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    Ramona Leitao

    Ramona Leitao is a food writer at NOW Magazine. She’s particularly passionate about reporting on food and agriculture and how they impact marginalized communities. Her work has been featured in the Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, The Narwhal and The Local.

  • Has “body positivity” lost its meaning?

    Love Your Body is over.  It’s been a good seven-year run that started with the best of intentions: to encourage people of all body types...
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  • Toronto restaurants that opened and closed: January 12-18

    This week's Toronto restaurant roundup unfortunately features more permanent closures. They run the spectrum – from 10-year-old restaurant Paintbox Bistro to Crosley's, which just opened...
    FoodFood & Drink
  • How a community of chefs is reinventing West African food in Toronto

    Victor Ugwueke wants people in Toronto to try the food he grew up eating in Nigeria.  Working with food has always been a part of...
    Victor Ugwueke of Afrobeat Kitchen does his take on popular West African food, like Jollof rice, egusi and fried plantain.
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  • Where to get West African eats in Toronto

    From meals, to snacks, to sauces - Toronto chefs and entrepreneurs share their favourite West African eats and where to get them. Jollof rice   Often...
    Skcookks offers staple dishes like Jollof rice and egusi soup.
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  • Toronto restaurants that opened and closed this week: January 5 – 11

    Nearly 10 days into the indoor dining ban and we're starting to see more and more restaurants permanently or temporarily close. Popular beef patties joint...
    After five years in service, Skippa closed its doors on Harbord and Roxton.
    FoodFood & Drink
  • Toronto brewers launch non-alcoholic beer that actually tastes like beer

    Just in time for Dry January, Harmon’s has launched a non-alcoholic beer aimed at actual beer lovers.  The idea came to mind when former Mill...
    Harmon's founders Rob Doyle (left), Mike Cuch and Steve Abrams.
    DrinksFood & Drink
  • Toronto restaurants that opened and closed this week: December 29 – January 4

    What a start to 2022. It was only three days into the new year when Doug Ford announced an indoor dining ban starting Wednesday. Restaurants...
    FoodFood & Drink
  • What to watch on Crave in January 2022

    Our picks for the best new movies and TV shows hitting Crave in January 2022 include James Gunn's Peacemaker series, the final season of Search...
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  • Four Toronto food trend predictions for 2022

    If the food industry wasn’t risky to delve into before the COVID-19 pandemic, it sure is now. The past two years have been anything but...
    FoodFood & Drink
  • Toronto restaurants that opened and closed this week: December 22-28

    In a way, it feels like we're ending 2021 the way we ended 2020. We're seeing a lot of restaurants, like Lamesa and Burdock Brewery,...
    FoodFood & Drink
  • Five defining moments that changed Toronto’s food scene in 2021

    As much as we weren’t hoping for it, 2021 continues to be quite the roller coaster ride for the food scene in Toronto. As in 2020,...
    FoodFood & Drink
  • These Toronto restaurants are voluntarily closing due to Omicron

    It hasn't even been a full week since Doug Ford announced reduced indoor dining and 11 pm curfews for restaurants and bars. Yet so much...
    Food & Drink
  • Icesis Couture is Canada’s next Drag Superstar

    We got a new Queen of the North on Thursday's episode of Canada's Drag Race: Icesis Couture. The Ottawa-based queen –along with Kendall Gender and...
    Icesis Couture won Canada's Drag Race
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  • 18 Toronto restaurants with New Year’s Eve 2022 menus

    UPDATE: Since this article was first published, some restaurants have decided to close or pivot to takeout/delivery only. Last call for alcohol is now 10...
    FoodFood & Drink
  • What to watch on Netflix Canada in January 2022

    Here's everything that's coming to and leaving Netflix Canada in January 2022, including Hype House, Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness and the return of...
    A still of Jason Bateman and Laura Linney in the new seeason of Ozark.
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