Wherever I go travelling, if my chosen coffee shop serves carrot cake, you can be sure I’ll return. With it’s delicious lemon tangy topping, this moist cake is irresistible.
BETTER THAN CARROTS
Episode 3: Baked white fish
Nigel launches the third video in his Gentleman’s Portion cooking demo series, better and shorter than the last one.
PORTUGAL’S SECOND FAVOURITE DISH
Not surprisingly, rice features in a lot of Portugal’s cuisine. They’re also partial to monkfish. Together they make a delicious version of what the Spanish call paella and the Italians call risotto.
A VINEYARD IN A LUNAR-LIKE LANDSCAPE
You can rest assured that no matter where his travels take him, our wine scribe Jim Walker will make plenty of time to visit the top wineries in the area (assuming there […]
FORAGED FEAST
One of my favourite farmers’ markets has reopened and I’m off to forage for wild mushrooms, a safer option than trying to avoid poisonous toadstools, snakes, ivy and oak in Ontario’s woodlands.
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE BAFFLING CRUISE LINE
Storylines was founded in 2016 to create and market floating retirement homes for those who wanted to live in the world’s “first affordable residential community at sea.” However, in one bizarre twist […]
SALUTE TO THE CARNEGIE DELI
There’s nothing more sinfully delicious than a New York style cheesecake from the Carnegie Deli, with its most popular topping being a strawberry sauce. And since both the original Carnegie Deli and […]
Episode 2: Making Eggs Benny
For the second installment of his new video series, Nigel shows how to make his most popular recipe ever: Eggs Benedict, along with Eggs Royale, Eggs Florentine and Eggs Norwegian.
THE FARAUD SISTERS AND THEIR GORGEOUS GIGONDAS
More and more women are successfully taking control of wineries around the world. Such is the case at Domaine du Cayron. The difference, as our wine scribe Jim Walker discovered, is that […]
MORE MINTED MUNCHIES
Continuing my obsession with the aromatic invasive herb, here’s minty potato salad that works brilliantly with everything from chicken to asparagus and BBQ salmon with mint and basil, which add new flavours […]
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