Family Weekend Fun in Toronto
Look up. Wayyy up. Catch the billowing clouds piercing the empty Saturday skyscrapers of the Southcore Financial Center, where more than 20,000 office employees and 10,000 residents live, work and play, making Southcore Financial...
followsummer’s Top 7 Toronto Restaurants
Toronto is, without a doubt, the most diverse of cities when it comes to restaurant choices. Managing our city’s plethora of restaurants and neighborhoods can be a foodie thrill at best and downright cheap and frightening...
Like a Local City Guide: Toronto MUSTS
Toronto is a four-season city full of eating and drinking patios, fabulous roof-top hotel views and foodie neighbourhoods, brimming over with tourists and locals alike. We love our city in the spring, summer, and this incredible...
In Toronto: Explore West Queen West!
I jump on the clanging 501 Queen West streetcar and join the worker-bees buried in their phones, the mothers with their over-sized strollers and the noisy, pre-drinking bar hoppers and hipsters, all clamoring for a red seat on...
DaiLo: Chef Nick Liu’s #sickasianfood
We ran into Chef Nick Liu a couple of nights ago at trendy DINE and Destinations launch party and got us thinking of our first great evening savouring Chef Liu’s fabulous ‘New Asian Cuisine’ appropriately hashtagged,...
Detox Diaries: The Final Chapter
Some unseasonably warm February weather brings with it a bombardment of targeted emails, Facebook ads, and general advertising touting the detox and cleanse phenom: ‘What to eat to feel better, boost fat burn and help prevent...
The Detox Diaries: A Long Weekend
I am eating Oatmeal now every morning: I throw in some almonds, sprinkle some cinnamon and ginger on top and toss the bowl in the microwave. Like many people, I have never been a breakfast eater: I feel nauseous at the thought of...
Day Four of The Detox Diaries: Craving Bread
Busy day work wise, and I have a volunteer meeting after work. This is the first day that I am not eating dinner at home and potentially eating out at a restaurant where my good friend Alcohol is available. And Bread. For today,...
The Detox Diaries: Work Day
Ok: It’s a work day. Let’s see how this goes. Gurgling stomach continues: I run to the bathroom two hours before my usual rising time. The Wild Rose Herbal laxative (the second set of three bitter pills) is definitely working. I...
Winners Announced in our Win 1 of 3 Contest!
We started last Monday, October 17th and our pizza cravings lasted until Friday, October 21st. We couldn’t WAIT to give our followsummer pizza lovers a chance to win 1 of 3 free pizzas to be enjoyed at one of...
Los Colibris: Mexican Anytime
Frankly, I will eat Mexican anytime, anywhere, and that includes the gloppy, salty, Tacos and Enchiladas, Tex-Mex so evident here in Toronto. I have always bemoaned the fact that we have no real Mexican food here in this city so...
Chef Interview: Romain Avril
Born in Paris, the tellement French and very charming Chef Romain Avril always knew he was destined to be in the kitchen. From a very young age, Avril’s passion for cooking was evident, tugging at both him and his...
Italian Comfort Food in the Junction
The Junction was unusually hopping on a coolish, windy October Tuesday and sans reservation, we walked into NODO, Sicilian-born chef Roberto Marotta’s (@ChefRobMarotta) Italian-inspired take on the old country’s...
Tasting Café Boulud
I am feeling very French these days: particularly as it pertains to French food. Next week, followsummer flys to France to report on the country’s Fête de la Gastronomie. Overnight to Paris on Air France, arrive for le...
DINE Magazine’s Happy 9th!
Yorkville was buzzing with some Pre-TIFF Glam Tuesday evening as local foodies, chefs and fans of DINE Magazine gathered at the Four Seasons to help Sara and Adam Waxman celebrate the nineth issue of their popular food, lifestyle...
A Rainy Night Dinner at Eastside Social
Tuesday, wet, rainy. Seemed a perfect day to head east to Leslieville and dinner at Eastside Social with my partner and our good friend Brian. ‘A Tuesday in July, shouldn’t be a problem getting a table’ says...
Eyal Liebman’s Sweet Dreams: Food Beyond This Point
When last I hooked up with Chef Eyal Liebman, he was tempting my senses with a chocolaty Beef Wellington: locally sourced beef loin, wrapped in chocolate crêpe and house made puff pastry with sauce poivrade and wild mushrooms....
Chef Robbie Hojilla Resurfaces at The Harbord Room
We were greatly relieved to stumble upon Chef Robbie Hojilla, late of the now-defunct Hudson Kitchen and share his seasonal, ‘root to leaf’ inspirational food in the hopping, beigey, rosey sun-dappled Monday evening Harbord Room....
In the City: Art Metropole 40th-Anniversary Party: 40 Years, 40 Yeahs!
The big circular white clock in the landmark Great Hall of historic Union Station signalled it’s neon-coloured, white-hot arrivals and departures last Thursday evening welcoming over 300 members of Toronto’s Arty crème de...