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Food & Wine | A How To Guide on food pairings with Estrella Damm

For those of you who follow along with our adventures on social media, you’ll have seen that I recently had the pleasure of attending an intimate lunch with Estrella Damm. During this gathering, I even took part in a photoshoot of Canadians enjoying this iconically Spanish beer. Over an incredible meal at Portland Variety here in Toronto, I quickly came to realize that food pairings can be enjoyed alongside a cleverly crafted beer. In a “How To” guide, I’ve decided to put together a few tips for you all to recreate this delicious experience for yourselves. Continue reading “Food & Wine | A How To Guide on food pairings with Estrella Damm”

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Food & Wine | My Top 5 Healthy Meals with Ritual

Let’s face it. Eating healthy with a busy schedule is never an easy task, especially when living in Toronto. I know that a lot of my friends need to use Blue Apron in order to have their ingredients for quick and easy meals ready for them as soon as they get home. My Food Subscriptions has gone into more depth about them on their blog because I don’t think it would be the best service for me (I’m not a very good cook!). While balancing life at the office, at home, deadlines, emails, social media… life is busy. Without Blue Apron it can be a bit difficult which is why I was so excited to show you all that eating healthy on the go is possible thanks to Ritual. Check out my top 5 Healthy Meals around the city that I purchased using the app during my busy week! Continue reading “Food & Wine | My Top 5 Healthy Meals with Ritual”

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Toronto | The #DoTheDaniel Summer Restaurant Roundup

I’ve been sitting staring at my laptop screen, writing and rewriting this paragraph over and over. Trying desperately to come up with an introduction to my summer restaurant list for Toronto that doesn’t sound pretentious. The last thing I would ever want for DoTheDaniel.com to become is that. I could tell you that I worked in the restaurant industry for ten years, but then I get preachy and speak server (yes, it is a whole other language). I could tell you that every one of the following restaurants is an absolutely must and HAVE to go, but that might sound demanding. So why don’t I just say this… The following restaurants, in my professional opinion, all have something different to offer you this summer in Toronto. Let me tell you which ones you can find the team & I enjoying in the sun and how you can do the same! Continue reading “Toronto | The #DoTheDaniel Summer Restaurant Roundup”

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Toronto | King Street West Boom & Portland Variety

I cannot possibly be the only one to notice lately all the great new expansions, businesses and shops opening up along the Toronto neighbourhood of King Street West. Be it a hot new celebrity restaurant to the greatest new night life destination WEST bar (stay tuned for my feature coming on them soon!) , this area west of the city core seems to be booming in all the right ways. Add to the excitement the chic new addition of Portland Variety and you’ve got a neighbourhood born again for all your city dwelling needs. Continue reading “Toronto | King Street West Boom & Portland Variety”