New York Times food writer Francis Lam, Douglas Quint and Bryan Petroff (the Big Gay Ice Cream guys), chefs Dominique Crenn, Mark McEwen, Antonio Park and Ned Bell, Montreal baker Jeffery Finklestein as well as an impressive roster of other great Canadian and international chefs and food industry experts will all be gathering at this …
Centro Havana might not be as touristy as Havana Vieja or as charming as residential Vedado but it will still manage to surprise you. The streets are a bit more battered and tourists venture less in this part of town but that’s no reason not to get lost in this working class neighbourhood and explore …
Cuba is one of my favourite places on earth and one that I’ve been to often. Sure, I visit for the pristine beaches and to get away from our harsh Canadian winters but I also love the small colonial towns and I am especially fond of its capital, Havana. I must have visited the Caribbean …
Last summer, while on vacation in Italy, my blog’s name took its full meaning when I travelled a few hours out of my way “just” to have lunch. It wasn’t your ordinary lunch though but quite a memorable one at chef Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana in Modena, a restaurant that has garnered three stars in the …
I had been planning my Portland (Oregon) trip for a few months now and I really started by noting all the coffee places I wanted to try and working everything else around that. Portland is the birthplace of today’s third wave coffee revolution. It all started with Stumptown Coffee which was born there, so you …
