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WHEN WILL IT BE SAFE TO CRUISE AGAIN?

By David Moorcroft on January 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

SIX SWEET PUDDINGS

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on January 11, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

TRAVEL DREAMS

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on January 4, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

WISHFUL WANDERLUST!

By Jim Walker on December 28, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

MY WET DREAMS

By David Moorcroft on December 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

SIX DELECTABLE MAINS

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on December 14, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

CRISPY FRIED FISH

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on February 10, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

In winter comfort food is necessary for the good of the soul, which means a good fry up has to be on the menu. My search for new ways to present fried […]

THE TREASURE ON THE LAKE

By David Moorcroft on February 3, 2020 • ( 5 Comments )

Located near the border of Switzerland in the alpine mountains just 35 miles north of Milan, the Italian Lakes District offers some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. In fact, […]

HEARTY MIDDLE EASTERN FARE

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on January 27, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

When I first wrote about shakshuka in the spring of 2013, almost no one knew what it was, let alone the name, but now there are plenty of spots in Toronto which […]

AH! ALSACE

By Jim Walker on January 20, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Ever in search of new elixirs to tantalize the taste buds of his wine club members, our wine scribbler Jim Walker and his wife Hélène Buisson journeyed to the Alsace wine region […]

COMFORT FOOD FOR THE ROARING 20S

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on January 13, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

If you think of tomato soup as the ultimate comfort food, then this is for you. But our ancestors thought the plant poisonous and just grew it for decoration.

THE LAST OF THE TURKEY

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on January 6, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Comfort food is very much on my mind as we finish up the last of the Christmas turkey in a splendid and tasty turkey pot pie.

FUN TRAIN TO NOWHERE

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on December 30, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

On the lovely island of Barbados for a week, we discover a Thomas-the-Tank-Engine-cute little train which huffs and puffs to the top of the hill and back.

SUSSING OUT THE SUCCULENT SOUTHERN RHÔNES

By Jim Walker on December 23, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

As many of you know, our wine scribe Jim Walker operates Arthur’s Cellar Wine Club and imports wine from France’s southern Rhône region into Ontario. He, along with his wife and vinous […]

WILL MILLENNIALS ABANDON SHIP?

By David Moorcroft on December 16, 2019 • ( 9 Comments )

Cruising has expanded exponentially since the 1970s and there are now more than 300 cruise ships plying the seas in almost every part of the world. But Millennials are abandoning traditional types […]

A DAY OF INFAMY

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on December 7, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

On December 7, 1941, 78 years ago today, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service launched a pre-emptive strike against the US naval base at Pearl Harbour, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt named […]

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