Reviews

The beerbistro Cookbook

Cooking with beer is often considered the domain of drunken bachelors who, in a flash of inspiration, dump a can of Guinness into their chili pot. Since 2003, however, restaurateur Stephen Beaumont and chef Brian ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Ricardo: Meals for Every Occasion

By Ricardo Larrivée

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

It’s the Regime, Stupid! A Report from the Cowboy West on Why Stephen Harper Matters

By Barry Cooper

Canadian democracy is in crisis, on this they agree. In each of two new books, Elizabeth May, Green Party leader, and Barry Cooper, Calgary political philosophy professor and ersatz cowboy, both make urgent appeals for ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Losing Confidence: Power, Politics, and the Crisis in Canadian Democracy

By Elizabeth May

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Squeezed: What You Don’t Know About Orange Juice

By Alissa Hamilton

“Most know that Tropicana Pure Premium is not from concentrate. Few know what it is.” That’s what Toronto-based author Alissa Hamilton says in Squeezed, her examination of the evolution of Florida’s orange juice industry. For ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City

By Anthony Flint

Over the last couple of years, it has been nearly impossible for any Torontonian to avoid the presence of Richard Florida, the author, “lecturer in creativity,” and well-compensated University of Toronto professor. Specifically, one regular ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities Are Changing the World

By Jeb Brugmann

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Super Suckers: The Giant Pacific Octopus and Other Cephalopods of the Pacific Coast

By James A. Cosgrove and Neil McDaniel

Don’t be fooled by this book’s offbeat title or its relatively slight size: James A. Cosgrove and Neil McDaniel’s style is rarely humorous and definitely not lightweight. Cosgrove, a world expert on the Giant Pacific ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

This Book Is Broken: A Broken Social Scene Story

By Stuart Berman

September 2009 will mark a decade since the inception of Broken Social Scene, a pillar of the Toronto indie-rock community. Eye Weekly online editor Stuart Berman chronicles the group from its unassuming beginnings to its ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Selected Blackouts

By John Goldbach

One of the greatest illusory effects in literature was achieved by Ernest Hemingway, who likened his writing to the dignified movement of an iceberg, the critical mass of which remains concealed from sight. His prose ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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