福利姬自慰

Are you going to Scarborough Fare? 福利姬自慰hosts international food conference

鈥淚t鈥檚 a tremendous opportunity to meet and talk about research with the top food scholars in the world鈥

More than 500 international food scholars and participants hungry for knowledge about global and local food issues are gathering at the University of Toronto Scarborough for . 

Hosted by 福利姬自慰Scarborough and the , the conference explores the changing nature of food production, distribution and consumption by focusing on how people, foods as well as culinary and agricultural knowledge move across cultural and national borders. 

鈥淲e are located in one of the most diverse communities in the world and that diversity is reflected in the wide array of restaurants, food shops, cafes, take-out eateries, urban farms and businesses,鈥 says Professor , director of Culinaria.  

A key theme of the conference is the development of cities and their food marketplaces where new and old migrant communities, entrepreneurs and an emerging migrant-origin middle class have settled in suburbs like Scarborough rather than older downtown districts. 

鈥淭here鈥檚 a real focus on the influence of migrant communities on local food throughout the conference says Professor  (pictured below), who helped organized the conference. 鈥淎nd Scarborough鈥檚 diverse communities have much to teach us.鈥 

The conference includes local food tours, art exhibitions in the , local field trips, panel discussions, lectures, exhibitions and even live cooking sessions in the Culinaria test kitchen. 

The local food tours will feature four distinct culinary zones in Scarborough and highlight the unique character of each area鈥檚 ethnic cuisine. One zone, located in the Milliken neighbourhood of Scarborough is near the Silver Star Plaza, which is home to the largest concentration of Chinese restaurants in North America. But, as Bender notes, the four zones represent a wide cross-section of distinct cultural and fusion styles of cuisine. 

鈥淢any of these restaurants are in strip malls and small plazas. The owners often live nearby and cook for regulars who are intimately familiar with the menus rather than 鈥榗ulinary adventurers鈥 or 鈥榝oodies,鈥欌 he says. 

鈥淓ating in Scarborough is a cultural experience that is rooted in the history and heritage of all the communities who migrated here. It鈥檚 quite unique.鈥

The conference is truly international; all continents with the exception of Antarctica will be represented by participants, notes Pilcher. 

Culinaria also launched a mobile app called (Scarborough, A Little Taste) to coincide with the opening of the conference. The app, which was created in collaboration with 福利姬自慰Scarborough鈥檚 entrepreneurship centre, , offers an introduction to notable cuisines in Scarborough by focusing on small, vibrant restaurants that offer authentic dishes from around the world. 

福利姬自慰Scarborough students have also prepared a recipe book Scarborough Fare: Our Many Marvelous Kitchens to commemorate the conference. The cookbook captures the students own unique familial, migratory and cultural stories through a variety of dishes.   

Katie Konstantopoulos, a fourth-year sociology, English and history student, is one of more than 30 福利姬自慰undergraduates who helped with planning and organizing the conference. In addition to helping prepare the first draft of the recipe book and her work on developing SALT, she will help with one of the food tours and also present her research on labour in diasporic kitchens.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a tremendous opportunity to meet and talk about research with the top food scholars in the world,鈥 she says.

鈥淎s a student with a passion for food studies, the most rewarding part is that fellow undergraduates have an opportunity to get involved through volunteering and presentations.鈥 

Scarborough Fare takes place June 22 to June 25.

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