Twisted Lemon Restaurant & Boutique Inn, Cayuga, Canada

A Delicious Detour: Eat, Sleep, and Sip at Twisted Lemon

When I told people I drove out to Cayuga for dinner, I got that polite “oh… nice” look that means “are you nuts?” After all, it’s a two plus hour drive from Toronto.  Once you’ve been to Twisted Lemon, you’ll…

the three star chefs...Saito, Le Squer, Leroy

LSL Restaurant, Toronto: Three Chefs Walk Into a Dining Room…

Toronto’s dining scene has just had a glow-up of epic proportions, thanks to LSL, a restaurant so ambitious it makes other fine-dining spots look like they’re still in rehearsal. I’ve already been three times since it opened, which tells you…

aKin Restaurant, Toronto, Canada

aKin Restaurant…amazing asian food with a twist

If you’ve ever wanted to be surprised, delighted, occasionally confused, and gently fed by people who’ve clearly watched a lot of sci-fi cooking shows, then aKin in Toronto is calling your name—possibly in both Cantonese and molecular binary. Tucked away…

Michelin Guide, the big reveal, Toronto

Did Michelin get it wrong?

The Michelin Guide has long been my bible. As a kid my parents used it to pick every hotel, every restaurant when we traveled. We would stay several days in various towns throughout Europe Always on half board (breakfast &…

La Locanda di Bagnara

best bed: La Locanda di Bagnara, Bagnara di Romagna,  Italy

La Locanda is a historic gem in a tiny medieval town, definitely off the beaten track. Yet situated at the crossroads of a magic, underappreciated  area of Italy that encompasses Bologna, Ravenna, Faenza and Imola. This cluster of buildings began…

me admiring Geneva

my favorite things…Geneva

It is often said the streets of Geneva are paved with gold... not true. But there are a lot of banks. And headquarters:WHO, WTO, Red Cross, UN and World Bank to name a few. And shops, restaurants, hotels and chocolatiers…