TAKEOUT COCKTAILS AND COCKTAIL KITS PROVIDED A MUCH-NEEDED LIFELINE TO BUSINESSES during Covid. Now, licensees who fought to legalize them are wondering if the concept has any enduring relevance in the post-pandemic world. Cocktail takeout is now legal in all…
In our opinion, a good day trip should achieve two things: get you out of the city and include a meal worth the drive (and the gas price). If an end-of-summer road trip is on your mind, we've got you sorted.…
WE SERVED THIS AT THE RESTAURANT A FEW YEARS BACK, warmed, in a shot glass, as part of a special 25-course New Year’s Eve menu. I came up with this idea simply because I wanted to create a familiar flavour…
The centrepiece of any great kitchen is the range, and the crown jewel of kitchen ranges may well be Thermador’s 60" Pro Range. This is the ultimate culinary appliance for real cooks who love to entertain. Not only is it…
It’s summer, and the drinking is easy. But don’t get too relaxed. Flex your drinking muscle with our round-up of 10 cool cocktails. There’s a boozy summer treat for every palate: Spritzes. Vegan Margaritas. Fizzes. Martinis. Fruity ingredients. And, don't forget…
The innumerable news restaurants of quality that opened, haltingly, over the past two years are now operating in top form and primed for a visit. And in the coming months, there are plenty more we look forward to visiting.
Two of the best of them come courtesy of Ancora Waterfront Dining. The first Ancora is on Vancouver’s stunning False Creek seawall overlooking False Creek and Granville Island. The patio of the newly launched second location in West Vancouver’s Ambleside…
MOTIVATION: Connie DeSousa and John Jackson of Charcut Roast House realized that two days off was not enough for Charcut staff to wind down from five full days at a busy restaurant. Now, three consecutive days off allows them to fully…
If you also prefer A/C to the sweltering, humid outdoors and a great view that does not include a closeup of the passing traffic, why not head for the CN Tower's 360 Restaurant? There is no better view of the…
Tremblay is the sake sommelier at Toronto’s Ki, Canada’s first “saké samurai” and an irredeemable saké geek. The widely published Matsumoto writes frequently on saké and Japanese culture. Together they’ve produced the highly informative Exploring the World of Japanese Craft…
MOTIVATION: The Inn at Bay Fortune Culinary Arts/ Pastry Arts Award is a scholarship given by the Holland College Foundation to first-year students of Indigenous descent living in Atlantic Canada for study at The Culinary Institute of Canada, in Charlottetown.…
Thirty years and a beard later, he returns as executive chef at Auberge du Pommier. In the years between, Penfold opened Cava with Avalon’s Chris McDonald, in 2006, the Yorkville darling Chabrol in early 2016, and the Moroccan Atlas in 2017.…