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Corey Mintz

Email: mintz.corey@gmail.com
Twitter: @coreymintz

Corey Mintz writes a weekly column called "Kitchen Temp," a new Star series where the Toronto foodie gets hands-on experience inside Toronto’s restaurant kitchens.

Video Kitchen Temp: Let’s go to The Ex, and cook

Wed Sep 02 2015

Even among the dozens of food stalls, you can’t miss Fran’s.
Video Kitchen temp: A little taste of tapas from the ’Peg

Wed Aug 26 2015
Video Kitchen Temp: Turning up the heat at Valdez

Wed Aug 19 2015

Corey Mintz works a patio barbecue shift atop the King West restaurant.

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Video Kitchen Temp: Corey Mintz gets the scoop on Sweet Olenka’s

Wed Aug 12 2015

Mintz works a hot summer shift in the Etobicoke ice cream parlour. comments
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Video Junction fishmongers Honest Weight not in it for the halibut

Thu Aug 06 2015

All day long, fish comes in the back door and goes out the front. comments
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Video Kitchen Temp: Biscuits and a baby at Saturday Dinette

Thu Jul 30 2015

Saturday Dinette owner Suzanne Barr keeps her family close by as she serves dinner and Sunday brunch at her restaurant.comments
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Video Kitchen Temp: Corey Mintz dives into DaiLo’s diverse culture

Thu Jul 23 2015

DaiLo has a strange kitchen culture mashup, with traditional dumpling production blended with Nick Liu’s French-leaning culinary background. comments
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Video Kitchen Temp: Corey Mintz elbows into Gandhi Indian Cuisine

Thu Jul 16 2015

Mintz helms the griddle and learns to make roti at the Queen and Bathurst restaurant. comments
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Video Kitchen Temp: Corey Mintz tries butchering at Richmond Station

Thu Jul 09 2015

Mintz goes inside the belly of the beast at the downtown restaurant, where they only use whole animals.comments
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Video Kitchen Temp: Corey Mintz tries a shift at La Carnita

Thu Jul 02 2015

Corey Mintz works a 12-hour shift in this east-end “taco factory” in the first of a new Star series where the Toronto foodie gets hands-on experience inside Toronto’s restaurant kitchens. comments
Break away from the fast-food traps by packing a lunch

Thu Jun 25 2015

All it takes is a little detour to find the local delicacies available throughout Ontario while on your travels.comments
Finishing leftovers before a new beginning: Fed

Fri Jun 19 2015

After nearly 300 Fed columns, it's time to say goodbye to weekly dinner parties. Next week a new column, Kitchen Temp, will begin.comments
Fried chicken, potato salad perfect for skate-park dining

Fri Jun 12 2015

The top floor of a nearby parking garage is also an impromptu skateboard park, so Corey Mintz brought dinner and met the neighbourhood freestyle artists.comments
Taking home a slice of southern hospitality: Fed

Fri Jun 05 2015

In which a professional dinner party host learns how it’s done in New Orleans.comments
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Video These guests transform after a few drinks: Fed

Thu May 14 2015

The Transformers-themed band Cybertronic Spree can't deal with earth food, so we ply them with cocktails.comments
A sweet discussion on comics: Fed

Fri May 08 2015

Corey Mintz sits down with comic book aficionados for dinner and lets out his inner geek.comments
Swimmers always come back for seconds: Fed

Thu Apr 30 2015

Coach Byron MacDonald and swimmer Zack Chetrat explain over a multi-course dinner why competitive swimmers are perpetually hungry. comments
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Video Improvising a breakfast for under $2: Fed

Thu Apr 23 2015

Comic Colin Mochrie comes for 20-cent tacos in support of Live Below the Line, a global challenge to subsist on an impoverished budget of $1.75 a day.comments
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Video Today’s opera singers can’t eat like Pavarotti: Fed

Thu Apr 16 2015

Modern opera is more physical so singers need to be in shape — but too much muscle can restrict the voice, Corey Mintz’s guests say.comments
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Video The jury is in on superior salsas: Fed

Thu Apr 09 2015

Corey Mintz’s guests dine on tacos while debating the pros and cons of Canada’s jury system.comments