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Lick's Homeburger
Lick's Homeburgers & Ice Cream was a Canadian restaurant chain, owned by Lick's Concepts, Inc., a private company. The first Lick's opened in 1980, operated by Denise Meehan, who then turned the concept into a franchise in 1984. At its height in 2012, the chain had 30 locations, all in Ontario. Only one restaurant, in Parry Sound, continues to use the name Lick's. The company continues to sell frozen food. Lick's was formerly known for its hamburgers, nicknamed "homeburgers", which were considered higher quality than those of other fast food chains. The chain also had what was described as a "zany in-store experience", with employees singing pop songs, sometimes with modified lyrics, while they cooked burgers and fries. Both concepts were abandoned in the 2000s, as the company switched to a more generic brand identity as well as the use of frozen instead of fresh hamburger patties. History Denise Meehan, a native of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, grew up in a tourist resort operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eglinton Avenue
Eglinton Avenue is a major east–west Arterial road, arterial thoroughfare in Toronto and Mississauga in the Canadian province of Ontario. The street begins at Ontario Highway 407, Highway 407 (but does not interchange with the tollway) at the western limits of Mississauga, as a continuation of Lower Baseline in Milton, Ontario, Milton. It traverses the midsection of both cities and ends at Kingston Road (Toronto), Kingston Road. Eglinton Avenue is the only street to cross all six former cities and boroughs of Metropolitan Toronto. The Toronto section was surveyed in the 19th century as the Fourth Concession Road (with the first being Queen Street, Toronto, Queen Street). It was historically known as Richview Sideroad in Etobicoke and Lower Baseline in Mississauga. It was also designated Highway 5A (and later Highway 109) in Scarborough, Ontario, Scarborough. History There are two sources for the naming of Eglinton Avenue. Henry Scadding in an early history of the city wrote t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chili Con Carne
Chili con carne ( ), often shortened to chili, is a spicy stew of Mexican origin containing chili peppers (sometimes in the form of chili powder), meat (usually beef), tomatoes, and often pinto beans or kidney beans. Other seasonings may include garlic, onions, and cumin. The types of meat and other ingredients used vary based on geographic and personal tastes. Recipes provoke disputes among aficionados, some of whom insist that the word ''chili'' applies only to the basic dish, without beans and tomatoes. Chili con carne is a common dish for cook-offs, and may be used as a side, garnish, or ingredient in other dishes, such as soups or salsas. Origins and history In writings from 1529, the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún described chili pepper-seasoned stews being eaten in the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, now the location of Mexico City. The use of beef as the primary meat originated when the Spanish introduced cattle to Mexico. Most of the beef being consumed in Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast-food Chains Of Canada
Fast food is a type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale, with a strong priority placed on speed of service. ''Fast food'' is a commercial term, limited to food sold in a restaurant or store with frozen, preheated or precooked ingredients and served in packaging for take-out or takeaway. Fast food was created as a commercial strategy to accommodate large numbers of busy commuters, travelers and wage workers. In 2018, the fast-food industry was worth an estimated $570 billion globally. The fastest form of "fast food" consists of pre-cooked meals which reduce waiting periods to mere seconds. Other fast-food outlets, primarily hamburger outlets such as McDonald's and Burger King, use mass-produced, pre-prepared ingredients (bagged buns and condiments, frozen beef patties, vegetables which are pre-washed, pre-sliced, or both; etc.) and cook the meat and french fries fresh, before assembling "to order". Fast-food restaurants are traditionally distinguished by the dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parry Sound, Ontario
Parry Sound is a town in Ontario, Canada, located on the eastern shore of the sound after which it is named. Parry Sound is located south of Sudbury and north of Toronto. It is a single-tier government located in the territorial District of Parry Sound, which has no second-tier county, regional, or district level of government. Parry Sound is a popular cottage country region for Southern Ontario residents. It also has the world's deepest natural freshwater port. History There was a slight decline in economic activity shortly after World War I with J.R. Booth's construction of a rival town, Depot Harbour, on nearby Parry Island, but this setback was overcome through later developments in tourism and commerce, and the accidental destruction by fire of the entire town of Depot Harbour on August 14, 1945. The body of water that gives the town its name was surveyed and named by Captain (later Admiral) Henry Wolsey Bayfield in the 19th century in honour of the Arctic explor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Financial Crisis
The 2008 financial crisis, also known as the global financial crisis (GFC), was a major worldwide financial crisis centered in the United States. The causes of the 2008 crisis included excessive speculation on housing values by both homeowners and financial institutions that led to the 2000s United States housing bubble, exacerbated by predatory lending for subprime mortgages and deficiencies in regulation. Cash out refinancings had fueled an increase in consumption that could no longer be sustained when home prices declined. The first phase of the crisis was the subprime mortgage crisis, which began in early 2007, as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) tied to U.S. real estate, and a vast web of Derivative (finance), derivatives linked to those MBS, collapsed in value. A liquidity crisis spread to global institutions by mid-2007 and climaxed with the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, which triggered a stock market crash and bank runs in several countries. The crisis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Professional Sales Association
