Spring 2009 | Spring 2009

Current Issue

WE DELIVER!

Subscribe now and
receive every issue by mail

in edible TORONTO
to connect with
people who care

Edible Toronto Magazine is locally owned
and proudly Canadian

Spring 2009

CONTENTS SPRING 2009

2	GRIST FOR THE MILL
4	TIDBITES By Kathleen Mackintosh
5	READERS’ REFLECTIONS
6	A WARRIOR FOR MOTHER EARTH Culinary Zen Master Michael Stadtländer By Deb Cripps
10	THE EDIBLE TORONTO URBAN GARDEN By Gail Gordon Oliver
15	FOOD ROOTS A Meditation on Spring Green(s) By Liz Driver
16	THIS ALE IS ON SONG Cask Ale in Toronto By Robert Hughey
18	WHAT’S IN SEASON Fiddleheads in Niagara By Carmen Everest Wahl
23	A HEALTHY BALANCE AT WHOLE CIRCLE FARM By Bryan Dyck
26	THE ARTISANAL GARDEN Asparagus By David Cohlmeyer
28	COOKING WITH THE SEASONS Seasonal Produce and Recipes
32	ELK FARMER JOHN RIETKERK By Lea Zeltserman

	34	COME HERE, MY LITTLE CHICKADEE By Steven Biggs
	36	DOWN THE DRAIN By Joanna Flatt
	38	COMMUNITY WE CAN BELIEVE IN By Hamutal Dotan
	41	ONE LITTLE STRAWBERRY... By Cookie Roscoe Handford
	43	A BIG TASTE OF LIFE AT LITTLE CITY FARM By Lauren Carter
	46	TORONTO’S WOMEN CHEFS By Sheryl Kirby
	48	OF CABBAGE BORSCHT AND KREPLACH AT UNITED BAKERS By Lara Rabinovitch
	51	HOW LOCAL CAN YOU GOCAL? By Jane Wells
	53	ADVERTISER DIRECTORY
	54	FARMERS’ MARKET DIRECTORY
		COVER (Story on page 18) Nick Secord holding fresh fiddleheads at NorCliff Farm in Port Colborne Photo by Gail Gordon Oliver

info@edibletoronto.com • 416-481-7474
P.O. Box 85528 • Toronto, Ontario M5N 0A2
www.edibletoronto.com