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Return To The Table
Featuring local VIPs and familiar faces in the Longo's Loft kitchen, with community host Julia Hanna (Ritorno / Julia). Together they prepare healthy home cooked meals, stressing the importance of good nutrition and a Return to the Table to spend quality time with family and friends.
Lounge set design for Return to the Table by Decor and More.
On the Menu
After every episode we'll post the recipes that Julia and her guests prepared. PDF files are below for you to print and prepare at home!
Episode 1 - Simple Tomato Sauce
Episode 2 - Rapini & Cannellini Beans on Garlic Bread
Episode 2 - Grilled Chicken Breast
Episode 3 - Sweet Potato Crusted Salmon & Quinoa
Episode 4 - Fennel, Orange & Almond Salad
Episode 5 - Traditional Pizza Dough
Episode 5 - Strawberries & Cream Pizza
Episode 6 - Grilled Tuna (or White Fish) Nicoise Salad
Episode 6 - Nicoise Salad Dressing
Episode 6 - Black-Eyed Pea, Sweet Potato & Kale Soup
Episode 7 - Latin Shrimp Skillet
Episode 7 - Mexican Spring Salad
About the Host
“Family is whoever sits around the dinner table.” - Julia Hanna
This has been Julia’s lifelong philosophy regarding her friends, family and business practices spanning 30 years as a successful chef and restauranteur. Julia’s lifelong love affair with food stems from a strong Italian upbringing that embodied the belief that everyone is welcome at the table.
She started her first restaurant - Café Galleria in Downtown Oakville - at the age of 26. In 1993, she opened Paradiso. After its sale in 2000, she went on to open Ristorante Julia, which embodies her philosophy that “one should never sacrifice taste for nutrition or nutrition for taste, one can have it all”. Julia’s features a blend of Italian and Latin cuisine called “Lataliano”. Her latest restaurant venture is Ritorno, which features authentic Italian fare. Her successful restaurants have garnered several awards and recognitions including Entrepreneur of the Year, Restaurant of the Year and Most Attentive Owner, to name but a few. Julia’s passion for fresh, authentic, healthy and delicious food is the driving force behind her success.
Julia’s newest undertaking is her not-for-profit initiative, Kids Culinary Community. Julia’s passion for families, food and love is embodied through a hands-on program dedicated to empowering children through the knowledge of food.
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