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Baked Camembert Dip

This is one of my favourite recipes for two reasons. First, there is an inverse relationship between how good it tastes and how easy it is – it is one of the easiest recipes in my arsenal but also one that is always a hit with friends. And second, my good friend April who moved …

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Tsukiji Restaurant, London: A Brief Review

Have I mentioned how much we love sushi? We love it so much that we’ll go out of our way to find the best sushi joint in any town we visit. (We even managed to find a great place for sushi while we were visiting Rome.) In fact, our most recent weekend trip into London …

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Kaiseki Restaurant in Canada: Kaiseki Yu-Zen Hashimoto in Toronto, Ontario

There are some times when you come across a food experience so unique, so informative and so beautiful that is seems as much an example of fine art as it is of fine dining – the multi-course meal at Kaiseki Yu-Zen Hashimoto Restaurant in Toronto, Canada is one of these food experiences. About Kaiseki Kaiseki …

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Great Filipino Restaurants

I have strong opinions about the Filipino food industry. Yes, strong opinions. Here’s a fact that surprised me on our last trip to the Philippines in 2009: upscale, trendy and mouth-wateringly wonderful Filipino restaurants do exist! Shocker! Now, before you get ready to draw and quarter me, hear me out. I love Filipino food. I …

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Easy Brunch Menu for 8

This simple brunch menu  easily serves eight. It’s a light brunch with a few sweet treats complemented by a couple of savory items.  It’s also one of my favourite menus because some of it can be prepared the night before – and the rest can be quickly whipped together in the morning. Overnight Preparation Time: …

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Mikado Restaurant: Creative and Authentic Sushi in Edmonton, Alberta

We love this restaurant. I mean, we LOVE this restaurant. The sushi is fresh, the ambiance is elegant and the service is top-notch. But let’s be honest; those are things you sort of expect. The Secret to Getting Good Sushi But what makes our experience special at Mikado is the fact that we’ve taken the …

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Oscar’s Restaurant: Almost Fine Dining in Barrie, Ontario

From the outside, Oscar’s Restaurant looks suspiciously like a dance club, especially since it is located right beside The Ranch country bar downtown. But once you push past the steel front door, you’ll enter a stylish world of crisp white linens, elegant table settings, and contemporary, minimalist furnishings. Trendy background music and the flickering light …

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Ling’s Cuisine: The Best Asian Restaurant in Barrie, Ontario

Ling’s Cuisine: Upscale Authenticity Ask me to describe a typical “authentic” Asian restaurant, and I probably won’t include words like classy ambiance and attentive service in my description. Most of the tastiest, most genuine Asian food that I have ever had has been served by brusque, unsociable wait staff in dingy, garishly decorated dining rooms. …

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