It seems like for the past few months, South Africa – and more specifically Cape Town – has been on everyone’s list. Friends, fellow travelers, travel sites and the New York Times have listed the southern-most country in Africa as the next must-see destination. After having visited this past October, I can say without the …

One of the best things about food is its ability to trigger memories of specific moments in your life, whether happy, tragic or silly. One bite of a particular dish can open up the flood gates to a particular moment in the distant or not so distant past that you may have relegated to some …

I am focusing on New York City in this second 2014 edition of Current Crush! I have been back to the city that never sleeps several times in the past year or so and I haven’t had time to write about it so I thought I’d put some of my most memorable experiences in a …

I always like to joke that I don’t have a sweet tooth… I have 32 of them, and they have all been longing to bite into the sweet stuff that was bound to come out of the newly opened Patrice Pâtissier. The shop is the pride and joy of whiz pastry chef Patrice Demers and …

Montreal food lovers rejoice, Royal Canadian Mondays at Pastaga [RCMP] are back! For the second year in a row, Restaurant Pastaga‘s chef Martin Juneau is inviting some of Canada’s best chefs for an evening of gastronomic delight. The 2014 special RCMP events started with a bang this past January 20th with the Paris Popup, an …