BY: Unknown LOCATION: Spadina and Baldwin PHOTO BY: Mark Beauchamp FIELD NOTES: From what we recall from our secular Easter education, the magical, chocolate-egg-laying Easter Bunny sacrificed itself so we could eat chocolate. By that understanding, it would be a terrible waste of a sacrifice if we didn’t gorge on chocolate during the holiday (or [...]

While Easter isn’t widely celebrated in Japan even as a commercial holiday, they do produce and export a wide variety of interesting chocolate and candy that is happily available to us in Toronto. If you’re looking for last-minute Easter sweets and can’t bear the sight of another Allan-brand bunny, try some treats made by long-standing [...]

Source: The Toronto Star, February 12, 1954 Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us, a day of happy lovers and happier chocolate purveyors. Back in 1954, two of the city’s larger candy chains filled the newspapers with ads showing off their sweet suggestions. Beyond wolfing down bonbons, what else could sweethearts do that year? There was [...]

Photo by knittingskwerlgurl from Flickr. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa or Festivus, this is the time of year to give gifts and eat way too much food. Torontoist is no exception in enjoying these pastimes, and finds that giving a gift that is food is most often the best way to go. Giving a box of chocolates is a pretty sure way to make someone's day better, and is a firm favourite of...