Blacksheep Reisling

In my car on my way to the Twenty Valley for a weekend of wining and dining, I caught noted wine authority Konrad Ejbach review of Featherstone vineyards 2007 Black Sheep Reisling on his Saturday CBC show. When I arrived I was thrilled to find out that I was going to Featherstone Vineyard for lunch [...]


Posted in Drinks, The Foodie-file, Mon, 16/06/08 | Comments Off

Foodie-finds Friday: Hefeweizen From Victoria BC

My foodie find for this Friday is Spinnakers wheat beer Hefenweizen. I know that I have mentioned in this very blog that I am not a fan of the wheat beers but I have to take it back after sampling this tasty summer beverage. Spinnakers is a brewpub in Victoria and the only place where [...]


Posted in Drinks, Foodie-finds, The Foodie-file, Fri, 13/06/08 | Comments Off

Niagara’s Twenty Valley, great food in Ontario

I had chance to spend the weekend in the Twenty Valley region of Ontario (Jordan and Beamsville area). I tend to hit this area when I am Niagara On the Lake area checking out vineyards but to my surprise it is a great destination area in it’s own right. Some of the best wines in [...]


Posted in The Foodie-file, Wed, 11/06/08 | Comments Off

The Foodie File: Are you a foodie?

Here in the Foodie-file I use my 15 years of professional cooking experience to answer your burning foodie questions. You’ll find mouth watering foodie stories, tantalizing original recipes, and delicious weekly treats for subscribers. Read along and join over 1500 fellow foodies having fun at the Foodie-file!


Posted in Featured Articles, The Foodie-file, Wed, 11/06/08 | 1 comment

Toronto sure is Tasty!

Sunday was the Second Harvest’s annual Toronto Taste event at the Japanese Cultural Centre. It was a hot humid Toronto night, tents were flapping in the inclement weather but it didn’t dampen the appetite of the tasters or the tastees! The best of the Toronto food and drink scene were there showcasing their wares in [...]


Posted in Events, The Foodie-file, Tue, 10/06/08 | Comments Off

Toronto Taste Winner!

Wow, there is alot of passion of Toronto food out there! I loved Catherine’s suggestion to book mark this page for later tasty foodie reference. I wish you all of you passionate foodies could come to Toronto taste but we had to narrow it down to just one lucky random winner (there was no way [...]


Posted in Free Foodie Stuff, The Foodie-file, Fri, 6/06/08 | Comments Off

Featured Give-Away: Free Cookbooks Round 2 and Best Hamburger Recipes!

Hope you all enjoyed the Curtis Stone celebrity cookbook give-away. For those of you who did not win, not too worry I am continuing the give-away with 5 MORE COOKBOOKS! you can really get your teeth into.  For those of you who are ready to grill, you’re going to love my next celebrity cookbook selection [...]


Win 2 tickets to Toronto Taste worth $450!

Hi foodies! It’s Canadian Living’s web food editor Colleen filling in for Christine as she gallivants across the country, frolicking in merriment as she discovers food and drink to share with us all. Oh to be a food writer! But enough of my whining. I’m here to tell you that 50 of Toronto’s top chefs [...]


Posted in Events, Free Foodie Stuff, Sun, 1/06/08 | 52 comments