Hello 2018! Welcome to post number 200! Thanks for reading Travel*Food*Cool. Let start the year off cozy. Baby, it has been COLD outside lately!!! Like really cold! Cold weather – I have to admit, I’m not a fan. I’m more of a warm weather fan. When […]

Last week, I wrote a post about coffee and its history for International Coffee Day. Missed it? You can read it here. The Italians love their caffè. They also like caffè corretto, which is an expression I love. The coffee is “corrected” by adding a shot […]

With the weather getting slightly cooler and fall upon us, it’s time to warm up to some comfort food, Italian style! This is one of the classics! Osso Bucco means “bone hole” in Italian, which is appropriate as this dish from the Piedmont region is traditionally […]

Opera season in Toronto starts this month. My sister, Deinah, and I have Canadian Opera Company season tickets. We have gone for the last few years and enjoy the music, the singing and a night out together. The first opera I ever saw was in […]

Thanks to Scott and Beth from Homebartendr – my go-to blog for what cocktails, home bar information as well as one of my favourite Instagram posters- for this guest blog post, inspired by Gasoline Alley. You can follow them on Twitter, Instagram, or sign up […]

Toronto has its PATH. The PATH is almost an underground city. It stretches over 30 kilometers (19 miles) and is officially described as “a network of pedestrian tunnels, elevated walkways and at-grade walkways that connect the downtown office towers with shops, restaurants, entertainment and services”. The […]

What a way to start the Lupercalia weekend! We arrive, slightly late due to Parisian traffic, at the restaurant. While the side street may have been a little difficult to find, the corner building has “Relais Louis XIII” in bright lights above the entrance. The […]