Temperatures are frigid, but the month is hot with events and activities galore. Miroki and André give you a rundown of what’s exciting in February in Toronto and the surrounding region. Winterlicious will be just wrapping up, so now is the time to enjoy a great prix fixe in Toronto. André has found a new appreciation for spending a night out with Anja for Valentine’s Day, though he isn’t dining at the local institution in Hamilton. Why is that? Meanwhile, Miroki has found a way to stay warm in Waterdown. Less than an hour from Toronto, Terra Greenhouses is making the most of their slow season by hosting a bustling market of local vendors, welcoming visitors to spend a day shopping for plants, food, and crafts. At the end of the month, the smashing event Black Grapes returns to Toronto at Waterworks Food Hall. Will you get an elusive ticket before it’s sold out?

Winterlicious: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/winterlicious/restaurants-menus/

Terra Greenhouses Winter Market: https://terragreenhouses.com/waterdown-winter-market/

West Avenue Cider House: https://www.westavenue.ca/

Black Grapes: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-history-month-black-grapes-wine-tasting-tickets-1978391844263

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January is generally a pretty blue kind of month, especially when the bombshell is dropped that 4000 restaurants will close by the end of the year. Emotions run high as customers and industry workers alike debate the reasons, trying to find one major factor to point the finger at. But sometimes the reasons lie in places we never consider. This is why we wanted to ask the best expert in the field. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, aka The Food Professor, brings his research based expertise to this episode to help us answer some burning questions, and peel back some layers to reveal just what is cutting into the deep web of the food industry.

https://agrifoodanalyticslab.substack.com/p/canada-is-poised-to-lose-4000-restaurants

Sylvain Charlebois - Faculty of Management - Dalhousie University

The Food Professor

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André is not participating in Dry January this year. Miroki has never done it. Both discuss their relationship with alcohol as industry workers, and why going cold turkey for a month may not (or might?) be a sustainable decision to recalibrate drinking habits. Meanwhile, a sandwich has traveled all the way from Italian Star Deli in Regina, Saskatchewan to Toronto just so Miroki could see what the hype is all about. Will this sandwich change her life like how André predicted?

Listen to: The Triumph Of Mom and Pop Sho…–Tasting Together – Apple Podcasts

https://www.italianstardeli.com/

Why I'm Not Not Doing Dry January - by Lenn Thompson

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