Burgundy is Glorious: Jacob Richler Tours Maison Louis Latour
Especially when your ancestors were smart enough to put down stakes in the 1730s. Fresh off the two-hour drive north from Lyon, my wife Lisa and I breezed through the quiet town centre of Beaune and pulled up at the…
Best of the City 2019
Our Summer Best of the City 2019 dining series featured an inspiring collection of chefs and restaurants from across Canada. The buzziest restaurants echo their respective city’s vibes—the pulse of its people and the foods they crave. From the broad culinary…
Off the Beaten Track Restaurants
It is not every day that one might stumble off the beaten track, only to walk into some of Canada's top restaurants. The voting guidelines that we send out to our judges at the start of their annual eating season…
Is this the Ultimate Cooking Thermometer?
Anyone who cooks with a digital cooking thermometer (as one should) will have some questions about its design. Like, why does the cooking thermometer probe have to be so thick that juices gush from the wound left behind each time…
The Murky Waters of Sustainable Fishing
The murky waters of sustainable fishing became even more obscured recently when the European Union banned the practice of electric fishing. Also known as “pulse trawling,” this controversial method of catching sediment-dwelling fish like sole that are longtime favourites on restaurant menus…
Chris Enns
VANCOUVER-BASED BARTENDER OF THE YEAR ENTERTAINS THE ART OF HOSPITALITY A live R&B duo is warming up the Friday night crowd at the chic Lobby Lounge in Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim. But it’s snowing outside and I’m chilled to the…
Jess Mili
Toronto's Legend-in-the-making channels her competitive spirit. Jess Mili hasn’t won every competition she’s entered, but the Toronto mixologist being touted by our judges as Canadian legend-in-the-making remarks that no one seems to remember her losses, only her victories— which include…
Emilian Dreams
LARA GILMORE, Massimo Bottura’s partner in life and in business, is the soul of a new project called Casa Maria Luigia. It’s a 12-room place in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy where guests can sleep, food is served, and works…
Honey and Vinegar
THIS IS QUICK, SUPER EASY, INCREDIBLY VERSATILE—and delicious. A quality vinegar, with its acidity softened, mixed with good liquid honey makes a great sauce for dressing cheese (like fresh burrata or ricotta, or hard cheeses) or foie gras (both pan-seared…
Eligh’s Homecoming
OUTLINING HIS plans to launch a new restaurant for the legendary Toptable Group, chef Kristian Eligh sounds positively gleeful. “Opening a restaurant is thrilling,” he says. “It’s almost unfathomable how many hours are spent understanding the flow and the layout,…
Bar Raval’s Dressed to Suppress
Of all the watering holes around the country, none evokes such ardent enthusiasm as Bar Raval. The beloved bar retains the title of Canada’s Best Bar for a second year, by a wide margin of votes from our judges. Here's…