Food & Drink
Simply delicious! Stores and restaurants in First Canadian Place are filled with fresh and flavourful ways to enjoy the season.
Healthy Snacks
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Simply Spook-tacular
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Tea Time
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Well Preserved
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Haute Chocolate
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Shop, Cook, Eat
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Celebrity Cocktails
Healthy Snacks
Suffering from a mid-afternoon snack attack? Before you reach for your usual treat, consider these fresh and fabulous alternatives.
Pumpkin seeds are loaded with magnesium, which helps promote relaxation – making them ideal for snacking when you’re stressed. They’re also a great source of zinc, important for prostate health.
Naturally Yours
An apple a day can truly help keep the doctor away! For an anytime-snack, a fresh apple is a good source of fibre, vitamins and a hunger-satisfying way to get you through to mealtime.
Longo's
A daily delight, Snackin’ Size Smoothies, available in four flavours, are all less than 200 calories and contain 2.75 servings of fruit. Plus they’re sorbet-free and pack a vitamin C-rich punch.
Jugo Juice
Simply Spook-tacular
Celebrate the Halloween season with these frightfully delicious treats!
Pumpkin Ale from Great Lakes Brewery – with hints of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and allspice – is returning to shelves this fall, but only while quantities last.
LCBO
Totally wicked! Friendly pumpkins, vampires and mummies, make these delightful old-fashioned caramel and candy-dipped apples sweet gifts.
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
Everyone needs to a coffee break. Why not savour the fall season with delicious pumpkin-spice flavours in brewed coffee, the Lattebené or chai latte.
Timothy`s World Coffee
Tea Time
Sit back, relax and slowly sip a freshly brewed cup. FCP has plenty of great ways to enjoy your break.
Taking tea has been a treasured tradition in the far east for centuries. Choose from a selection of beautifully handmade Japanese cast iron teapots for preparing your favourite brew.
The Tea Emporium
From the new Tasty Sound CD series comes Tea & Tones, a collection of soothing music with the wonderfully relaxing sounds of artists like Friedemann, David Russell and more.
HMV
Why rush into autumn when you can sip and savour a cup of aptly named Rooibos Indian Summer tea, rich in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals
The Tea Emporium
Well Preserved
Whether you’ve been spending hours tending to your backyard vegetable garden or you’re planning on a fall harvest fruit-picking trip, make sure you enjoy the bounty of the season for months to come. Here are three books that give you easy-to-follow how-to instructions for pickling, preserving and canning everything from fruit and veggies to cured meat.
Seasonal Preserves, by Joanna Farrow takes locavores through the best produce, season by season.
Indigospirit
An all-in-one resource: Preserve It! Bottled Fruits, Jams & Jellies, Pickles, Cured Meats, by DK books
Indigospirit
Making things hip: Canning For A New Generation: Bold, Fresh Flavors for the Modern Pantry by Liana Krissoff.
Indigospirit
Haute Chocolate
From cocoa to cake, chocolate is the world’s favourite treat. Here are some tempting ways to indulge your cravings.
Chocolate has been shown to have wonderful health benefits. Try a selection of premium milk and dark chocolate truffles as a decadent snack, or share with friends or colleagues.
Eitelbach
Eliminate having to make dessert for your next dinner party: single-serving sized desserts; such as this delectable Pistachio Chocolate Crunch cake is sure to impress your guests.
Decadent Desserts
Cure your chocolate cravings fast! Yummy: Desserts You Can Make in 5-30 Minutes, by Caroline Brewester, offers quick ways to get your cocoa fix
Indigospirit
Shop, Cook, Eat
Follow in Julia Roberts’ globetrotting footsteps in Eat, Pray, Love and cook up your own international fare with flare, using this trio of great new cookbooks.
Italy: Add some magic with “flavour bombs” – simple variations on classic recipes – with Laura Santtini’s Easy Tasty Italian.
Indigospirit
India: The godmother of Indian cuisine invites you to dinner with At Home with Madhur Jaffrey .
Indigospirit
Bali: The Complete Indonesian Cookbook is the perfect introduction to this surprisingly accessible fare.
Indigospirit
Celebrity Cocktails
Hosting a screening party? Stock up on SKYY Vodka, a sponsor and official supplier of the Toronto International Film Festival.
These recipes, inspired by some of our nation’s hottest young big-screen stars, are complements of SKYY Vodka, which is available in LCBO.
Berry Baruchel
Inspired by actor Jay Baruchel who stars in the film Good Neighbours.
Ingredients
•1.5 oz. SKYY Vodka
•¼ oz. lemon juice
•1/3 oz. elderflower cordial
•2 oz. Ocean Spray blueberry juice
•garnish: 2 tsp. fresh wild blueberries
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add SKYY Vodka, lemon juice, elderflower cordial and Ocean Spray blueberry juice. Shake until icy cold, then strain into a martini glass. Garnish with wild blueberries. LCBO
Oh Golly Molly! Martini
Inspired by actress Molly Parker, starring in the film Trigger.
Ingredients
• 2 oz. SKYY Vodka
• 3 drops of dry white vermouth
• garnish: Sable & Rosenfeld Tipsy olives or a lemon twist
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add SKYY Vodka and 3 drops dry white vermouth. Shake until icy cold, then strain into a martini glass. Garnish with Sable & Rosenfeld Tipsy olives or a lemon twist. LCBO
Sweet Tart Tricia
Inspired by actress Tricia Helfer, starring in the film A Beginner's Guide to Endings.
Ingredients
• 1.5 oz. SKYY Vodka
• 3 oz. lemonade
• 0.5 oz. lemongrass syrup*
• 2 oz. soda water
• garnish: lemongrass spear
Fill a tall glass with ice. Add SKYY Vodka, lemonade, lemongrass syrup and soda water. Stir to mix, then garnish with a lemongrass stalk.
*To make lemongrass syrup, put 1 stalk of lemongrass, chopped, in a saucepan. Add 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, stirring, and let simmer for 5 minutes. Strain the liquid and chill – discard the lemongrass pulp. LCBO
Features
Happy Anniversary!
Celebrating their 10th anniversary this fall, reds bistro and bar is waiving corkage fees on Monday nights, offering 1/2 off any wine by the glass over $20 on Fridays and more! For details, visit the restaurant or call them at 416-862-7337.
reds bistro & wine bar
Click Cuisine
Perfect for the culinary artist and foodie alike, the Olympus Stylus Tough3000 12MP digital camera features a cuisine mode, to deliver enhanced colours and a more appetizing appeal to your food photography.
The Source
Clear the Air
Designed to complement cooking aromas, Cucina Deodorizing Fragrant Kitchen Spray, is available in six fragrances, including a blend of pink pepper and anise. Part of an eco-conscious collection, they are all water-based, alcohol-free and packaged in recyclable spray containers.
Fruits & Passion
Birthday Boy
On October 5, the Duke of Westminster is celebrating Alexander Keith’s birthday. This year marks the 215th birthday of the “Father of Great Beer” and his fine ale. For details, visit The Duke or call them at 416-368-2761.
Duke of Westminster