Gold Medal Plates Calgary 2016
What an evening in Calgary! We knew it might be. Calgary was the first city this year to...
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Regina Gold Medal Plates 2015
I have a soft spot for Regina’s Conexus Arts Centre, despite its somewhat Brutalist concrete demeanour. They built...
Winnipeg Gold Medal Plates 2015
What a way to kick off the new Gold Medal Plates campaign! It was a very busy night...
Restaurants for Change
Go out to dinner on October 21 at one of our Restaurants for Change and you can help...
Mae Martin performs her comedy tomorrow in Toronto
My brilliant daughter, Mae Martin, is back in Canada for a couple of weeks and performing her brand...
Brunch at Parts & Labour
[caption id="attachment_3287" align="alignleft" width="200"] Chefs Bertrand Alepee and Matty Matheson, with baked goods[/caption] To Parkdale on a sunlit...
The Ontario Hostelry Institute Gold Awards 2015
For 25 years, The Ontario Hostelry Institute has gone about it business under the watchful eye of its...
The Ontario Hostelry Gold Awards 2014
And the nominees are... It seems fitting on Oscars night to mention the Ontario Hostelry Institute’s annual gala...
The Dinner Party – second time around
[caption id="attachment_2891" align="alignleft" width="428"] Judy Chicago's Dinner Party, brooklynmuseum.org[/caption] Last year, Chef Alexandra Feswick organized an extraordinary event...