Cooking classes in Toronto are easy to find. Options have grown steadily over the past decade as many of us have become cast under the spell of celebrity chefs or seek to emulate what we watch on the Food Network.

It was only about 15 years ago when there were limited options for cooking classes in Toronto like the Bonnie Stern Cooking School and George Brown College Chef School. Today one can find a much healthier range of choices from over a dozen different schools, shops and chefs in the city.

Toronto appreciates beer. We have places like Bar Volo, beerbistro, Victory Cafe, and C'est What, all known for their beer selections. We have about a dozen breweries right here in the city, and now we have one more beer festival to add to the roster already including Ontario Craft Beer Week and the Toronto Beer Festival. Toronto Beer Week is kicking off tomorrow, so what better way to plan your week accordingly than with a preview of what sudsy fun is in store.

Finding kitchen knives in Toronto is serious business for both the home cook and the professional chef. There is so much to know about knives - how they are made, the different materials they are made from and the benefits of their various styles - that you could dedicate weeks and months to selecting the right one.

The best cheeseburgers in Toronto aren't hard to find - the city's burger belt is bulging with notch after notch being added by new shops opening all the time. From upscale to old-school, it seems our lust for charbroiled meaty goodness on a bun has not yet been satiated.

The local food train keeps on chugging, and this past weekend it made a stop at historic Fort York for Toronto's first annual Conscious Food Festival. From the minds behind Toronto's Festival of Beer and the Toronto Wine & Spirit Festival, the Conscious Food Festival aimed to bring people together to learn more about the local food movement while enjoying the fruits of labour from local farmers, chefs, brewers and other producers.

Does the appearance of a cupcake shop mean a neighbourhood has gentrified? This was just one one the many topics debated and discussed this past Saturday at Wychwood Barns during the FoodPrint Toronto event.

Founded by Nicola Twilley and Sarah Rich, FoodPrint is a series of international conversations "examining the hidden corsetry that gives shape to urban foodscapes." The event here in Toronto was the second in the series, the first happening this past February in New York.