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…
Date Night Dinner & Wine #1: Chicken, Rapini and Pinot Grigio
I had a couple of friends over for dinner this week to thank them for taking care of my cats as I went to visit family in Toronto. Four long days straight of holiday festivities had really scrambled my food-brain so having them over the…