Toronto’s Best Comfort Food

It’s January. It’s cold. You’ve resolved to “eat better” but let’s be honest: You won’t stay warm with salad. Here, five of the city’s best soul-warming comfort foods. The Rebel House’s Poutine They call it a snack, but this heaping portion of fries, fresh cheddar curds, smoked mozzarella and homemade … Read More

The Ultimate Winter Party

It’s been 31 Christmases since Toronto-born Vancouverite Susan Mendelson launched her catering company, The Lazy Gourmet. Since then, Mendelson has written 10 cookbooks and catered for everyone from Sarah McLachlan to the French government at the 2010 Olympics. For not-so-lazy gourmets keen to cook for their own large-scale holiday buffet … Read More

A Primer on Champagne Alternatives

Few things cannot be determined by James Whitcomb Riley’s duck test. You know: “A bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck is probably a duck.” Actually, I can only think of two: The first is my sick ex-boyfriend who used to dress … Read More

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