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Please join us for a delicious book launch and signing
Denise Roig's Butter Cream: A Year in a Montreal Pastry School
Tuesday, July 7th, 5 to 7 pm.
"In Denise Roig's honest memoir, the pastry kitchen becomes a metaphor for life with all of its rough edges and unpredictabilities. By the end of her yearlong course, Roig has cut through the conflicts to recognize the beauty of relationships that, like butter cream, hold together when handled just right. This is a charming book, written with sensitivity and verve." - Darra Goldstein, Editor-in-Chief of Gastronomica.
Olive Oil Tasting
Saturday, July 11th 1 to 4 pm.
Drop in anytime between 1 and 4 pm and join us for a tasting of olive oils from the regions of Spain, Italy and Greece. Find your favourite producer in amongst these award winning oils and learn what makes it a stand out. Oils will be available for purchase. Hosted by The Olivar Corp. Read more about Olivar's olive oils.
Past events
Laura Calder
May 23, 2 to 3 pm
French Taste
Laura Calder
After a decade in France, Laura Calder is back in North America combining French chic and elegance with fusion elements –a dash of the Middle or Far East—so popular with cooks on this side of the Atlantic. She has prepared many of these straightforward recipes on her popular television show French Food at Home. The uncluttered layout makes this an easy book to use. Colour photos. Hardcover, 309 pp. $38.95.
Ricardo
Tuesday May 26th, 5 to 6 pm.
(Book signing and sampling, no charge)
Come and meet Quebec superstar and TV cooking chef Ricardo. His energy and enthusiasm for food and cooking will leave you feeling inspired as will his new book Ricardo: Meals for every occasion. And of course there will be samples to tastes from the new book.
Knife Skills - Hands-on Tutorial with Chef Martin Kouprie
Tuesday, June 2, 7 pm. - SOLD OUT!
Chef Martin Kouprie of Pangaea restaurant has agreed to do yet another knife skills class! This is by far the most hands on, steep learning curve session you'll have with you knife. Bring your favourite knife, we'll provide the fruits and vegetables and the chopping boards. Take home a Victorinox knife and a chopping board.
Research Driven Cusine (or Molecular Gastronomy demonstrated and explained!)
Tuesday April 28th, 7pm. Ticket $35
Have you wondered what this is all about and are too afraid to ask? Watch demonstrations of today's cutting edge techniques, ingredients and equipment. See the tools and ingredients used to create these foods. Techniques such as spherification, carbonation, aeration and some not so new like dehydration. Ingredients to create unique tastes and textures using Ferran Adria's range of Textura products. The equipment being demonstrated will include Pacojet, thermal immersion circulator and liquid nitrogen.
Samples for tasting will include a deconstructed corn chowder, fruit caviar, caramelized banana with yogurt crisp, carbonated strawberries with chocolate snow. Special thanks to Hector at OTB Foods for their support of this event. www.otbfoods.com.
Ruth Reichl: Not Becoming My Mother, & other things she taught me along the way
Please join us for an stage interview conducted by Joanne Kates, restaurant critic for The Globe and Mail, with Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and former restaurant critic for the New York Times. Ruth has written her latest book on what would have been her mother's one hundredth birthday. Join us for what will be an entertaining and engaging discussion about food and family. A Question & Answer period will follow. Ticket price includes an autographed copy of the book.
When: Tuesday, May 5th at 7 pm.
Where: Al Green Theatre at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, south-west corner of Bloor and Spadina, entrance off Bloor
Tickets: $35 (plus tax) includes an autographed copy of Not Becoming My Mother
Tickets available only at The Cookbook Store: 416.920.2665
Canadian Cheese, Toronto Breads and Interesting Butters
Tuesday April 21st, 7 pm. Ticket $20
Join us as cheese aficionado Andy Shay leads us through a tasting of Canadian cheeses. We'll also be sampling breads from some of the city's finest bread bakers and of course we can't forget the butter! What's not to like about this evening out!
SOLD OUT!
The Cookbook Store & grano present
“The Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Kitchen”
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
A slide lecture by Terence Scully, professor emeritus and translator of
The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570)
The Art and Craft of a Master Cook
Includes a Renaissance inspired 3 course dinner designed by Lucia & Roberto Martella of grano. Appetizers at 6:30 pm. Lecture begins promptly at 7:00 pm followed immediately by dinner. At grano, 2035 Yonge Street, Toronto. Tickets are $50 per person and include dinner and wine.
For tickets call The Cookbook Store at 416.920.2665. Seating is limited so please RSVP by Friday, February 27th, 2009. Presented in collaboration with The Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto.
Sunday, February 8th, 7:30 pm - SOLD OUT!
Gordon Ramsay - Healthy Appetite
We are delighted to host Chef Ramsay for this wonderful opportunity to hear about his restaurant business, cooking philosophy and his new cookbook.
