The River Cafe Look Book
But none — indeed, perhaps no other cookbooks from anyone — are quite like The River Cafe Look Book. Touted as written “with beginner cooks and children in mind,” it makes sense that the publisher is art-book specialist Phaidon. Almost…
Fresco Di Masi: Wine for our Times
We’ve long known that sustainability in every productive endeavour is crucial to the long-term future of our planet. But while some producers have struggled to reconcile what they do well with potentially ominous projections of the future, the truly innovative…
Your Guide to the Season’s Best Cocktails
Appleton Estate 12-Year-Old Rare Casks is a Jamaican gem. Blending it with coffee beans in this unique process enhances its character and delivers an extraordinary cocktail.
Into the Wild Blue
And, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. Another steak-and-seafood restaurant in a resort town that already has one in every major hotel? Big whoop. Actually, yes, this is a very big deal because Wild Blue's three…
Angels Envy: Heavenly Holiday Gifting
Angel's Envy is a Louisville-based craft distiller that produces award-winning whiskeys each of which is finished in secondary barrels to add a distinct layer of flavor and complexity. The result is a premium bourbon with a nuanced and balanced profile.…
Chef Martine Bauer Cooks with Gaggenau
The term "chef's kitchen" is everywhere these days. While home kitchens (and cooks) are more sophisticated than ever, does a home cook need to cook on chef-quality equipment? The answer is yes if the oven is from Gaggenau. The 300-year-old…
The British Cookbook
You will learn in these pages, for example, that the flavour profile of that indispensable British condiment Worcestershire sauce owes a debt to garum, a fermented anchovy popular with the occupying Romans. That a later conquest by the Normans gave…
Embrace the Season with Fairmont Royal York
Fairmont Royal York has enough holiday style and activities to impress even the most passionate Christmas lovers. You can take in the two-story Christmas tree from the Clockwork Bar. Order the just-for-the-holidays A Kind of Magic Cognac with Dark Rum, Ginger,…
Masayoshi in the House
Yes, please! Especially when it's Masayoshi Baba presiding over the sushi bar at Vancouver's fabulous Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel. We've long been fans of the smiling chef and his superb east end restaurant (#48 in 2018). So, when he launched…