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Daniel: Simply Sublime
Enter from the sidewalk, pass under the awning at 60 East 65th Street in New York, and you immediately find a world unto itself,...
Saint Kevin Approved
The Glendalough distillery in Ireland is situated on lands once occupied and protected by Saint Kevin. That was back around 700 AD. These days...
Old Stogies
On my last trip to Montreal, last February, I was not surprised to find snow on the ground and a not so welcoming minus...
Well-Travelled Whiskey
Egan's Irish
Irish whiskey (yes, with an “e”, just as the Americans do with Bourbon), is experiencing something of a renaissance. Often, it is an...
My Aim is True
At the Allison Inn and Spa, they hit the bullseye.
Nestled almost coyly into the low
rolling hills at the northern tip of Oregon's willamette Valley...
True artisanal expression
It was 1890. The Dias family patriarch planted his first
coffee beans, built a plantation high in the hills in Brazil’s Mogiana Valley,
based on sustainable...
My Name is Graspa
The Bottega Alexander
Frugal times, frugal means. Inventiveness. Ecology even. We could learn a few lessons form the birth of eau du vie, marc, grappa,...
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Old Stogies
On my last trip to Montreal, last February, I was not surprised to find snow on the ground and a not so welcoming minus...
The Season
Many would argue that any season is cocktail season. Fair enough. But the festive holiday season, which sends out the past year and ushers...
Supreme Single Malts
The relationship between oak casks and single malt Scotch whiskies is more mysterious than Abelard and Heloise. Volumes have been written, over the centuries,...
At Hawksworth
At Hawksworth, fine dining in Vancouver is alive and very well. Since opening to virtually instant acclaim in 2011, Chef David Hawksworth and his...
One Pot Only
Stranded on a desert island, if you only had one pot , or pan, to
cook in, what would it be? We asked some experts,...














































