Fresh and local: ²Ρ²Ή³¦±τ±π²Ή²Τβs shows foodies whatβs new at ΗΡΧΣΦ±²₯
Lamb sausage from a butcher at the St. Lawrence market. Organic milk and cream from a dairy in Kincardine. Custom-made rye bread from Tre Mari bakery.
Those are just a few examples of what ²Ρ²Ή³¦±τ±π²Ή²Τβs magazine found when it decided to go behind the scenes of what the magazine is calling βthe largest independent food service operation at any university in Canada.β
Two in-depth features in take a look at what happened after the University of Toronto took over food operations across much of its downtown Toronto campus this year.
Read about how Chef Jaco Lokker spent the summer developing recipes and menus made from local, fresh ingredients β and the partnerships he developed with local food producers.
βIβm very much a believer in wholesome and whole foods,β Lokker tells ²Ρ²Ή³¦±τ±π²Ή²Τβs, emphasizing that there is a unique opportunity in a university to affect the habits people form in adulthood. βHereβs the moment when people are making choices in their life,β he says. βWe have the social responsibility.β
So how does it taste? ²Ρ²Ή³¦±τ±π²Ή²Τβs puts the healthy menus to the ultimate test β sending food critic Corey Mintz to a tasting spree of everything from tortillas to burgers, tabbouleh salad and more.