Is there anything better than sitting down to a delicious meal with friends or family and enjoying the amazing flavours of the food sitting infront of you? We don’t think so. On Wednesday, Katherine and I sat down with Chef Jamie Kennedy at the Gilead Café to talk about the Slow Food Movement, why buying locally produced food is important to the economy and the environment and the new Thursday night Local Food Movement Dinner Series at the Gilead Cafe. It was an inspiring chat - and there was so much to be said that we decided to include the full interview as a separate video.
We had some time to kill before heading over to the Berkeley Street Theatre to see Une maison face au nord, so we took off to the Distillery District which is just down the street from the Gilead Cafe and grabbed a delicious turkey chili to fill up on from the Brick Street Bakery. We took some time to chat and catch up and split a delicious cookie as desert.
At 8pm the curtain was raised on Théâtre français de Toronto’s latest production:
OSCILLATING BETWEEN FAMILY DRAMA AND A COMEDY OF MANNERS, A North-Facing House takes on some serious subjects, such as the rural exodus, the integration of immigrants, and generational conflict, all of which are dramatized with the author’s humour spicing up the text. Between a son pursued for money laundering, a young Guatemalan worker, and an elderly Pole, a man in his twilight years (played by Guy Mignault) feels at a dead end despite the kindness and good sense of his wife (played by Louisette Dussault). He sees the heritage that he created and the country of his dreams inexorably losing its sense and future. Far from witnessing the collapse of a microscopic world, something quite different happens, which allows us to tackle questions of spirituality confronting today’s reality. Jean-Rock Gaudreault, whose work TfT first presented in 1999 with La Raccourcie, has since become a definite pillar of Canadian francophone theatre.
We got the chance to chat with one of the stars of the show and TFT Artistic Director, Guy Mignault. It’s not easy being the Artistic Director and one of the actors in the show, but Guy did a fantasitc job - along with the rest of the cast.
All in all another excellent night in Toronto.
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Great interview guys! You really stole my heart with this one… as you may recall food is somewhat a never ending passion of mine. Jamie Kennedy is brilliant, and its great to hear such a candid response to Toronto’s food culture.
A small tip- The lunch menu at Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner is quite reasonable. Even if you are just having the soup it is a great meal. The added bonus is the design of the dinning area and the attention to detail in place settings (They get my vote for most memorable water jug and bread plate!).
Thanks! It was great to talk to Chef - and yes, a great insight into Toronto’s food culture. And thanks for the tip! It’s true, the food is very reasonable and delicious. They do breakfast which I haven’t checked out yet, but must at some point.