Luxardo seems to be experiencing quite a revival right now. To be honest, there are a lot of people out there (myself included) who are thinking, “Hey what took you so long”? This is definitely an old school liqueur! How old school? Well, Luxardo and its distinctive […]

Hot summer nights may be good for sitting outside, cool drinks, staying up late and summer loving, but one thing they are not good for is cooking in the kitchen! When it’s hot, most people don’t want to crank up the oven or stand over […]

Cherries are a wonderful taste of summer. I spent quite a few years living in the Niagara region, and cherry season was always the time to run to the Harvest Barn or another local food market and pick up cherries (and cherry pies). Who hasn’t […]

We have a long weekend coming up as this Monday in Ontario is our Civic Holiday. In Toronto, the holiday is known as Simcoe Day, after John Graves Simcoe. John Graves Simcoe was the first Lieutenant Governor of the Province (Upper Canada) and founded York, which became […]

I’ll let you in on a secret. I’m not a big dessert or chocolate person. I mean if you order dessert, I’ll have a bite, or maybe two, but on the whole, I can eat dinner and pass on dessert. (That being said, I never […]