DISHING UP TORONTO™ 2020 “Homemade”
What: Virtual Dumpling Making Workshop
When: Friday December 18th 2020 @ 6pm – 7:30pm
Register: here
Dishing up Toronto is a community-led program of the Toronto Ward Museum in partnership with caterToronto and Culinaria Research Centre at the University of Toronto. We have reimagined our Dishing Up Toronto Festival pivoting for pandemic realities while still pushing conversations around food, culture, and newcomer stories.
For this 1.5 hour virtual workshop, Vanessa, Director of caterToronto will demonstrate one of her personal dumpling recipes with an option to pre-purchase an ingredient-only or curated cook-along kit to prepare a vegetarian or meat dumpling (more information below). Vanessa will share insights about how people and places factor into culturally appropriate and commercially available foods. This event will enhance your understanding of what we can do to ensure diverse, dignified, and delicious eats in our future of food.
Register: here
Through a participatory and multi-sector approach, Dishing Up Toronto project brings together multiple stakeholders interested in using food as a vehicle to explore questions of identity, equity and belonging as it relates to Toronto’s past, present and future. This project is being partly funded by the School of Cities at the University of Toronto.
We’ve planned this event with participation and accessibility in mind for this reason a variety of participation and curated cook-along kits are available! Including the option to purchase local artisan-made ceramics by Vivian @blackboughstudio (sauce bowl, plate, and chopstick holder in the image below)
To register and purchase your cook-along kits sign up here
General admission (Free – registration only) includes your registration to the event and the recipe card which you can use to purchase the ingredients.
Ingredient-only cook-along kit $20 per person, not including processing fees, includes:
- Your registration to the event
- Digital recipe card for a vegetarian or meat dumpling
- The vegetarian or meat ingredients that you’ll need for the workshop
Curated cook-along kit* $75 per person, not including processing fees, includes:
- Your registration to the event
- Digital recipe card for vegetarian or meat dumplings
- The vegetarian or meat ingredients that you’ll need for the workshop
- Local artisan-made ceramics by Vivian @blackboughstudio (sauce bowl, plate, and chopstick holder)
- Dumpling-making tools (roller, spider, steamer set-up & chopsticks)
- Small eats to accompany the dumplings.
ALL cook along kits have option for pick-up from 2 select locations (West Toronto and East Toronto – details to be confirmed over email);
Option for delivery anywhere in the Greater Toronto Area for an additional $15 fee .
** Limited quantities available. However, more may become available depending on early pre-purchases
To register and purchase your cook-along kits sign up here
What: Dishing Up Toronto 2020 – “Homemade” – Love Letter to Toronto’s Food & Food Makers
When: Saturday December 1th 2020 @ 6pm
Register: here
Toronto’s food scene is, and will continue to be, one of Canada’s most diverse. In this dynamic world of dining, newcomer and BIPOC cooks, entrepreneurs, caterers, and other food makers share their recipes and infuse the city with flavours from all over the world.
We’re asking: what do you miss eating and where do you miss eating now? And, where will you eat and how will you eat differently after the pandemic?
Together, we’re reflecting on missed meals and missed connections during lockdown. Our love letters remind us that a food system is based not simply on ‘moving calories’ but on human relationships.
Submit a ” Love Letter”:
As we recognize that Toronto will be “dishing up” very differently in the future, we encourage awareness of the diverse communities that work to feed this city.
We ask that you reflect on Toronto’s food, and most important, the people behind it.
You can use the following questions for inspiration but can also get creative with your response – written, video, and audio responses encouraged! Feel free to answer as many questions as you feel inspired to!
- Tell us about your favourite restaurant in Toronto and what makes it special.
- Who/ what do you miss today in the midst of a lockdown when thinking about dining and food provisioning?
- What is a Toronto-food experience you remember fondly? Who was behind this experience?
- What type of place are you excited to get back to after the pandemic?
- What is something you’ve learned from Toronto’s food-makers and diverse food scene? A recipe? A life lesson?
Record your thoughts as a 100 word write-up, poem, an audio clip, or a video in whichever format and language you feel most comfortable.
Use the following Google Form to share your Love Letter OR Send us your “Love Letter to Toronto’s Food & Food Makers” (written, audio, visual) to marketing@wardmuseum.ca by Thursday Oct 17th.
