From superfoods to top shelve booze, restaurants to recipes, we cover the tastes and trends that you need to try. Here’s what to eat and drink right now.
Beloved Hogtown dives are disappearing. Not those places you dance and meet women. Working men’s taverns where you pour salt in your beer, play pool around cigarette burns on the slanted billiards table, and cuss. We proffer these dwindling few – for now. We recommend draft in each, and a … Read More
If we learned anything from a stifling Grand Prix weekend, it’s that ice cream season has begun. (And that tube tops are really, really awesome.) Avoid the mass-produced ice cream of grocery stores and low-end parlours: Stick to creameries that make their own cold, sweet treats from fresh ingredients. Bilboquet … Read More
Cocktails, fine women and the great outdoors. What’s not to love about patio season in Toronto? Here are a few good eye-candy spots. Century Room is tucked away from the bright lights of King West in a hidden tree-lined courtyard that’s the perfect retreat for sipping cocktails under the stars. … Read More
Calgary’s Uptown 17th Avenue offers a ton of options for those of you looking to eat, shop, and play. Here, XYYC’s 2008 list of top picks for things to see and do in the area. For more information, and a full listing of shops and services, visit the area’s website. … Read More
As we continue with White Wine 201, we need to deal with the “Anything-But-Chardonnay,” or “ABC” camp. They make the point that this grape, so neutral and easy to grow the world over, is too common and too dull, especially given the vast number of other neglected yet fascinating white … Read More
