Real Birthday Freebies!
Today is my birthday – big shout outs to fellow Scorpios everywhere! Over the last few days, I have been so lucky to be…
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Dessert Lady Café: A Labour of Love
I was recently invited to have lunch at Toronto’s delightful Dessert Lady Café, situated just a few yards away from the five-star Windsor Arms…
Mahalo Alo!
Alo Restaurant in Toronto continues to be one of the best restaurants in Canada (and Top 100 in the world). I made my third…
George Brown’s Innovative Chef School
The Chef School at George Brown is a hidden jewel in downtown Toronto. I love their website which states “If you love everything about…
Au Pied de Cochon – Scrumptious Tourtière
The Pop Up My friend L, an unstoppable baker and fellow foodie, very sweetly gifted me a tourtière and foie gras from the Au Pied…
Poop Café: Toronto’s Bizarre Dessert Heaven
Poop Café opened up in Toronto’s Koreatown last Fall, with lots of fanfare due to its bizarre washroom theme. The café is best known…
CNE 2017: Ferris Wheels and Chicken Feet
CNE: A Toronto Tradition The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), more colloquially known as “the Ex”, has been an annual tradition in Canada’s largest city, Toronto, for nearly…
CraveTO: Yearning for More Tastes!
I was able to check out CraveTO in Toronto last night. Tickets cost $20. Doors opened at 5pm. We arrived at the red-carpeted entrance of The Burroughes,…
Giancarlo Rocks for Classic Italian Fine Dining
As a resident of Little Italy in Toronto, I’ve been long overdue for a visit to Trattoria Giancarlo (41 Clinton Street), a culinary landmark for traditional…
YamChops Part 2: Dragons DO Eat Vegan!
One of my first LettuceMeat feature articles back in 2014 covered Toronto-based YamChops, arguably the world’s first “Vegetarian Butcher”. Notwithstanding the clever juxtaposed food noun name (teehee!),…