Receta This is Actinolite.

This is Actinolite. On an unfashionable stretch of Ossington Avenue in Toronto, the restaurant’s 30-seat room is simple, and manages to avoid the inescapable din of most places, where over your food is part of the experience. Here the focus is on the pleasures the plate, and the stories behind each Little bites of cucumber and This is Actinolite. Its kitchen is small, holding more than five or six people at a time, unless you count the garden that is essential extension of the cooking, or the pantry down the stairs, where pickled, dehydrated, and dried seasonal ingredients wait patiently for their to make an appearance on the menu. When fresh produce is scarce and…