Food Fight

Food Fight Chef Scott Vivian (left) and pastry chef teammate Bertrand Alépée get down to business as one of two teams during the afternoon finale of the Fort York Food Fight Chef Competition on Saturday, January 29. The chef battle was one of the event’s three components. Contestants were given sixty minutes to dazzle more than seventy attendees in the Blue Barracks by preparing recipes incorporating a secret ingredient that would have been available in the Town of York in 1812: venison. A panel of judges crowned Vivian the Fort York Food Fight Champion and the recipient of a $2500 grand prize. (Credit: Photo by Nick Kozak)

Fort York’s Not Moving! – but the City Surveyor who assigns property numbers throughout the municipality has given Fort York a new address: 250 Fort York Boulevard. This will make it easier for taxis and tourists to find us, or those unfamiliar with our busy quarter of the city. The old address of 100 Garrison Road will continue to function to avoid confusion on the part of emergency vehicles who may not have updated their records. And the postal code M5V 3K9 remains the same.

Garrison Creek There’s something very satisfying about Toronto’s ability to surprise us over and over. An example is The Vanishing Point, a website where some daring urban explorers describe their visits to “the least visible margins of our constructed landscapes,” notably the city’s sewers. Their accounts are accompanied by clear, stunningly-lit photographs. Here is their post on the burying of Garrison Creek: http://www.vanishingpoint.ca/garrison-creek-sewer-history