Past Events

Pre-order online until THU Dec 17, 10pm Pick up on FRI Dec 18, 6-7:30pm Afro-Haitians account for 95% of the population in Haiti, tracing a lineage back to Africa ranging from Senegal to the Congo to as far afield as of Madagascar. These diasporic traditions have informed the culture of the nation ever since the Haitian Revolution, the first successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against colonial rule. These histories, as well as broader Caribbean, colonial French & Spanish, and global…

Pre-order online until TUE Dec 22, 10pm Pick up on WED Dec 23, 6-7:30pm For a some of us, 2020 can’t end soon enough, but that doesn’t mean we can’t see it out in style. For this very special holiday Pick-Up Dinner, I’ve invited one of The Dep’s best-loved chefs, Toronto culinary icon Chef Greg Couillard, to bring some welcome delight into our homes. Drawing from the colours and flavours of his winter home on the Pacific Coast of Mexico,…

Even when Indo-Canadians like Bimal Patel go out for Indian food there is a habit to order those go-to, comfort-food dishes like butter chicken, tikka masala, and naan. And why not? They are delicious and familiar, but they're but just a tiny fraction of what Indian cuisine is all about. For Bimal, growing up Gujarati meant a lot more than spicy curries and naan; it was hot rotis with sugar, and lots of lentils, and vegetables never seen in Western supermarkets. Tonight, let them share with you a mix of favourite old-school Guju classics with a few new twists too.

Pre-order online until THU Jan 7, 10pm Pick up on FRI Jan 8, 6-7:30pm Versatile chef, restaurateur and Dep regular Dali Chehimi is back in the kitchen with a selection of Italian comfort food favourites. Cacciatore means “hunter” in Italian; in cuisine, it refers to any of a number of rustic Italian dishes prepared “hunter-style”, of which pollo alla cacciatora (Chicken Cacciatore) is the most famous. Made with the ingredients an Italian villager might have most readily on hand in…

Bosanska kuhinja (Bosnian cuisine) is a balance between Western and Eastern influences; like much of the food of the Balkans, it is closely related to Turkish/Ottoman and Mediterranean cuisines, with some Central European influences. It is a place that is deeply rooted in its foodways, with traditional dishes that have been made from the same recipes for hundreds of years.

Join Chef Nasir Zuberi on a culinary journey from Karachi to Khyber, featuring popular dishes from across the country. Inspired by his mother’s kitchen, Nasir uses only fresh ingredients and homemade spice blends to bring you this unique menu of authentic Pakistani dishes rarely seen in Toronto.

Pre-order online until TUE Jan 19, 10pm Pick up on WED Jan 20, 6-7:30pm As incredibly diverse as the cuisines of the world may be, there are some things that feel really universal, like the deep comfort of a hot bowl of chicken soup on a chilly night. In the Philippines, this is arroz caldo (aka aroskaldo) — “rice soup” — a descendant of Chinese congee that has become an integral and beloved part of Filippino cuisine, loaded up with ginger…