The Wonderful World of Bourbon

If you really want to impress your poker pals, ditch the Scotch and get acquainted with a real man’s whiskey: bourbon. The sour mash spirit, which usually comprises two-thirds corn, must be made in the U.S. to be called bourbon; about 95 percent of it comes from Kentucky. Too often, … Read More

Montreal’s Spiciest Dishes

As winter approaches, we’ll take the heat wherever we can get it. Here, five of the city’s finest, spiciest dishes to deliver from cold days ahead. Caribbean Curry House The masala dosa at Caribbean Curry House is Caribbean-Trinidadian-Jamaican dynamite. Meat lovers will go for the fiery, mind-blowingly tender goat version … Read More

Bring the Heat: Toronto’s Spiciest Dishes

A red-hot autumn is just a few Scoville units away. Here, in no particular order, Toronto 10 spiciest dishes. 1. Duff’s Armageddon Wings If medium’s hot then what’s Armageddon? Well, it’s 85 times the strength of medium. 558 College St, 416-963-4446. 2. Hopper Hut’s Lampries A molten mix of fiery … Read More

Save the Deli!

Corned beef. Pastrami. Brisket. Matzo balls. Knishes. Mustard and rye. In the new book Save the Deli, DailyXY contributor David Sax. Sax goes deep into the world of the Jewish deli, exploring its history and characters, its greatest triumphs, spectacular failures, and ultimately the very future of its existence. Next … Read More

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