Photo courtesy of the Food Network
Christopher Chen and I run a small, family-owned Japanese restaurant, Kome Sushi (formerly known as Sushi Sugar), on St. Clair Avenue West, just a bit west of Christie. We happened to be located near a number of schools, and we’ve spent a lot of time recently creating healthy food options for local students. That interest – in healthy eating and its effect on young people – was what inspired us to come and meet Jamie Oliver last week, when he came to Roy Thomson Hall to discuss his “food revolution.”
The students who have over the last little while became our lunch regulars are from the neighborhood junior high and high schools, and our engagement with them all began with a simple conversation. Some of these students happened to be hanging out outside our patio during lunch service one day not too long ago, and Chris went over to chat with them for a while. Based on that discussion we decided to start offering healthy lunch choices at affordable prices, specifically with students like these in mind. The students loved the new meals, and started talking among themselves about their lunches at our restaurant. They shared their experiences with teachers, administrative staff, and principal at their schools, and even started talking with their parents and grandparents at home about the importance of eating healthier meals. CONTINUE READING >
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Jamie Oliver, coming to Roy Thomson Hall, Sunday November 22 at 2pm, takes questions from Globe and Mail readers and dishes on his kitchen must-haves, simple meals for first-time cooks and why you’ll never, ever catch him at KFC.
You have been such a strong advocate of teaching ordinary people how to cook exceptional meals in their own home. If there were three things that are dead easy to learn, but would improve almost anybody’s cooking, what would they be?
– Jim Smerdon, Vancouver
If you’re starting totally from scratch and have never cooked before, I’d try one-cup pancakes first, because they’re very easy and they give you such a sense of pride when you get something like that right for the first time. I’d also try mini-shell pasta with peas and bacon – the recipe is on my website and in the Food Revolution book, and then parmesan chicken with crispy posh ham. If you go onto YouTube and put in “Mick the miner,” there’s a clip of a 51-year-old bloke who’s never cooked in his life doing parmesan chicken with crispy posh ham. If he can do it, anyone can do it. And that 51-year-old bloke cooked his family’s Christmas dinner last year! CONTINUE READING >
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As you may know, Jamie Oliver is coming to town in a few short weeks, to speak about his Food Revolution at our own Roy Thomson Hall. And, excitingly, the Globe and Mail is offering you the chance to ask him that pressing question you’ve always wanted answered by the Naked Chef himself. The paper is soliciting questions from Jamie’s devoted fans, and will pose the best of them to the man himself. You only have a few short hours left to get your questions in, so head on over the Globe‘s website and hop to it!
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In honour of the long weekend, and to help you get geared up for the upcoming presentation by Jamie Oliver, we’ve got a sneak peak from his new book, Jamie’s Food Revolution. (Conveniently, a copy of the book comes free with every ticket purchased to see Jamie in November, too.)
And by “sneak peak” we mean “yummy and easy recipe,” of course.
The book is not only gorgeous but is all about simplicity. Jamie has taken it upon himself to create a real revolution, teaching people to cook in their kitchens with fresh food again instead of relying on the processed stuff. What better time to get this cookery party started than Thanksgiving? Happy cooking! CONTINUE READING >
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Ornette Coleman comes to Massey Hall September 24.
Thursday and Saturday of this week will be hopping at both Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, with what promise to be epic performances. Between those and a special announcement yesterday, it is one exciting week here at the Halls.
Thursday, September 24 at Massey Hall sees the second instalment in the Jazz @ Massey Hall series: Ornette Coleman is coming to town. In 2007 Coleman received both a Pulitzer Prize and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and rightly so—the man changed the landscape of jazz fifty years ago and hasn’t stopped since. A December 2007 Rolling Stone article explains just wherein his innovation lies: “Coleman’s great affront to the jazz establishment was to base his improvisations not on the chords of a song but on the melody, and then not on the actual notes of the melody but on what the melody makes you feel.” (The piece is not available online, but can be found in the December 13, 2007 issue, on page 72.) Coleman’s unique free jazz will certainly make for one educational and entertaining evening. CONTINUE READING >
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