I’ve been to Quebec, Canada, numerous times, but only recently had the pleasure of visiting the region known as the Eastern Townships. I’d heard how lovely the Eastern Townships region is, with its visitor-friendly...
The bar was raised for Chef Chris Kopp and the culinary team at Prairie Ink Bistro to tantalize chocolate lovers with a special menu for our chocolate-themed dinner in the Community Classroom of McNally Robinson Booksellers...
My flight back to Winnipeg from Hawaii wasn’t until many hours after landing in Vancouver, British Columbia, so I was thrilled at an offer from the Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel (a member of the ACCOR family of...
Every once in awhile I have the opportunity to meet a chef who is really doing something special, and that happened on my recent visit to the Big Island of Hawaii. In this post...
If you truly want to become immersed in the world of chocolate while visiting St. Lucia, there is no better place to be than Hotel Chocolat Boucan, a small resort of 14 deluxe rooms...
I’ll confess. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Peruvian cuisine, although I had heard it was good and gaining global attention. I wasn’t just impressed. I was WOWed by the culinary scene in...
I’d never even heard of Pistoia before, and suddenly I found myself spending two days there. All in the quest of tasting the finest chocolate in Italy! Pistoia is a small Tuscan village highlighted...
Turin/Torino is famous for a lot of wonderful flavours, probably the most popular of which is Bicerin, a hot drink made with chocolate, coffee and steamed cream. Almost every establishment you visit will make...
As part of a post-conference tour, our group was treated to a tour of lovely Prince Edward County, a scenic region located east along the shores of Lake Ontario from Toronto with the town...
It was a bit of a challenge getting there (we’d taken the wrong train from Paris, received no help whatsoever from the staff on the TGV — French fast train) … but eventually we...
