May 22, 2013

Archive of: T.O. Taste

T.O.’s best coconut cream pie

T.O.’s best coconut cream pie

As part of our comedy issue, and in a tribute to the classic comedic gag, we took a look at some of the GTA’s top coconut cream pies. Herewith, chef Grant van Gameren declares a winner in our...

Picking the best Peking

Picking the best Peking

We rounded up the GTA’s options for a Peking duck feast and asked Bar Isabel chef, Grant van Gameren to tell us which duck is most delicious

The bowled and the beautiful

The bowled and the beautiful

The Spanish certainly know the best ways to combat the heat — siestas, sangria and, of course, cool, refreshing gazpacho. We rounded up the city’s takes on the traditional cold soup and asked...

Toronto's Tastiest Fried Chicken

Toronto's Tastiest Fried Chicken

Crunchy, spicy, succulent and delicious fried chicken is a dish that’s perfect for eating outdoors in summer. We called in David Neinstein, chef at hot Southern BBQ spot Barque, to sample eight...

Toronto's Best Butcher Shop Steaks

Toronto's Best Butcher Shop Steaks

We asked Rob Rossi (chef at Bestellen and former Top Chef contestant) to pick the top cuts from the GTA’s happiest and healthiest herds.

Toronto's Best Taco

Toronto's Best Taco

Mexican food has never been hotter — or better — in Toronto. Just in time for the annual celebration of Mexican heritage, spicy food connoisseur and host of Everyday Exotic and Heat Seekers on...

Toronto's Best Hot Dog

Toronto's Best Hot Dog

It’s time to (literally) raise the roof at the Rogers Centre this month, and celebrate the Blue Jays’ home opener; in honour of this occasion, we called upon deli king Zane Caplansky to help us...

Toronto's Best Cannoli

Toronto's Best Cannoli

Not all cannoli are created equal: from the disappointingly soggy to the delectably crispy and creamy, Italo-Canadian Rob Gentile sorts the best from the rest and declares a winner

Toronto's Best Grilled Cheese

Toronto's Best Grilled Cheese

What happens when this gregarious chef sits down to a table strewn with new wave gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches? He chooses the old-school, triple-decker diner classic, of course.

Toronto's Best Gnocchi

Toronto's Best Gnocchi

Scott Conant, of Scarpetta Restaurant, samples the city’s top gnocchi.