Join the fight against hunger—Donate now and make a difference! The holidays are supposed to be a time for celebrating with friends and loved ones. However, for many of us out there, the holidays are also a time of loneliness and hunger. This difficult choice means a heartbreaking holiday for the 34 percent of food [...]

Mangosteen fruit (or purple mangosteen) is a local delicacy of Southeast Asia where it’s also known as the “Queen of Fruits” by the natives.  Mangosteen ripens only twice a year and is causing some health buzz as being loaded with taste and medical benefits such as our favourite Antioxidants. Our friends at Xango will tell [...]

Let us introduce you to our newest friends at DealCanada.ca. We know everyone loves a deal, which explains why we’re all hooked on this “group buying” phenomenon but this is a new fresh way of doing business that’s consumer and vendor friendly! DealCanada.ca will scour the city and work with local merchants to come up [...]

Grey Cup Parties made easy  - Moose Brewski Chili &  Steam Whistle Brewing’s HOME DELIVERY Service Start your planning now for this year’s Grey Cup celebration on November 28th in Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium and televised on TSN. Toronto’s independent brewery invites football fans to call the Steam Whistle Home Delivery hotline for delivery of fresh [...]

This rustic dish from the South of France is a hearty meal-in-one. The flavours stew and marry underneath a deliciously crispy crust of breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese. A nice meal idea from our friends at the Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association to warm you up this winter.  Enjoy! Lamb: Don’t let your audience be sheepish [...]

Celebrity chefs continue to duel it out this weekend in an epic battle for culinary supremacy and while they’re at it reamed out by our favourite disgruntled British restauranteur from Hell, Gordon Ramsay.   The last of a two day event at the Carlu, with Chef Ramsay hosting and judging the event to raise money [...]

Who’s going to this year’s Gourmet Food & Wine Expo? Maybe if you go you can say hi to our latest ticket winners, Sari, Sarah, Karen, Jordana, and Kevin! Keep reading to find out how you can win a pair of tickets for yourself.

Here’s your chance to experience the good life and the fine dining that the world stage has to offer because the Toronto Gourmet Food & Wine Expo is giving away 10 pairs of tickets to our lucky YummyLocal readers! This is a chance for all you foodies out there to get a head start on [...]

The Art of Cooking is a national speakers series featuring a collection of world renowned chefs and best-selling authors who will share an exciting blend of cutting edge thinking and experience on today’s most innovative cooking trends. Join Jamie Oliver, one of the most popular chefs in the world as he makes his long awaited [...]

Never so much has one fast food sandwich cause so much of a commotion with health food nuts and parents going utterly insane with outrageous remarks on how it’s going to kill people and clog all of our arteries…give me a break. I purposely wanted the hype to die down before actually adding to this social [...]