LCBO Food & Drink Spring 2025

EDITOR’S NOTES

Spring has Sprung!

Editor, Charlene Rooke, shares what she thinks we’ll be pouring not only for the sunny months ahead, but throughout the year. With the growing sentiment around Canadian patriotism, we did want to highlight how proud we are, and always have been, to support Ontario and Canadian products, makers and companies in our pages. Supporting local is a mandate of ours and whenever there is a choice, we always try to choose what is made or grown at home. The LCBO’s Canadian pride is also on full display with the curated “EH List” that you can find on LCBO.com. The list was designed to help customers looking for Canadian products (over 3,000 of them!) navigate to the right place on the website (and app) in a way that loudly and proudly calls them out. We think that calls for a toast! Whether you’re doing it from around the table at a spring brunch or from the sunny warmth of the back patio, we hope you enjoy the season— and this issue!

After a truly Canadian winter, warmer (and longer) days are a welcome relief—and so too is a new issue of Food & Drink ! We’ve packed this one with plenty of inspiration to get you in the mood for spring entertaining. Check out the latest trends, seasonal recipes and serving and gifting ideas for all the occasions that come along at this time of year. Let’s start with one of my favourite spring rituals, brunch. It seems to be a bit of thread running through this issue! On page 68 we have a story completely dedicated to modern brunch dishes that are fun twists on the classics. You’ll find the perfect brunch drink—the Espresso Martini—in two iterations: with a tiramisu flavour profile on page 106 and with a souffle top on page 69. And don’t miss the pancakes (page 101) and a couple of tarts, one with asparagus (page 52) and one with caramelized leeks (page 72), that are sure to impress as the main course at any brunch. On the trends side, we’ve rounded up some of the most viral recipes of the past year in “Almost Famous” on page 80. To ensure they turn out beautifully when you make them in your kitchens, we’ve devel oped and tested them and given them our own Food & Drink twist (as we do with any and all recipes that appear in this magazine). In “Now Trending” on page 55, our Drinks

Coming Soon Watch for the next

issue of Food & Drink . Our Summer issue will be in stores and online Wednesday, June 25.

JODY DUNN Editor, LCBO Food & Drink

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