Gold Medal Plates 2010
The venue for the 2010 Ottawa-Gatineau Gold Medal Plates was the National Arts Centre. The ten competing chefs were spread around its upper balcony, offering the 500 milling guests everything from lingcod with fenugreek curry to yuba-wrapped macadamia curd. There [read more]
Capital Dining 2011 – Now available
Here it is! The third edition of Capital Dining, fully updated for 2011, is now available in area book stores and specialty food shops, and through General Store Publishing House. The new edition includes 158 of my favourite restaurants, pubs, [read more]
Capital Dining, the third edition!
It’s coming. It’s coming. I’m closing in on being able to imagine the end! At least of the research phase of the book. Two lunches and a dinner every day takes a toll, but for you, I munch on. This [read more]
Mariposa Farms
TRAVEL Q and A with LAURA ROBIN, MAY/09 WHERE DID YOU GO? To Mariposa Farms. WHY? Well, it’s been on my list of places to visit with fork and pen for eight years. I have tried. But clearly not hard [read more]
A Taste for Life 2010
It couldn’t get much easier. Book a table (soon) at a participating restaurant – most of the city’s best are on the list – and dine in support of a good cause. Fully 25% of cost of the meal will [read more]
