TRACKING DOWN AND CATCHING UP with expatriate Canadian chefs doing great things in leading European kitchens is easy, and we have done so frequently (think Jessica Rosval, at Osteria Francescana and now Casa Maria Luigia, in Modena, and Ben Ing…
FIRST-TIME VISITORS TO CAPE TOWN and its surrounding wine-lands will be struck by the staggering beauty of this corner of South Africa, among the most picturesque wine-growing regions on the planet. Rugged granite-capped mountains sit atop ancient, crumbled shale and…
IT’S EASY TO END UP IN THE BEST RESTAURANT IN VIENNA when everyone tells you to go to the same place. Steirereck ranks high on many global lists, celebrated for its contemporary Austrian cuisine, made with seasonal ingredients, and designed…
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In the prime of summer, Chef Labelle makes the hour-and-15-minute run to the city for deliveries frequently. On Wednesdays, his busiest day, it’s a 15-stop run. To start, after crossing the Champlain Bridge, his truck full, he heads for the…
Naturally, Hadida has lots of regular haunts along the route from wine country to the city. On Dundas Street in Mississauga, there’s Monasaba, a Yemeni restaurant known for its mandi–roast lamb or chicken with aromatic basmati. Nearby, a Venezuelan café…
While the challenges of managing kitchens in two different cities simultaneously are daunting, Chef Chen finds ways to make the most of things. The advantage that I have from the rest of the competition [in Whistler] is coming up from…
Say, the small figurine peering outward from behind the glass-fronted hostess stand that looks like some sort of hybrid of Bibendum and Krusty the Clown. Or, if you missed that one, Michael Jordan in his Bulls uniform, perched on a…
Late on a weeknight at Alobar, in Yorkville, the bar is still full, and in the surrounding lounge and dining room, the crowd is just beginning to thin. So the hustle in the partly open kitchen at the rear is…
