Sky-high Drinking and Dining: Air France Business Class Review
I’ve done a few of these reviews now, like Air Canada cusiness class, and JAL vs. ANA. But this one’s a bit different — this is a review by proxy. No, I’m not ripping off some other blogger, or basing my opinion on Air France’s…
Sky-high Drinking and Dining: Air Canada Business Class Review
Alas, this post was meant to be a head to head, a la my ANA vs. JAL business class review. We were originally flying (by means of points) Air Canada business class to our three month France stay, and British Airways home. But due to…
Sky-high Drinking and Dining: ANA vs Japan Airlines Business Class
Remember that time we flew first class on Emirates? I’ll never forget it, in spite of how much alcohol at altitude they pumped into me. While that may have been a once in a lifetime experience, as any points-obsessed weirdo (like Christine and I) knows,…
Drinking in Emirates First Class: What to expect
Two years. 14 credit cards. Hundreds of thousands of Alaskan Airlines points. That’s what it takes to fly from Toronto to Dubai in first class on Emirates, if you’re not amongst the “what could a loaf of bread possibly cost? $50?” crowd. But with Covid…
Date Dining and Wine: Antipasto and a Hike
After “I can’t be bothered to figure out how long,” I decided recently to make my triumphant return to the food and wine writing scene. I almost used the word “blogosphere” un-ironically but no matter how much I pretend being cool doesn’t matter, I couldn’t…
How to Perfectly Pair Wines & Desserts
Every wine connoisseur should know how to pair their favourite drink with desserts. If you are interested in expanding your wine drinking experience, learn from the Italians. They are well-known for their hedonistic lifestyle, so it should not come as surprising that they stay longer…
Date Night Dinner & Wine #4: Perfect Valentine’s Day Dinner
Do you hate the idea of a commercialized holiday designed to generate copious amounts of revenue by preying on couples that feel they need to pick one day a year to show each other how much they’re in love? Good for you love-Scrooge. I love…
Date Night Dinner & Wine #3: Tasty Tartare With Valpolicella
A typical Saturday for me includes at least three beers, two bowls of boxed macaroni and cheese, a few hours of kittens laying on my face, and usually excludes pants. Yesterday, however, I had a hunger that could only be sated by one of my…
Date Night Dinner & Wine #2: Great Meal, Good Wine, Bad Pairing
This week I tried something different. I had my favourite recipe guinea pig over, picked her favourite wine, then tried out a recipe I’d been kicking around my head over the course of my last three or four showers. The results were mixed: a big…
Actinolite Creates Contemporary Canadian Cuisine
Nestled away in a neighborhood more known for Portuguese chicken than fine dining lies one of Toronto’s – and arguably Canada’s – finest culinary (and imbibing) experiences, at Actinolite restaurant (971 Ossington Ave.) I had the pleasure of dining there with my partner for our…