The Pineapple Brigade
There is an eel in Boris Vian’s deliciously surreal novel, L’Ecume des Jours, who emerges from the cold-water...
Category Archives: Life in General
La Vida Loco
Well, well, now lookee here… If it ain’t Canada Day… And an immaculate day it is in the...
The mega quarry
Have you heard about the mega quarry? It has the potential to be the biggest environmental disaster to...
A light lunch with Dom Pérignon
[caption id="attachment_1350" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A very rare treat - the Oenotheque 1996"][/caption] How well I remember my long-ago...
Mae Day
I am enormously proud of my daughter, Mae Martin, aka the hardest-working woman in comedy. She’s debuting her...
Jonathan Gushue amuses
[caption id="attachment_1336" align="alignleft" width="249" caption="Chef delighting the crowd"][/caption] Jonathan Gushue, executive chef at Langdon Hall (my favourite Canadian...
Niagara College
[caption id="attachment_1331" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Chef Michael Olson in Benchmark restaurant at Niagara College"][/caption] On Friday I was up...
Urgent information
[caption id="attachment_1319" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The piglets of Eigensinn Farm, making hay while the sun shines..."][/caption] Tuesday, if you...
Toronto Taste
[caption id="attachment_1308" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Chef Kevin Prendergast (right) and the team from Tundra at Taste"][/caption] Many thanks to...
A little bit more Yorkshire
[caption id="attachment_1296" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="There's a welcome in the Dales..."][/caption] This sign was spotted in the front window...