Reunited, and it feels so good 🎶🎵🎶 It's been five years since I saw these lovely ladies in person- they were my loyal students in the TDSB Con Ed Learn4Life.ca Toronto Asian Cooking Program for seniors I taught in Chinatown, and they also joined my online cooking program when we pivoted due to covid.
Ingrid emailed me asking if I would start my own cooking classes, and this event came up perfectly timed and we decided to meet up. Joining me is my past Newcomer Kitchen student and friend Chia-Ni whom has been working as my partner as we have a few community projects on mind.
Attended Wednesday the @marketcityto Kensington Market and Chinatown historical neighbourhood and food sampling walking tour as part of Public Markets Week from June 15 to 21 to celebrate the vibrant local market scene that includes 160 participating markets, community pop-ups, walking tours, cooking demos and exploring neighbourhood gems.
The tour was well organized and our historian guide extraordinaire Mike was so knowledgeable about the community and its deep history. It would have been great to have the shop owners come out to introduce themselves and talk about the items we were trying. That's where a knowledgeable food expert can come in to speak on the owners behalf to add some dynamism to the tour 👋😁.
The cherry on top was having powerhouse @marketcityto founder Maria Queirolo join us and provide insight to the challenges and progress of preserving, maintaining and running markets all over the city.
I was at the Small Business Forum in October and watched her speak and was so inspired. She is now working for our city and we hope that her voice and efforts will help push for and build a sustainable and thriving market economy for years to come 🥰!
This project is presented by MarketCityTO and funded by City of Toronto's Economic Development and Cultural Division. Follow @marketcityto for more events happening throughout the summer and year.
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