Cooking Class’ Schedule for New Year! Bakery Showcase 2012 Get Fresh in the Valley Food Truck Eats in Stratford! Cookery School: Favourite Lemon Pastries
7 Bakery Showcase 2012 Toronto Underground Market TYFPC General Meeting 86'd with Ivy Knight	8 Bakery Showcase 2012 GE Café Chefs Series at the Evergreen Brick Works	9 Pickling with The Cookbook Store Fundamentals of Wheat Flour Properties: A Workshop UN Special Rapporteur Visits The Stop Craft Beer 101 'class' featuring local brews The County in the City - Taste & Buy Gladstone Culinary Tour	10 Fundamentals of Wheat Flour Properties: A Workshop Alexandria Farmers' Market Cookery School Class: Great Vegetarian Dishes Future Food Salon II: 3rd Millennium Farming	11 Fundamentals of Wheat Flour Properties: A Workshop Chef Neil Baxter’s Rundles 'Weekend Cooking Class’ Schedule for New Year! Weekend Cooking Classes with Chef Neil Baxter Mugaritz Bso - Film	12 Weekend Cooking Classes with Chef Neil Baxter Spring 2012 HandMade Market Chef Neil Baxter’s Rundles 'Weekend Cooking Class’ Schedule for New Year! Wine & Herb Weekends - Niagara-on-the-Lake Hands in the Bowl A French Dinner inspired by Julia Child Mother's Day Open House @Heritage Lne Herbs Alexandria Farmers' Market Growing Taste Buds 13th Street Winery Spring Release & Open House Spring HandMade Market Elora Culinary Walking Tour Rice Lake Adventure Kick-off Dinner	13 Weekend Cooking Classes with Chef Neil Baxter Spring 2012 HandMade Market Wine & Herb Weekends - Niagara-on-the-Lake Spring HandMade Market Chef Neil Baxter’s Rundles 'Weekend Cooking Class’ Schedule for New Year! Mother's Day @ Langdon Hall Brunch @ Casa Loma Cookery School Class: Asparagus Deathrow Meals: Fish Bits
14 Chef Chuck Hughes Visits The Stop OWS Toronto: A Tasting of Appassimento-style Wines Toronto Premiere: To Make a Farm 86'd with Ivy Knight	15	16 Cookery School Class: Low-Calorie Cooking	17 The Stop: Food For Change Alexandria Farmers' Market Mollusks for the Masses The Dinner Concert Sessions @ Foster's Inn Green Bites: Foraged Foods Wine & Cheese Tasting	18	19 Wine & Herb Weekends - Niagara-on-the-Lake Food Revolution Day Heirloom Tomato Seedling Sale Hands in the Bowl Alexandria Farmers' Market Growing Taste Buds Elora Culinary Walking Tour Where Next? Sizing Tourism's Water Footprint	20 Wine & Herb Weekends - Niagara-on-the-Lake Heirloom Tomato Seedling Sale Cookery School Class: Fresh Herbs Food Truck Eats @ Peller Estates Cookery School Class: Baking with Chocolate
21 86'd with Ivy Knight	22	23	24 Alexandria Farmers' Market Cookery School Class: Gluten-Free Basics Patagonia Welcomes Good Food Revolution OWS: Sauvignon Blanc - Same Grape, Different Wines OWS: Merlot & Savagnin	25 Niagara Food and Wine Expo Fabulous Fenwick Lions Carnival Budburst Celebration at Flat Rock Cellars Carassauga Festival of Cultures	26 Niagara Food and Wine Expo Fabulous Fenwick Lions Carnival Budburst Celebration at Flat Rock Cellars Carassauga Festival of Cultures Guelph Wellington Rural Romp! Wine & Herb Weekends - Niagara-on-the-Lake Sip Into Summer Bikes & Beers Cycling Tour Heirloom Tomato Seedling Sale Hands in the Bowl Egological Livestock Tour at Dragonfly Garden Farm Alexandria Farmers' Market Growing Taste Buds Terroir Wine Festival in The County Elora Culinary Walking Tour Savour Stratford presents Artisanal Cheese Making at Monforte Dairy Harvest Table Dining Series @ Hillebrand Estate Winery	27 Niagara Food and Wine Expo Fabulous Fenwick Lions Carnival Budburst Celebration at Flat Rock Cellars Carassauga Festival of Cultures Wine & Herb Weekends - Niagara-on-the-Lake Heirloom Tomato Seedling Sale Sip Into Summer Edible Weed Walk Market Garden Tour at Fertile Ground Cookery School Class: Crème Brûlée The Stop's Beer Garden
28 Group of 7 Chefs Vegetarian Dinner Ontario Culinary Adventure Guide Launch at The Drake 86'd with Ivy Knight	29 Place Making Solutions in the Food System	30 Wines of Niagara-on-the-Lake Taste & Buy	31 The Great Canadian Cheese Festival 2012 Alexandria Farmers' Market Cookery School Class: County Cheeses Patagonia Welcomes Chef Brad Long Pickling with The Cookbook Store

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