Please note: Sending your “love letter” means you are giving your consent for us to share your submission at our live event
Video Submission guidelines:
- Recording on a smartphone or camera is ideal but using your webcam is also an option if those are not available to you
- Hold device horizontally when recording
- Find a quiet space with a clean, uncluttered background
- Natural lighting is best, try to film your video during the daytime. If that is not possible, then use home lighting (room lights, lamps…) to ensure face is well lit
- At the beginning of your video please mention your name and neighbourhood before you begin talking about your favourite restaurant, using questions listed above as prompts
- Upload your video as an MP4 file
- If you know the person or the restaurant you’re writing about, and you have their contact information, please share these details in your email. We can share your letter with them!
Tune in on Dec. 19th at 6-7pm to hear your “love letter” being shared, learn more about Dishing Up Toronto , and dive into a discussion about the current food scene in Toronto.
Zoom link will be sent to registrants a couple days before the event.
For this 1.5 hour virtual workshop, Vanessa, Director of caterToronto will demonstrate one of her personal dumpling recipes with an option to pre-purchase an ingredient-only or curated cook-along kit to prepare a vegetarian or meat dumpling (more information below). Vanessa will share insights about how people and places factor into culturally appropriate and commercially available foods. This event will enhance your understanding of what we can do to ensure diverse, dignified, and delicious eats in our future of food.
Register: here
Dishing up Toronto is a community-led program of the Toronto Ward Museum in partnership with caterToronto and Culinaria Research Centre at the University of Toronto. We have reimagined our Dishing Up Toronto Festival pivoting for pandemic realities while still pushing conversations around food, culture, and newcomer stories.
CATERING A LEGACY
DATES: December 4, 2018
TIME: 3-5pm
The University of Toronto Scarborough’s Culinaria Research Centre, in partnership with the Toronto Ward Museum’s Dishing Up Toronto ™ program, and CaterToronto proudly present Catering a Legacy, a delicious event with some of Toronto’s local caterers. Join us to taste community-based traditions and foods to think and learn with.
*Guests who attend the event must participate through its entirety, i.e. this is not a drop-in event*
LOCATION:
St. Lawrence Market
93 Front St E.
Toronto, ON M5E 1C3
(Front Street Entrance)
GOOD EATS: HISTORY OF FOOD AND DINING IN TORONTO
DATES: December 5, 2018
TIME: 3-5pm
Explore Toronto’s food history, hidden in plain sight, from rustic taverns of muddy York to the red brick foundations of the city’s baking empires. Discover the opulent department store dining rooms and 24-hour diners that have kept the city well fed for over a hundred years. Through the built heritage of Toronto’s downtown core, learn how these diverse and iconic locations contributed to the food haven that is Toronto today.
Leader: Laura Carlson is a food historian, writer, and audio producer. Laura currently works for Heritage Toronto; she also is host and executive producer of The Feast, an award-winning podcast devoted to the great meals that made history.
Start point: Peter Pan Bistro (145 Peter Street, Toronto, ON M5V 2H2)
End point: The Senator Restaurant (249 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1T8)
Sponsored by:
THE FAMILY BUSINESS: A SPECIAL EVENT AT THE PASQUALE BROTHERS WAREHOUSE
DATES: December 6, 2018
TIME: 6:30-8:30pm
Pasquale Brothers has been a family run business since 1917. When Edward Pasquale, an Italian immigrant, founded the company in the historic Ward its sole purpose was to supply fellow Italian immigrants with familiar foods. It quickly grew in popularity and Torontonians beyond the Italian community began to frequent the shop. Pasquale Brothers soon became a go to destination for the rapidly growing and diverse population of Toronto eventually growing to manufacture its own products.
In 1969 the family decided to focus its energy on the store they opened at 145 King Street East where their passion for food flourished, and the manufacturing end was consolidated into the Unico brand.
The store on King soon became a gathering place for people with a passion for food. Chefs mingled with customers; recipes, cooking tips and travel adventures were all exchanged right in the midst of the store and amongst the very ingredients that often became the topic of conversation.
Now, over a hundred years in business, join the Pasquale family in their warehouse and uncover the family stories behind one of Toronto’s most recognized food brands.
HOST: ANNA MARIE AND CHRISTINA KALCEVICH
Thirteen years ago the company moved its operations to Etobicoke. It is now owned by Anna Marie Kalcevich’s daughter Christina, the great granddaughter of Edward C. Pasquale Sr. and the granddaughter of his son-in-law Henry Madott, who once ran the company. Christina is the fourth generation of the family to run Pasquale Brothers.
Join Anna Marie, Christina, Tony and their family for this exciting event as they share family stories in the heart of the Pasquale Brothers warehouse.
Proceeds from this event will support the Toronto Ward Museum’s growing effort to build the organisation.