The Canadian Professional Sales Association, commonly known as CPSA, was a Canadian association for sales professionals. CPSA was a not-for-profit association with over 10,000 members. Prior to its operational wind-down at the end of 2024, CPSA offered professional sales designations, sales training and a membership cost-savings program. History The Canadian Professional Sales Association was established in 1874 as the Commercial Travellers Association (CTA). The association's mission was stated as the "moral, intellectual, and financial improvement and advancement and welfare of its members." The founding members were business leaders including first president Warring Kennedy who went on to be the mayor of Toronto in the mid-1890s. Travel benefits and insurance programs were the driving forces behind membership. And the influence of the founding members attracted Prime Ministers and Cabinet members to the annual "networking" events, the Travellers' Dinners and Banquets. As fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
Sturgeon Falls is a community and former town in Nipissing District, Ontario, located on the Sturgeon River (Lake Nipissing), Sturgeon River. The community had a population of 6,939 at the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 census and a density of 1,129/km2 (2,920 sq mi). Following a failed legal challenge in 1997, the community was merged into the municipality of West Nipissing, Ontario, West Nipissing in 1999. History Ojibwe and Algonquin people, Algonquin tribes first settled in the Sturgeon Falls area thousands of years ago. Discovered by European fur traders in the 17th century, the development of Sturgeon Falls began with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1881. French Canadians immigrated to the community from Simcoe, Ontario, Simcoe and District Municipality of Muskoka, Muskoka following the establishment of Wood industry, lumber and Pulp and paper industry, pulp and paper industries. Sturgeon Falls was officially incorporated as a town in 1895, with a populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parry Sound
Parry Sound is a Sound (geography), sound or bay of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. It is highly irregularly shaped with many deep bays and islands. Killbear Provincial Park is located on the large peninsula that separates the sound from Georgian Bay, while it is bordered on the south side by Parry Island, home of the Wasauksing First Nation, Wasauksing being the First Nation's name for the bay. At the head of the sound is the Parry Sound, Ontario, namesake town that is the largest community on the shores of Georgian Bay from Severn Sound to Manitoulin Island. The following entities are named after this geographic feature: * Parry Sound District ** Parry Sound, Ontario, Parry Sound, town and seat of Parry Sound District ** Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, Ontario ** Parry Sound, Unorganized, North East Part, Ontario * Electoral districts ** Parry Sound (federal electoral district), the federal electoral district from 1904 to 1949 ** Parry Sound—Muskoka (fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5% of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area of all the Canadian provinces and territories. It is home to the nation's capital, Ottawa, and its list of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast. To the south, it is bordered by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York (state), New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States follows riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restaurant Chain
A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices. They have come to dominate many retail markets, dining markets, and service categories in many parts of the world. A franchise retail establishment is one form of a chain store. In 2005, the world's largest retail chain, Walmart, became the world's largest corporation based on gross sales. History In 1792, Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna established W.H. Smith as a news vending business in London that would become a national concern in the mid-19th century under the management of their grandson William Henry Smith. The world's oldest national retail chain, the firm took advantage of the railway boom during the Industrial Revolution by opening news-stands at railway stations beginning in 1848. The firm, now called WHSmith, had more than 1,400 locations as of 2017. In the U.S., chain stores likely began with J. Stiner & Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert typically made from milk or cream that has been flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as Chocolate, cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit, such as strawberries or peaches. Food colouring is sometimes added in addition to Food stabilizer, stabilizers. The mixture is cooled below the freezing point of water and stirred to incorporate air spaces and prevent detectable ice crystals from forming. It can also be made by Whisk, whisking a flavoured cream base and liquid nitrogen together. The result is a smooth, semi-solid foam that is solid at very low temperatures (below ). It becomes more Ductility, malleable as its temperature increases. Ice cream may be served in dishes, eaten with a spoon, or licked from edible wafer Ice cream cone, ice cream cones held by the hands as finger food. Ice cream may be served with other desserts—such as cake or pie—or used as an ingredient in cold dishes—like ice cream floats, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onion Rings
Onion rings (also called French-fried onion rings) generally consist of a cross-sectional "ring" of onion dipped in batter and/or bread crumbs and then deep fried; a variant is made with onion paste. While typically served as a side dish, onion rings are often eaten by themselves. Onion strings are a variant where the onion is cut vertically first, resulting in strips rather than circles. History The earliest recipe for onion rings dates back to 1802, when British food writer John Mollard published ''The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined''. It called for cutting onions into slices, dipping them into a batter including Parmesan cheese, and deep-frying them in lard. The recipe also suggested serving them with a sauce of melted butter and mustard. Many recipes for deep-fried onion slices or rings are found starting in the early 20th century. There are various processes: * no coating: 1902, 1907; * dipped in milk or egg and coated in flour: 1902, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1916; * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
