New Italian At The Old Prune

Earlier this week, I was invited by Mary Luz of Sizzling Communications to a dinner at The Prune in Stratford. The meal would be cooked by Italian chef Paolo Lopriore as part of The Stratford Chefs School's International Celebrity Chef-In-Residence Series. Hailing from Siena in Italy's Tuscany region, Chef Lopriore, along with student chef Beja Cassiano, created a beautiful menu for us on a blustery January night.

Eat St. Video Contest Needs Your Votes

My pals at Food Network's Eat Street are giving the opportunity for North American exposure to all those unsung food trucks out there, via their TV show. They've already got submissions from food truck vendors across the continent, including a few Canadians, and are now looking to viewers to help them pick five winners. I'll let them tell you more about it.

Citrus & Pasta Are Best Friends

I recently joined the new site Pinterest, because I clearly don't spend enough time trawling the internet. But in the short time I've been on, I managed to find a "recipe" for a pasta featuring Meyer lemons, which I made tonight. I want to share this dish with the world!

Eurotripping - A Tale Of Two Schnitzels

I've been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of some of the most beautiful cities in Europe on this tour, and Vienna certainly ranks as one of the most exquisite. You can feel the art all around you, but particularly music, naturally. Besides the gorgeous architecture, there is some very famous food to be had in this city as well. On my first night, before heading to the opera, I didn't have time to get to the most famous schnitzel house in town, so went to one closer to the hotel, on the recommendation of the concierge.

Eurotripping | Stuttgart

I'm writing this on a very rainy drive from Stuttgart, Germany to Zurich, Switzerland. Stuttgart will be a special memory on this trip, as it is in this city that I got to hang out with a friend I've known since she was 7 or 8. She was actually my sister's friend, but has been part of her life for so long, she's pretty much family. In fact, to the day, the last time I saw Tina was on my sister's wedding day two years before, so we got the chance to record an anniversary greeting for my sis and her husband. I think she was pretty happy to get a video message from her sister and her oldest friend from so far away.