LOCATION:
Pasquale Brothers Warehouse
16 Goodrich Rd, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 4Z8
Food and drinks provided by:
Partners:
Passover and the Refugee and Immigrant Experience: A Seder for Everyone / Un Seder de Pâque pour tous et l'expérience des réfugiés et immigrants
March 27, 2018, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Passover is about a community fleeing oppression, which resonates today with the plight of refugees worldwide. Through a public exhibition and Seder feast, the public from and beyond the Jewish community will be invited to exchange refugee and immigrant experiences in the hopes of building inter-cultural understanding and solidarity across differences.
La Pâque juive concerne une communauté fuyant l’oppression, qui résonne aujourd’hui avec les réfugiés autour du monde. Grâce à une exposition publique et à la fête du Seder, la communauté juive et au-delà sera invité à partager leurs expériences en tant que réfugié et immigrants pour arriver à une compréhension interculturelle et former une solidarité malgré les différences.
Prosserman JCC
4588 Bathurst St.
North York, ON
M2R 3V2
Funded by / Financé par:
Partners / Les partenaires:
San Miguel Beer presents Dishing Up Toronto™: Kain Na! A KULTURA Passport Experience
DATES: July 24, 2017 and August 1, 2017
TIME: 6-8pm
San Miguel Beer presents Dishing Up Toronto™: Kain Na! A KULTURA Passport Experience in partnership with the Toronto Ward Museum and the Culinaria Research Centre. This unique passport-style program will highlight three Filipino restaurants in Toronto to give a deeper understanding of Filipino food, culture, and the diverse diasporic communities that have established themselves across the city. Your hosts, Joyce and Nastasha, want to share the deep passion the Filipino community has for food, how central it is to the Filipino experience, and how it binds community and identity. Over a casual dinner, our goal is to open conversations about Filipino food in Toronto – how it’s grown, where it’s going, and flavours from the Philippines we’re excited to share with the city. Each night, we combine a performative storytelling experience with stimulating conversation, and of course, great food. You will also be introduced to a special guest speaker from one of the participating restaurants and we will go beyond the story of the Filipino diaspora: how many Filipinos left their homeland in search of a better life for themselves and their families, and what it was like for those to grow up in a country where their culture was not reflected anywhere but at home, in the food lovingly prepared by their parents. The special guest will share their experiences as a Filipino-Canadian working in one of the most risky industries, food, and together we will explore the ever-growing landscape of Filipino cuisine in Toronto.
Each dinner will be accompanied by a tasting of San Miguel Beer!*
#kulturaTO #DishingUpTO #TOWardMuseum
LOCATION:
LASA by Lamesa (634 St Clair Avenue W)
Monday, July 24th, 2017, 6-8PM
Tito Ron’s (Wong’s Ice Cream, 536 Queen Street W)
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017, 6-8PM
…and one more to be announced!
This event was produced in collaboration and in partnership with:
MomenTO: Toronto's Heritage of Innovation - Culinary Innovations to Feed a Country
DATE: Saturday, July 29, 2017
TIME: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Learn about innovations in Toronto that have shaped Canadian cuisine and met the social, environmental, and health challenge of feeding a growing nation. List of speakers forthcoming.
About MomenTO – Toronto’s Heritage of Innovation: This summer and fall, Heritage Toronto is offering a series of talks on how past innovations have shaped our present and future. Presented as part of the City of Toronto’s Canada 150 program, MomenTO: Toronto’s Heritage of Innovation showcases advances in technology, healthcare, media, and other fields.
Presented in partnership with Toronto Ward Museum, as part of their Dishing Up Toronto (TM) program, and University of Toronto Scarborough.
LOCATION:
University of Toronto Scarborough
Attendees will receive a confirmation email from Heritage Toronto with specific directions a few days before the event.
Photo courtesy of City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 8144.
Follow the Maize - From Mexico to the Great Lakes
DATE: July 6, 2017
TIME: 6-8pm
Come experience the long story of corn’s development as one of the world’s premier foods, its place in Mexican culture and gastronomy, and its gradual transition to the Great Lakes area where large corn farms were cultivated by the Peoples of the Longhouse, the Huron-Wendat (and later the Seneca) in villages all across the Toronto area long before Europeans arrived here. We’ll learn how these two different Indigenous cultures, in Mexico and around the Great Lakes, interacted and worked with corn while enjoying delicious samples from both cultures and from Maizal Cafe’s superb kitchen.
This event is presented in conjunction with the new exhibit, Destination Canada on display in the Toronto Reference Library’s TD Gallery.
