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Contenders Sign-Up For The 2014 Aprons For Gloves Restaurant Rumble

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If you’re in the restaurant trade it’s time to sign up and tryout to be a contender for Restaurant Rumble 2014. All interested would-be pugilists are invited to go to the Aprons For Gloves website and register now. “Contender Sign Up” closes April 11th so get on it now. Tryouts will be held on Saturday April 12 + Sunday April 13 at Action Boxing, 769 East Hastings Street. You must complete the contender forms, waivers and get the medical form signed by a doctor. Bring your signed documents and your $200 deposit with you to tryouts in order to participate. Sorry, no exceptions!

    Niwa Heads to Hazelmere Farm for a Mid-Summer Feast, July 25th

    The crew at Niwa and Hazelmere Farm have been pals for years, so it was probably only a matter of time before somebody had the good sense to set up a table. On July 25, Chef Darren Gee cooks dinner at the source, with Naty King's fields helping decide what's on the menu.

    A Neighbourhood-Wide Invitation to Wander Chinatown

    When summer foot traffic slowed, a group of Chinatown businesses responded the way the best neighbourhoods often do: by working together. Their month-long Chinatown Passport is an invitation to wander, eat, drink and rediscover the neighbourhood.

    How About a Week in Italy, With Wine as Your Focus?

    Got plans this fall? If not, spending a week eating and drinking your way through Italy seems like a pretty good place to start.

    Shincha, Foraged Greens, and the Arrival of Summer

    Created in collaboration with Japan's oldest tea house, this one-day Mæst Food dinner offers a thoughtful look at what early summer has to offer.