#HORSERACING: SIR DUDLEY DIGGES WINS 2016 QUEEN’S PLATE IN AN UPSET!

The 157th running of the Queen's Plate was held today at Woodbine Racetrack, bringing together some stellar fields of horses leading up to the $1-million marquee moment, North America's most historic thoroughbred horse race.  Winning in an upset victory this year was SIR DUDLEY DIGGES, owned by racing icons, Ken and Sarah Ramsey. Shipping-in from the U.S. the three-year-old Gio Ponti colt under jockey Julien Leparoux closed late furiously to claim the victory over favoured AMI'S GIZMO. Won ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: STARBUCKS UNVEILS ITS NEW “SUNSET MENU”

Exciting news, Starbucks lovers! As many of you know, the coffee giant unveiled their new Sunset Menu beginning today with a variety of Granitas (shaved ice beverages) and Trifles (tiered cake dessert) to entice our tastebuds! Available exclusively after 3 PM only, these new offerings give us a new reason to visit later in the day! After receiving the tease last week, we've been obsessed about trying each and every one of these new selections. How we longed to savour that crunchy ice, ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: “ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS” TORONTO EXHIBIT WITH YOLANDA GAMPP

Following the worldwide success of 2010's Alice in Wonderland, fans patiently have waited for the followup to Tim Burton's stunning reimagination of the beloved series of Lewis Carroll stories.  Toronto proudly hosts a Pop-Up shop celebrating ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS and beginning Saturday, fans will have a rare opportunity themselves to get the full Alice experience! The Pop-Up exhibit is put together by famed Cakemaker Yolanda Gampp, recreating the Mad Hatter's (reprised in the ... Read more

#FOOD: NUGATEAU UNVEILS NEW SPRING/SUMMER 2016 FLAVOURS

By George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong On the most recent episode of Masterchef Canada, Chef Michael Bonacini describes these treats as the latest in food trends. Éclairs. An oblong pastry made with choux dough, filled with a cream and topped with icing. Or what I called growing up in Montreal, a city renowned for its pastries, chocolate and cream, hot dogs. Yes, I was quite an unsophisticated child! NUGATEAU is the first Éclair-only Patisserie in Toronto. As owner, Abm Kadir, explained to me ... Read more

#FOOD: DUFFLET PASTRIES HIGH TEA AT THE BEACHES

Few bakeries in Toronto have as much influence and legacy as Dufflet Pastries. Queen of Cake® Dufflet Rosenberg's beginnings were modest, baking right out of her kitchen back in 1975. Who would've known that her future would see three public mainstay cafés in Toronto's prominent Beaches, Queen West and Midtown areas, plus distribution in top-tier grocers like Longo's, Pusateri's Fine Foods, Loblaws, Metro and more?  A Cake Empire - and believe me, this is not an exaggeration -  Rosenberg ... Read more

#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN A TWO-PACK OF MONKEY BUTTER + TICKETS TO THE ONE OF A KIND SHOW!

Peanut Butter is something of  a delicacy for many of us Canadians.  I know personally for me, many of my lunches in grade school simply were Peanut Butter + Jelly Sandwiches. It was something I would eat over and over and over and never grow tired of. Never in a million years would I believe one day we'd be courted in the market by the bountiful and deluxe varieties offered by MONKEY BUTTER! The Canadian Peanut Butter Maker, totally suitable for vegetarians, was founded in 2011 out in East ... Read more

#FOOD: ENTER TO EXPERIENCE A CAKE BY DUFFLET PASTRIES

Dufflet Pastries has stamped itself a Toronto institution since 1975 and for years we've adored their cakes.  The child of Queen of Cake® Dufflet Rosenberg was birthed out of her v. own kitchen, eventually shaping our ideas of Cakes and Pastries. If you've visited a local upscale grocers like Longo's or Whole Foods, you probably already have tasted their greatness without even realizing it. Their three cafe locations across Canada (Yonge + Eglinton, Queen + Bathurst and Queen + Woodbine) ... Read more

#FOOD: ÉCLAIRS BY NUGATEAU

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, what better way to say “I love you” than with something truly decadent?  Not that we’d turn away flowers and chocolates in a heart-shaped box, but we’d really  be wowed by some authentic Parisian Éclairs from NUGATEAU... not to be confused with a villain from Zoolander. From the same Le Cordon Bleu-trained mind of Jelly Modern Doughnuts and Brick Street Bakery, Atul Palghadmal, comes Toronto’s first Éclair-only Patisserie situated ... Read more

#FOOD: THE CANTINA BY CAMPBELL’S SOUP

By George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong In the interest of full disclosure, I must confess that I love soups. Every nationality and every culture has their own speciality, their own “heaven in a bowl”. Whether it be Borscht, Matzo Ball, Wonton, Billi Bi, Minestrone, Tom Yum, Avgolemeno, Gazpacho or, my favourite, Flaczki (Polish tripe soup).  Soups nourish the soul. And is there anything more comforting than hot soup on a cold winter’s day? Using a suite of Campbell's products tweaked with ... Read more

#FOOD: KUPFERT & KIM – QUEEN & SPADINA

Wheatless, meatless.  This slogan only scrapes the surface for booming local vegan chain, Kupfert & Kim.   As a meat eater myself, the words "vegan"and "gluten-free" conjur ungratifying images of blandness, but I mean it when I say that this is Toronto's best of-its-kind offering.  If my meals were all prepared like they are at the primarily fast food counter, there's a good chance I wouldn't miss meat for long.  Now branching into a sit-down format at its new sixth location just ... Read more