Get Ready for Souper-bowl Sunday!

There'll be plenty of onions but no tears as the Leslieville Market teams up with Le Papillon on the Park restaurant to cook up 4,000 portions of French onion soup in an enormous kettle over a roaring blaze this coming Sunday, February 5.

Highmark Farms will provide the onions, and Chef Lukas of Le Papillon will be concocting the savoury brew. (Since the soup has a meat base, he's also throwing in some delectable Pouding Chomeur for vegetarians.) I've heard unconfirmed rumours of croutons from J.P. Challet of Le Matin.

You're invited to arrive outside Le Papillon (1001 Eastern Avenue between Greenwood and Coxwell) any time from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with your own bowl and spoon – or a suitable container for a takeaway portion. The market will be gratefully accepting pay-what-you-can donations, and it's still not too late in the season to find out about subscribing for a weekly veggie box for $20, $30 or $40.

You can find out more as the event approaches on Facebook.