City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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News Release: April 30, 2015
Residents invited to help create Toronto's largest
collection of local food recipes
A new City of Toronto initiative called The Local Dish
invites residents to share their favourite local food recipes and help to build
Toronto's largest collection of recipes online. The collection, called The
Local Dish, will be hosted on Pinterest, a social media platform that makes it
easy to share recipes and photos.
The goal is to encourage residents to choose local food
more often, and to educate people about the abundance of fresh and delicious
food that's grown in Ontario.
"The Local Dish is a fun and engaging way for people
to share recipes and help to grow the local food movement in Toronto,"
said Councillor Michelle Berardinetti (Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest), Chair of
the Parks and Environment Committee. "In addition to being fresh, nutritious
and close to home, local food supports local jobs and local farmers, and
reduces the greenhouse gas emissions associated with food travel. It's a win
for the city on many levels."
Each month, The Local Dish will select an
"all-star" veggie or fruit – one that is abundantly available in
Ontario at that time – and invite residents to share their favourite recipes
that feature the ingredient in a prominent way. Residents who submit recipes
will be eligible for monthly prizes.
The all-star for the month of May is asparagus.
The Local Dish will engage some of Toronto's top
restaurants and their chefs who are passionate champions of local food. Chef
Fabio Bondi of Local Kitchen & Wine Bar is the first to support the
collection by contributing his favourite asparagus recipe and donating a $100
gift certificate as a prize.
The Local Dish is the latest addition to Live Green
Toronto's suite of programs. More information is available at http://www.livegreentoronto.ca.
Program partners include Feast ON, Foodland Ontario, 680 News, CP24 and the
Toronto Star.
This news release is also available on the City's
website: http://bit.ly/1QOIDwr
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North America, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. It
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ranked one of the world's most livable cities. Toronto is proud to be the Host
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