If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that I’ve travelled to Italy often in the past few years. Rome is probably my favourite city–or at least it is among the ones I’ve already visited–and I have entertained the fantasy of eventually retiring there. I love the city’s energy, history and people. …

I grew up during the war in Lebanon. It started a couple of years after I was born and lasted for as long as I lived there and until my family and I finally fled 15 years in. I’m sad to say that while living there, I’d become “blasée” about the news and its atrocities, …

It’s Terroir’s 10th anniversary this year! So exciting! Terroir Symposium is one of my favourite yearly events and this will be the fourth edition I attend. The day-long conference is a great gathering of some of the world’s best food and beverage leaders, including chefs, authors, food stylists and photographers, farmers, fishermen, sommeliers, wine makers and more. …

Montreal’s Uniburger is my favourite spot to get a burger in town. This is no gourmet burger with foie gras or a single origin cheese toppings. It’s a good, old fashioned, “fast food” style burger but it’s fresh and made to order, using an excellent and flavourful meat patty, their very own creamy secret sauce …

I had a lot of questions before my trip to Peru, more than I usually have when travelling. I tried to answer these questions in this document. I hope it helps some of you heading to a magical trip to Peru. Passport and visas Your passport should be valid for 6 months after your return date …