This will be an off site event at Toronto Reference Library, just across the road from The Cookbook Store. Chef Ramsay will be interviewed on stage followed by a Q & A. Due to time constraints all the books will be pre-signed to allow Chef time to regale us!
When: Sunday, February 8th, 7:30 pm
Where: Toronto Reference Library, main floor atrium
Tickets: Available only from The Cookbook Store, 416.920.2665.
$40 ($35 - student ticket price with valid ID)
Both ticket prices include Gordon's new book Healthy Appetite
Tuesday, January 27th, 7 pm - SOLD OUT!
Knife Skills Tutorial with Chef Martin Kouprie
Co-owner of Pangaea restaurant
Scared of knives, not sure of proper technique? No matter the skill level this hands on evening at The Cookbook Store, will leave you feeling far more sure of yourself when it comes to knife use. So bring your favourite kitchen knife and Chef Kouprie will guide you through a hands on demo of knife skills. Cutting board will be provided and all the fruits and vegetables for chopping. You will be taking home a chopping board and a Victorinox paring knife.
Our neighbours from The Kitchen and Glass Place will have a variety of knives and sharpeners on display. Refreshments and nibbles will be served. Tickets: $15. Space is limited please sign up in advance.
Saturday, January 17th, 2 to 3 pm.
Margaret Howard and Marjorie Hollands
Choice Menus for One or Two
A great resource of recipes and menu ideas for the whole family not just those with diabetes. The handy flip pages allow mixing and matching with ease to create a plethora of choices. Howard and Hollands have long been the go to Canadian authors on this topic.
Tana Ramsay and Amy Verner
Wednesday, November 19th, 6:30pm at the Heleconian Club
Tana Ramsay - Home Made
'Behind every great man is an equally talented woman.' The Ramsay household is a veritable hot bed of culinary skills! We have been fans of Tana's family style recipes for a long time and now you too can meet the woman who manages, most nights, to cook for her four children and Gordon. Home Made is her third cookbook and we look forward to introducing her to Toronto cooks!
Tana will be interviewed by the Globe and Mail's Amy Verner.
Q & A and book signing to follow.
Location: Heliconian Club (35 Hazelton Ave)
Tickets: $10 only at The Cookbook Store. Part of the proceeds will go to Out of the Cold Programs we support.
Ferran Adrià
Chef-patron of elBulli restaurant visited Toronto October 10
The event with Ferran Adria was thrilling for a number of reasons. Obviously meeting anyone who is at the top of his field always generates excitement. Ferran was an interesting mix of a person who has to control his environment -- witness the last minute change of format -- yet still manages to seem somewhat bemused to find himself the most revered culinary figure of his generation. While he may experiment with food in ways that earlier chefs would never have dreamed, Ferran Adria is still aware that any restaurant is only the absence of a dishwasher away from disaster. It was a reminder to chefs everywhere that ability to create excellent food is only a small part of what makes a great restaurant experience for paying customers.
It was wonderful to be part of a roomful of giddy adults, with anticipation levels akin to Christmas Eve and the arrival of Santa Claus. It speaks well for the future of the restaurant business in Toronto that so many culinary students attended. Liaison College, Hamilton, in particular, made a real effort to give as many students as possible an opportunity to hear Chef Adria.
That The Cookbook Store was the first stop on Chef Adria's North American tour was a huge thrill in itself -- the culmination of 25 years of hard work through thick and thin. The turnout, the gratitude of the audience, and the respect of the publishers from London and New York made up for those times when The Cookbook Store has been overlooked or has lost out to larger venues.
The only disappointments were that Kathryn O'Hara was not able to do a real interview. She would have teased out information which might seem insignificant to Chef Adria but which would have offered insights to the audience. Inspirational was the most oft heard word to describe the event and Chef Adria and we look forward to bringing more international chefs and authors to Toronto.
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Saturday October 18th, 2 to 3 pm. Bonnie Stern - Friday Night Dinners |
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Tuesday, October 21st, 5 to 6:30 pm. Anthony Sedlak - The Main |
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Saturday October 25th, 2 to 3 pm. Anna Olson - In the Kitchen with Anna |
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Saturday, November 15th, 2 to 3 pm. Shari Darling - Orgasmic Appetizers and Matching Wines Shari Darling, Canada's food-and-wine pairing diva, takes culinary bliss to a new level. Don't even think of taking another bite or sip without her advice. her book won't just add zest to your table, it'll also spice up your sensual life. More than 100 recipes, Orgasmic Appetizers celebrates the spine-tingling ecstasy of the culinary orgasm in a way that appeals to both novice and exerienced cooks, and both sommeliers and wine lovers alike. Softcover, 231 pp. $29.95. |
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Thursday November 20th, 5:30 to 7pm David Rocco - David Rocco's Dolce Vita |
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2 to 3 pm. Rose Murray - A Taste of Canada |
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Saturday, December 6, 2 to 3 pm. |
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