LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2025

AUTUMN 2025

DELICIOUS DÉCOR Showstoppers that taste as good as they look.

Chief Marketing and Digital Officer, LCBO Vanda Provato

EDITORIAL Editor Jody Dunn Drinks Editor Charlene Rooke Food Editor Eric Vellend Content Editors Jessica Huras, Victoria Walsh

Publication Coordinator Laura Jeha Publication Assistant Piper MacFadyen

ART Creative Director Cathy Cicchini Senior Designers Emilie Simpson, Rose Pereira Graphic Production Pat Turbach

CONTRIBUTORS James Chatto, William Scott Christy, Carol Dudar, Rob Fiocca, Christina Frantzis, Lindsay Guscott, Katie Hayden, Darren Kemper, Andrea McCrindle, Kris Osborne, Megan Powell, Michelle Rabin, Christine Sismondo, Michele Sponagle, Jordan St. John, Christopher St. Onge, Stacey Smithers, James Tse, Jesse Vallins

PRODUCTION Senior Manager Andrew Lawson

Production Coordinator Sev Avakian Production Assistant Everton Smith Image Editing & Prepress Levon Gosdanian, Enhanced Pixels

SALES Publisher Leslie Bolter

Kirby Miller, Beaches Media Services kirby@beachesmediaservices.com

LCBO prices include tax and bottle deposit and are subject to change without notice.

AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 5

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Look for the products featured in this issue in LCBO stores and online at LCBO.com.

For general inquiries about Food & Drink magazine or information about LCBO products and policy, please visit lcbocustomercare.com, or call toll-free 1.800.668.5226 or 416.365.5900. TTY Only: 416.864.6898 or 1.800.361.3291. All advertiser applications are subject to the terms and conditions of the LCBO’s advertising agreement. Food & Drink is published five times a year by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. Volume 33, Number 1. Food & Drink is printed on paper that contains 10 per cent post‑consumer fibre. Food & Drink is recyclable in communities participating in magazine recycling programs. Publication Mail Agreement No. 40064521 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Food & Drink , 100 Queens Quay East, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 0C7 ISSN 1195-5988

Not all of the wines, spirits and beers mentioned in Food & Drink will be available at all LCBO stores. Cette publication est également disponible en français.

RAISINS TO CELEBRATE Dried-fruit cocktails—like drinking Christmas cake!

PEPPERMINT DELIGHTS Scrumptious desserts starring the season’s signature flavour.

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