#TDGalleryTPL #DishingUpTO #TOWardMuseum
LOCATION:
Beeton Hall, Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
This event was produced in collaboration and in partnership with:
Hungering for Inclusion
DATE: Saturday April 15, 2017
TIME: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
This walking tour and cooking workshop explores Toronto’s tumultuous migration history. Walk through historic Bond Street and north to College Park, exploring moments in the neibourhood’s history when immigrants were excluded and uncover how the City has worked to become a more diverse and inclusive space. Join Chris Theofilogiannakos at Mackenzie House for a cooking workshop and tasting based on recipes that reflect food memories linked to Chris’ own Greek migrant story, while sharing your own food memories and stories of migration to Toronto.
HOST: Chris Theofilogiannakos
Chris Theofilogiannakos is a historical interpreter with the City of Toronto. Chris was born in Athens, Greece and immigrated to Canada with his family when he was 3. Growing up Chris worked in his family’s restaurant where he gained an appreciation for cooking and food. Interested in learning about the past, Chris pursued a graduate degree in History at York University and the University of California San Diego. Today, Chris shares his passion for food and history by leading historic cooking workshops at Mackenzie House Museum.
LOCATION:
Mackenzie House Museum, 82 Bond Street
This event was produced in collaboration and in partnership with:
Breaking Bread
DATE: Saturday April 1, 2017
TIME: 2:00PM – 4:30PM
Irish immigrants Thomas and Margaret Montgomery would probably have never have imagined that almost 200 years after opening the doors of Montgomery’s Inn, their establishment would still stand as a cornerstone of the Etobicoke community. More than lodging for the many new immigrants travelling through the Village of Islington, Montgomery’s Inn and farm served as a community hub where news and stories could be shared over a hot meal and open fire.
Today the tradition of people coming together to break bread at the Inn is as strong as it was in the mid-nineteenth century. The Inn is home to a weekly farmer’s market, a youth volunteer culinary arts project and heritage education programming that keeps the spirit of culture and community alive through the unifying power of food. Montgomery’s Inn invites you to taste and experience stories of the past and present by breaking breads from around the world made from local ingredients produced by Ontario Farmers. From the wood fired bread oven to the cast iron bake kettle, discover firsthand the recipes that conjure up a taste of home and heritage for the farmers, youth and staff of Montgomery’s Inn.
This event includes admission to Gathering Around the Kitchen Table, an exhibition curated by Master of Museum Studies students Anja Hamilton, Erika Robertson, and Rachael Thiessen. Discover five unique stories of food and migration that look at negotiating a sense of belonging in the ever-changing city of Toronto. Community Room at Montgomery’s Inn, April 1-30, 2017.
HOST: MICAP YOUTH
LOCATION:
Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas Street West
This event was produced in collaboration and in partnership with:
Importing A Taste of Home: A Special Event at the Pasquale Brothers Warehouse
DATE: Saturday, November 26, 2016
TIME: 6-9pm
Pasquale Brothers has been a family run business since 1917. When Edward Pasquale, an Italian immigrant, founded the company in the historic Ward its sole purpose was to supply fellow Italian immigrants with familiar foods. It quickly grew in popularity and Torontonians beyond the Italian community began to frequent the shop. Pasquale Brothers soon became a go to destination for the rapidly growing and diverse population of Toronto eventually growing to manufacture its own products.
In 1969 the family decided to focus its energy on the store they opened at 145 King Street East where their passion for food flourished, and the manufacturing end was consolidated into the Unico brand.
The store on King soon became a gathering place for people with a passion for food. Chefs mingled with customers; recipes, cooking tips and travel adventures were all exchanged right in the midst of the store and amongst the very ingredients that often became the topic of conversation.
Now, on the eve of the company’s 100th anniversary, join the Pasquale family in their warehouse and uncover the family stories behind one of Toronto’s most recognized food brands.
HOST: Anna Marie Kalcevich
Thirteen years ago the company moved its operations to Etobicoke. It is now owned by Anna Marie Kalcevich, the granddaughter of Edward C. Pasquale Sr. and the daughter of his son-in-law Henry Madott, who once ran the company. Anna Marie is the third generation of the family to run Pasquale Brothers.
Join Anna Marie and her family for this exciting event as she shares her family’s story in the heart of the Pasquale Brothers warehouse.
