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Each year, the November issue of en Route magazine (Air Canada) is publishing their top ten of new restaurants across Canada. Their tester/ journalist is proposed with a bunch of venues to try out in every major cities by a panel of food critics and bloggers from different areas.  I am always looking forward to that list because [...]

I know, I’m excited too! I mean, how often can you use the words “Victoria” and “budget” in the same sentence?! So it’s that time of year again – time to start planning various Holiday events. Office parties, family get-togethers… for this article, I have chosen three local venues that I can personally recommend for [...]

Imagine a place where you can get a delicious and healthy snack, possibly an espresso, in a chic and simple café that recalls a European ‘joie de vivre’.  You go there after the gym, before work, with friends on the weekend, and even take the kids there for a treat. This is just the vision [...]

One of the best parts about writing about food is that other foodie friends often think of me first when they are planning an outing which involves an interesting meal.  Recently this happened to me when a food writer friend of mine was popping over to Vancouver Island to work on a newspaper piece about [...]

Recently, I drew surprise from a member of the Québec gastronomie scene when I mentioned that I had excitedly flocked not once; but – gasp! – twice to Brasserie Artisanale Dieu du Ciel up on Le Plateau in Montréal on my four day jam-packed trip to the city. It was a frigid weekend, with temperatures [...]

perogi, pyrogy, perogie, perogy, pirohi, piroghi, pirogi, pirogen, pierogy, pirohy, pyrohy?!? Visiting my parents in the blustery Bruce County hills off Lake Huron in January inevitably brings about the kind of creativity and inspiration I defer to daily when back “down South”, near Toronto. Provided that you can actually get to the nearest grocery store [...]

When I was 17, I found myself running around the streets of a small city in Northern France in the early evening with some like-minded classmates destined to take advantage of this miraculous culture that let us partake of alcoholic beverages prior to the legal age of majority back home in Ontario, Canada. We discovered [...]

Recently, I have found a new man that will ease a very large transition in my life – and my boyfriend completely approves of him! A few weeks ago, our lives were thrown into chaos when it was revealed with very short-notice that my significant other would be relocated by his company to open a [...]

After months of planning, I am delighted to present Foodie.ca, a collaborative effort featuring over 20 authors from across Canada writing about all aspects of food and drink! First of all, a huge thanks to all the authors who have partnered on this project to bring fabulous articles to you! But I also want to [...]

What is it about Québec City? Like most questions in life, you simply must ask a trusted source for an answer. The city that sits formidably on the St. Lawrence is a beautifully balanced atmosphere of colonial France and the earliest of Canadiana best represented in its architecture, ambiance, and attitude. However, the unschooled visitor [...]