June 2008

June 2008

All over Toronto, markets are starting to celebrate: strawberries!

From a recent media release:

“Toronto’s top celebrity chefs are teaming up with local strawberry farmers, along with farmers’ markets and leading public and government organizations supporting local food, to send a message that nothing beats fresh strawberries grown in the nearby Greenbelt and beyond. In an unprecedented culinary focus on local strawberries, events are planned throughout June. For example the BrickWorks Strawberry Tea and Culinarium’s strawberry preserve making on June 14, and the Slow Food Farm Tour to pick strawberries on June 28. More than 25 Toronto restaurants and their chefs, each featuring strawberries from a specific farm, will be creating strawberry extravaganzas featured on their menus during the week of June 23 to 29.”

Visit Edible Toronto’s website for a list of strawberry events around town and participating restaurants, and enjoy the countdown to the sweet, fresh taste of summer.

Is firing up the barbeque one of your pleasures of the season? Explore Toronto’s farmers’ markets to find an impressive selection of meats: venison, elk, lamb, pastured pork, goat, grass-fed beef, and more. Our Links to Producers page can help you get to know some of the family farms that bring these meats into the city.