36 Hours in Toronto

Leslieville is home to an array of cafes and antiques stores.
By DENNY LEE
Published: May 17, 2009

AS one of the planet’s most diverse cities, Toronto is oddly clean and orderly. Sidewalks are spotless, trolleys run like clockwork, and the locals are polite almost to a fault. That’s not to say that Torontonians are dull. Far from it. With a population that is now half foreign-born — fueled by growing numbers of East Indians, Chinese and Sri Lankans — the lakeside city offers a kaleidoscope of world cultures. Sing karaoke in a Vietnamese bar, sip espresso in Little Italy and catch a new Bollywood release, all in one night. The art and design scenes are thriving, too, and not just on the bedazzled red carpets of the Toronto International Film Festival, held every September. Industrial zones have been reborn into gallery districts, and dark alleys now lead to designer studios, giving Canada’s financial capital an almost disheveled mien. More

Le Cirque’s Spaghetti Primavera

By AMANDA HESSER
Published: May 14, 2009

I see you rolling your eyes at the thought of spaghetti primavera. The dish, rarely seen now, became an absurdity of 1980s so-called seasonal cooking. Meant to be an expression of spring, the mad jumble of vegetables over pasta was mostly an expression of the death match between French and Italian cuisine (cream versus olive oil, sauce versus pasta). More

Recipe: 2009: Toasted Spaghetti Primavera (May 17, 2009)
Recipe: 1977: Le Cirque’s Spaghetti Primavera (May 17, 2009)

Anybody else lookup green garlic?

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Cutting the Lynlake ribbon.

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