Years ago I created a research document on the best, coolest, newest restaurants and chefs in Las Vegas off the strip for a travel spinoff of Bitchin Kitchen on Food Network US. It aired one season and I didn't get to travel with the production team, so while I knew everything … [Read more...] about Yonaka Modern Japanese: Best of Vegas Off-the-Strip
It’s Pronounced Poké: This healthy Hawaiian rice bowl is the next sushi (with gluten free options!)
That's what owner Allen Mouradian thinks, and so do a lot of restauranteurs in other cities – that poké is the next big thing in Montreal. We're the latest city to get on the poké bandwagon, and Le Poké Bar on Crescent St. north of de Maisonneuve is the first restaurant in the … [Read more...] about It’s Pronounced Poké: This healthy Hawaiian rice bowl is the next sushi (with gluten free options!)
Ikanos Greek Restaurant Launches Summer Terrasse and Late Night Menu in Old Montreal
Ikanos is launching its summer menu to coincide with the opening of its terrasse. Here's what you need to know: 1. The terrasse is petite in the cozy kind of way. 2. The terrasse is in shade in the afternoon/evening, so you won't burn. 3. McGill turns into a wind tunnel some … [Read more...] about Ikanos Greek Restaurant Launches Summer Terrasse and Late Night Menu in Old Montreal
Crowdfunding an Eco-Pasture Sheep Farm in Montreal’s Rosemont La-Petite-Patrie Neighbourhood
What's Eco-Pasturing? It's an ecological way of managing a piece of land by making it a pasture. There'll be sheep. And an emphasis on education. This is a project called "Biquette à Montréal" that's hoping to get funding through local non-profit La Ruche's newly announce crowd … [Read more...] about Crowdfunding an Eco-Pasture Sheep Farm in Montreal’s Rosemont La-Petite-Patrie Neighbourhood
Joy is a Bag of Shelling Peas: Exploring the San Francisco Ferry Wharf Farmers Market
I don’t think my mom has ever been happier than when she bought a giant bag of shelling peas at the San Francisco Ferry Wharf Saturday farmers market. Maybe when she married my dad. Maybe. I mean, she loves my dad, but she really loves shelling peas. We were planning a picnic … [Read more...] about Joy is a Bag of Shelling Peas: Exploring the San Francisco Ferry Wharf Farmers Market
Las Vegas Farmers Market Salad
Organic white peaches, tree-ripe apricots, cherry tomatoes, salty spinach, crisp romaine, Lebanese cucumbers, yellow peppers, hemp hearts and mustard and radish sprouts. I wouldn’t have thought I’d get all this from a farmers market in Las Vegas, what with the lack of lush … [Read more...] about Las Vegas Farmers Market Salad
Açai Bowls and Gluten Free Tacos in South Beach, Miami
Is it crazy that I'm a gluten free, dairy free food blogger and I'd never had an açai bowl until a month ago in Miami? That's the bottom left picture. It's a bowl of high antioxidant, tart frozen açai fruit blended with sweet, flavour-masking banana and then poured over chopped … [Read more...] about Açai Bowls and Gluten Free Tacos in South Beach, Miami
Eating Healthy in Toronto and Why you Shouldn’t Live on Papaya Alone
Should I change that title? The sentence structure is tricky because you might think I mean that you shouldn't eat nothing but papaya if you're in a relationship or don't have a roommate. But if I say that you shouldn't live on papaya and I leave off the "alone," then you might … [Read more...] about Eating Healthy in Toronto and Why you Shouldn’t Live on Papaya Alone
From the Top: Toronto, Miami, Aruba, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Sonoma
I guess I should start from the very beginning. I've been on the road (or, more often, in the air) for the last month-and-a-half. From Montreal, I headed to Toronto to celebrate a birthday (not mine, but you can see the gastronomic ramifications from creamy labneh to impeccable … [Read more...] about From the Top: Toronto, Miami, Aruba, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Sonoma
Byblos: An Eastern Mediterranean Feast in Toronto Worth the Money
Lentils are having a heyday. Is it because 2016 is the International Year of Pulses (so says the UN). Is it Ottolenghi? Has the London-based restaurateur, cookbook author and Guardian contributor inspired this high-end restauraurant in Toronto? Whatever the reason, it's very … [Read more...] about Byblos: An Eastern Mediterranean Feast in Toronto Worth the Money