Many old favourites are back, including Trevor Kitchen + Bar, La Société, Sassafraz and One. Lee and Bent are also on the list, Luckee is not. Also missing is the restaurant at the Drake Hotel. Perhaps they’re just sitting this one out and will be back for Winterlicious 2016. Who knows? Prices remain the same […]
For the appetizer round, the mandatory ingredients were chicken breast, stout, parsnip and jelly rolls. A little bit weird, but not a complete throw-off. Not that difficult to figure SOMETHING out, either. What I’d make would be sweet and sour chicken sliders topped with parsnip slaw. This would work very well both as a passed […]
Maple fudge was one of the items in the main course basket, along with soft pretzels, chili fries and corn on the cob. So what should one make with that? Why not pulled maple turkey over pretzel and fries cake? Topped with corn and kale salad? Maple fudge – would you use it for a […]
From delicious breakfast items like shakshuka (I had my first there!) to soups (always comes with delicious baked-in-store bread), sandwiches and salads to their wide range of caffeinated drinks and pastries, Aroma Espresso Bar is one of my favourite places to grab brunch or lunch. In fact, this Israeli-based eatery is popping up all over […]
Ummm, sure? Yes, rainbow coloured “fruit ring” cereal (think Froot Loops) was one of the mandatory ingredients for the main course of Episode 21. This was along with rabbit legs, spicy pickled green beans and port. Yes. What a weird basket. Difficult, too. But one needs to use the imagination in order to win, right? […]
If you’re looking for something to spruce up your dining room, kitchen or even outdoor dinnerware or serveware, look no further than Hopson Grace. Founded by Andrea Hopson (ex-Tiffany’s exec) and Martha Grace McKimm, a former Toronto-area PR executive, this store has taken up shop at the old Patachou cafe. Colourful butter knives and preserve […]
When I was in my early 20s, people would often ask why I was “so dressed up” and it got really annoying. As if it’s really weird to wear dresses and heels on a weekend. It still happens once in a while now that I’m in my 30s, but never in my area – I […]
So what do you make with ingredients such as elk, microwave cake (mix), saba and fenugreek? Roulade, filling the elk with fenugreek, ricotta, spinach and a bit of cake. The dish would be served with some orzo and some vegetables. Would you be able to make a main course with MICROWAVE CAKE?? (GROSS!) First of […]
The mystery basket ingredients for the appetizer round of episode 18 wasn’t all that difficult if one is very creative. They were: hot chocolate, cooked oxtail, harissa and black plums. With hot chocolate as one of the ingredients, the first thing that popped in my mind when I was watching was a mole sauce. Since […]
Most people who care probably have already heard the news, which was all over the business pages on Monday – Ann Inc., which owns Ann Taylor and LOFT, was purchased by Ascena, the company that owns Lane Bryant and Dress Barn for $2.2 B. According to resources, the deal will close in the second half […]
