Taste of the Danforth is a yearly festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the Greektown area along Danforth Avenue for a period of three days in August, spawned from the Taste of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Started in 1994, it primarily celebrates Greek food and culture, but has grown to encompass additional area cultures. Past attendance numbers have reached as high as a million people over the three day event.The 13th annual festival took place August 11th-13th, 2006, between Broadview Avenue and Jones Avenue. Food and AttractionsGreek food, such as pork, chicken and beef kabobs, souvlaki, pita, and roast quail, dominate. Other foods, particularly Thai and corn on the cob are also available. Existing stores and restaurants are also open during the festival.Along the middle of the avenue games and children's rides, as well as rock climbing walls and beer and wine gardens can be found.

Spices and various plants used in Thai cooking are herbs, which have medicinal properties that can heal illness. The benefits of herbs used in Thai food may not always be obviously known, so the following are examples of herbs used in Thai cooking are cited for reference below.

Corey, of the blog "See Corey Run," recounts her two runs of the evening, which were capped off with some tasty Thai food! ;-)

They have 50% off in ALL their maki rolls from 4-7pm during weekdays. Wow.

KHAO PHAD MU YANG 1 cup cooked rice 100 grams pork with some fat, 1 egg 1 spring shallot, cut into short lenths 1 cucumber, 2 spring shallots 2 tbsp. sliced onion, 1 sliced lemon 1/2 tsp. ground pepper 1 tsp. chopped garlic, 1/2 tsp. sugar 1/2 tbsp. fish sauce 1/2 tbsp. oyster sauce 1 tsp. light soy sauce 3 tbsp. cooking oil

Click here to check out what Penn alum doctor and actor Roy Vongtama (C'96) told us from his appearance from this week's episode of Style Network's "Hot Guys Who Cook".