The Luxurious Lodhi in New Delhi, India

If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to be royalty, then the Lodhi Hotel in New Delhi is the place (or palace?) for you. This luxury boutique hotel in India’s capital city may be modern in design, but it is old-world in terms of its approach to outstanding customer service. The Lodhi Hotel On […]

International Lentil Hunter, Canadian Style

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a food bloggers’ event at Cirrilo’s, a cooking school in Etobicoke.  The event celebrated Canadian celebrity chef, Michael Smith’s new video series (who was in attendance), Lentil Hunter, where he travelled to five different countries, trying various lentil recipes.  The countries were: France, Italy, India, Dubai and Morocco, […]

A Challenge to Relax: Yoga Schools in India

Tourists have long travelled through India in search of spirituality.  According to market research, they are looking more and more specifically to yoga, especially in Rishikesh, the oft-cited yoga capital of the world. Meditation by the Ganges 1,000 students from 100 countries have studied at Rishikesh Yog Peeth (RYP) since 2010, and that’s one of […]

Pretty, Sophisticated Sloane Tea

If you haven’t seen the growth of interest in tea in Toronto, you must be living under a rock.  From shops like David’s Tea to tea sommelier programs at schools like George Brown College and “designer” brands of teas, it’s definitely catching on by the mainstream. Container of Sloane Tea’s Heavenly Cream, one of their […]