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Toronto’s Contribution to Canadian Food: Special MomenTO Event

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Published on July 25, 2017 with No Comments

July 25, 2017 (Toronto, ON)—Heritage Toronto and the City of Toronto presents Culinary Innovations to Feed a Country this Saturday, July 29. This special program celebrates Canada’s 150th anniversary by exploring little-known innovations in Toronto that have shaped Canadian cuisine and met the social, environmental, and health challenge of feeding a growing nation.

The event features an accomplished and distinguished panel (see below), and includes a food tasting by caterToronto, a community-based catering network.

WHEN:                 Saturday, July 29, 2017, 3:00 pm

WHO:                   Alex Dow, Panelist: Director of Neighbourhood Initiatives for the United Way of Toronto & York Region, and the vice-chair of Toronto Food Policy Council, one of North America’s leading food policy groups

Liz Driver, Panelist: Curator of Campbell House Museum, and author of the ground-breaking study, Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks, 1825-1949

 Susur Lee, Panelist: Chef & owner of four restaurants in Toronto – Lee, Fring’s, Luckee & Lee Kitchen – and his prestigious TungLok Heen in Singapore, and ambassador to Canada’s 150th celebrations

                                Dan Bender, Moderator: Professor at the Culinaria Research Centre

 WHERE:               Culinaria Research Centre, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail

TICKETS:               http://heritagetoronto.org/event/culinary-innovations-to-feed-a-country/

For more information, please contact Lucy Di Pietro, Manager, Marketing & Outreach, 416.338.1339, ldipiet@toronto.ca.

 This event is presented in partnership with Toronto Ward Museum, as part of their Dishing Up Toronto program, and the University of Toronto Scarborough.

 About MomenTO: Toronto’s Heritage of Innovation:

 This summer and fall, the City of Toronto and Heritage Toronto are offering a series of talks on how past innovations have shaped our present and future. MomenTO: Toronto’s Heritage of Innovation showcases advances in technology, healthcare, media, and other fields.

MomenTO is part of the City’s TO Canada with Love program and is produced in partnership with the Province of Ontario’s Ontario150 Program and the Government of Canada. More information is available at: www.toronto.ca/momento.

 Heritage Toronto is a charity and agency of the City of Toronto established in 1949 to celebrate and commemorate the city’s rich heritage and the diverse stories of its people, places and events.

 

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