Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder
‘Je me tiens toujours fidèle à la sorcière glauque.’ Thus speaks Enoch Soames, eponymous anti-hero of Max...
Category Archives: Life in General
Elle M’a Dit
[caption id="attachment_1469" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Owner-chef Gregory Furstoss cooks a tarte flambee"][/caption] I’m a big fan of Baldwin...
A figo for thee, then
[caption id="attachment_1464" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The clouds showed up last night. Summer nearing its end."][/caption] Forgive me for the...
Gala Pie
[caption id="attachment_1458" align="alignleft" width="233" caption="English butcher Darryl Bill outside his shop in Peritheia, Corfu. His skills thrill...
Tsigari
[caption id="attachment_1452" align="aligncenter" width="768" caption="Our poor dead oak tree"][/caption] Such a sad arrival at our house on Corfu....
Cafe Fiorentina
[caption id="attachment_1444" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Tina Leckie, owner-chef of Cafe Fiorentina, and her partner, Alex Chong"][/caption] It was the...
Fishbar
[caption id="attachment_1422" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Deep-fried smelt stuffed with olive tapenade - 40 are never enough"][/caption] Fishbar, on Ossington,...
Campagnolo
[caption id="attachment_1417" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Zucchini carpaccio - fresher than a summer's day"][/caption] I’ve been looking forward to...
La Société
Does the newly dandified Bloor-Yorkville area need a big, brassy French bistro? Apparently. La Société has been...
Food Day Canada is Coming!
[caption id="attachment_1394" align="alignleft" width="185" caption="Food Day Canada starts here"][/caption] Get Ready for a National Party! On...