LOCATION:
Pasquale Brothers Warehouse
16 Goodrich Rd, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 4Z8
Partners: Toronto Ward Museum, Culinaria Research Centre at the University of Toronto Scarborough
Sponsors:
A Wok in Chinatown: History and Migration Stories Inspired by Food
DATE: June 22, 2016
TIME: 2-4pm
LENGTH: 2 hours
Led by the dynamic duo of a Chinatown historian and a professor chef, your small walking group will hear amazing stories about the vibrant history of Chinese food as you stroll up Spadina Avenue in one of Toronto’s most unique neighbourhoods – Chinatown West. You’ll be transported back in time as Leo and Arlene Chan share their food memories that are linked so intricately with successive waves of Chinese immigration. Delight your taste buds with food samples at a bakery, BBQ store, and supermarket, and watch a culinary demonstration by a master dumpling chef.
GUIDES: Leo and Arlene Chan
The husband-wife team, Leo and Arlene, share their passion for Chinese food. Leo brings years of foodie experience as former Professor Chef of Asian Cuisine at Humber College and George Brown College, past Director of Site Operations at the Mandarin Restaurant, and food expert on radio and television shows. Daughter of the first Chinese Canadian to receive the Order of Canada, Arlene infuses her experience of growing up in Toronto’s Chinatown into her work as a Chinatown historian, tour guide, and author of seven books on the history and culture of the Chinese in Toronto and across Canada.
START/FINISHING POINT: Provided upon registration
DIFFICULTY: Flat pavement, may be some obstructions due to construction
Partners: Toronto Ward Museum, Heritage Toronto, Culinaria at UTSC
Photo Credit: Jens Ronneberger
A Taste of Ramadhan
DATE: June 25, 2016
TIME: 8:30 – 11pm
LENGTH: 2 ½ hours
Join local food blogger Aisha and her family during the month of Ramadhan, as they open their doors to host an Iftar and take you on a tour of Ramadhan traditions and dishes. Ramadhan at their home is fun, warm, and full of life. Guests from all walks of life are welcome to attend, and engage with the family and guests to hear stories of Muslim immigration to Toronto.
GUIDE: Aisha Silim
Aisha Silim is a food-obsessed writer based in Toronto, and is originally from the Yemeni diaspora of East Africa. Her ancestors left Hadhramaut, Yemen in the mid-20th century because they got tired of the food shortages, and have been global nomads ever since. In her previous career, she was a Middle East journalist and came to Toronto via Kenya, Saudi Arabia, the U.S., and England. Aisha has an interest in issues of food, race, and gender; and loves showcasing the restaurants of immigrants and people of colour on her blog at www.saltandsaffron.com.
START/FINISHING POINT: Provided upon registration
Partners: Toronto Ward Museum, Heritage Toronto, Culinaria at UTSC
Balikbayan Renaissance: KAIN NA! Filipino Food Tour
DATE: June 22, 2016
TIME: 2-4pm
LENGTH: 2 hours
This food tour will highlight three downtown Filipino restaurants on a mission to give a deeper understanding of Philippine culture and introduce Filipino cuisine to Toronto’s broader communities. Joyce will tell the story of the Filipino diaspora: how many Filipinos left their homeland in search of a better life for themselves and their families, and what it was like for those to grow up in a country where their culture was not reflected anywhere but at home, in the food lovingly prepared by their parents. This tour will explore the ever-growing neighbourhood of Kensington Market and the rapidly changing Queen Street West, and where the next generation of Filipino-Canadians fit into the puzzle of one of the most risky industries: food. Joyce wants to share the deep passion the Filipino community has for food, how central it is to the Filipino experience, and how it binds community and identity.
GUIDE: Joyce Voegler
Joyce Voegler is an emerging arts professional committed to creating inclusive spaces for emerging artists, community arts, and arts-based education. Although blessed with a European-trained chef as a father, the dish she finds most comforting is not his Filet Mignon, but the Sinigang soup prepared by her Lola. Since joining Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture last summer, Joyce has learned to embrace and speak about her roots as a young Filipina, and that one of most powerful ways to tell her story is with food. Through this tour she hopes to reach back and share stories of Filipinos in her community yearning to explore their roots and foster pride in the dishes they grew up eating.
START/FINISHING POINT: Provided upon registration
DIFFICULTY: Flat pavement, may be some obstructions due to construction
Partners: Toronto Ward Museum, Heritage Toronto, Culinaria at UTSC, Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture
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Through a participatory and multi-sector approach, Dishing Up Toronto project brings together multiple stakeholders interested in using food as a vehicle to explore questions of identity, equity and belonging as it relates to Toronto’s past, present and future. This project is being partly funded by the School of Cities at the University of Toronto.
We’ve planned this event with participation and accessibility in mind for this reason a variety of participation and curated cook-along kits are available! Including the option to purchase local artisan-made ceramics by Vivian @blackboughstudio (sauce bowl, plate, and chopstick holder in the image below)
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