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EDITOR’S NOTE
EDITOR’S NOTE
IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S Like many Canadians, my dining habits changed during the pandemic. For the first 20 years of my marriage, I did most of the cooking. I was never a great home chef but I...
COMMENTS
Climate Anxiety Is Affecting Our Kids
CREATED FOR LET’S TALK SCIENCE “CLIMATE CHANGE SCARES ME because I’m worried the world is going to end,” says Maya, 14, a Grade 9 student west of Toronto. Across the country, outside of Calgary, nine-...
THE INTERVIEW
Canada’s first sport integrity commissioner, Sarah-Ève Pelletier, just keeps swimming
SARAH-ÈVE PELLETIER has no bad memories. The pool-deck hijinks, the contagious pre-performance euphoria, the sequins—that’s what she recalls about her decorated five-year artistic swimming stint with...
THE BIG IDEA
Defend Drag Shows
We need a way to protect LGBTQ+ Canadians—especially drag performers—from harm. An Ontario traffic law could work. I DON’T DO HEELS VERY WELL. I never have. I came out when I was a teenager, and my...
THE GIG
Life Support
I’m the only full-time family physician in Verona, an Ontario town of 2,000 people. It’s impossible to be the kind of doctor I want to be. I GOT INTO FAMILY MEDICINE in a roundabout way. In my 20s, I...
THE PROSPECT
The Solo Smash
R&B crooner Preston Pablo rose from bedroom YouTuber to Spotify chart-topper. He’s still finding his voice. PRESTON PABLO HAS ACHIEVED a staggering level of early-career success, unheard of even among...
CANADA'S BEST PLACES TO EAT
CANADA’S BEST PLACES TO EAT
THE COUNTRY’S 20 MOST MAGICAL RESTAURANTS, FROM THE TIP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND TO THE EDGE OF NEWFOUNDLAND It’s funny what happens when you can’t eat in restaurants for a couple of years. The stop-start...
The Fish Man
Chef Bo Li’s modern Szechuan and Cantonese spot is a master class in old-school seafood—with plenty of twists When the soup arrives, we all lean way back. The bowl is enormous, billowing, the size of...
Restaurant Pearl Morissette
The exquisite ingredients at this Niagara winery restaurant are grown on-site Daniel Hadida and Eric Robertson opened their ambitious Niagara wine-region restaurant in November of 2017. Through that...
OCA PASTIFICIO
A feast of fresh pasta that’s worth the down-the-block lineups If the phrase “pasta tasting menu” doesn’t grab you, maybe keep on shuffling, there’s nothing at all to see here. But if it does, well,...
Guru Lukshmi
This always-packed destination in Toronto’s suburbs makes sensational dosas The kitchen at this Mississauga classic specializes in vegetarian cooking from South India: tender rice-flour cakes; crisp,...
One 2 Snacks
A humble Malaysian noodle house that outdoes many of Canada’s fanciest dining rooms The first time I ate at this tiny, street-style Malaysian spot in Toronto’s Scarborough, I’d been out a few nights...
Prime Seafood Palace
Matty Matheson’s destination spot is all about sumptuous steak and seafood Sure, it can be a challenge to reconcile the soaring, sculptural perfection of Matty Matheson’s latest Toronto “it” spot with...
Supply & Demand
A happy neighbourhood bistro with spectacular seafood Supply & Demand is near the top of my list of fantasy neighbourhood restaurants—“fantasy” at least in some part because it’s nowhere near my...
PUBLISHED ON MAIN
The Scandi-style menu is fermented, foraged and infused to perfection Published, on Vancouver’s Main Street, is best known among the gastro-tourist set as a destination for its 20-course tasting...
Fishman Lobster Clubhouse
The GTA’s go-to bacchanalian party spot is packed with seafood towers and Instagrammers Everyone becomes a paparazzo at Fishman Lobster Clubhouse. When you’re faced with seafood feasts this...
Bernhardt’s
A wine bar, rotisserie chicken spot and Jewish soul food kitchen all in one welcoming package Zachary Kolomeir and Carmelina Imola’s west side Toronto spot is definitely a rotisserie chicken joint,...
Mallard Cottage
A one-of-a-kind culinary tour through the tastes of Newfoundland The partridge chip at Mallard Cottage is a thing of magnificence. The meat itself is juicy and succulent, poached slowly in oil until...
CULTURE
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Creative collective Sunday School crafts images of the African diaspora in its new exhibition AT 24 YEARS OLD, JOSEF ADAMU was an aspiring model struggling to gain traction in his career. Then he...
THE WEEKND’S STARRING ROLE
THE IDOL Crave June 4 ABEL TESFAYE, BETTER KNOWN as the Weeknd, co-created this hyper-stylized, self-consciously sleazy new drama with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. The Idol stars Lily-Rose Depp as...
AN EXHIBIT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF STYLE
FASHION FICTIONS Vancouver Art Gallery May 27 to October 9 AT THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY’S latest exhibition, fashion meets the future. Fashion Fictions showcases more than 50 international designers...
A RETURN TO THE KITCHEN
THE BEAR Disney+ Season two premieres in June THE BEAR IS DISNEY+’S UNLIKELY smash-hit dramedy set in a restaurant and starring your favourite dirtbag chef Carmine “Carmy” Berzatto (played by Jeremy...
A COLLECTIVE FEAT
CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS Jenn Grant June 21 THE EIGHTH ALBUM FROM HALIFAX-BASED folk singer Jenn Grant may have her name on it, but it’s actually a massive collaboration between 13 Canadian musicians....
HABITAT
TREETOP RETREAT
High off the ground, this cantilevered cabin towers over lush Quebec land IN 2007, ARCHITECT PAUL KARIOUK set out to build a remote weekend getaway home. He and his husband, Antonio Gioventu, the...
MY ARRIVAL
“My YouTube channel helps recent immigrants like me plan their new lives”
I was unprepared when I came to Canada. I want others to avoid the same fate. IN 2015, I LIVED IN NEW DELHI, running a product development company with two friends. But soon we realized we had...
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