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Mel Gedruj
01 Jul 2016

Trius Winery at Hillebrand

Where Elegance and Excellence Meet This month’s featured winery restaurant is Trius Winery Restaurant in Virgil, part of the Niagara-On-The-Lake area. This is another feather in the Andrew Peller Li...

Mel Gedruj
01 Jul 2016

Café Limoncello

A Culinary Catalyst on Ottawa Street North In the 9-8th century BC, legend would have it that after failing to seduce Ulysses, Parthenope the siren threw herself into the sea and was washed ashore, la...

Mel Gedruj
13 Jun 2016

Redstone Winery and Restaurant

As promised, with the advent of good weather, we will explore more of the Niagara wine region and its many offerings. This month, we visited Redstone Winery and Restaurant. Moray Tawse is a well known...

Mel Gedruj
10 Jun 2016

Detour

An urban retreat in downtown Dundas In the September 2011 issue of Toronto Life, an article entitled “Exodus to Suburbs” appeared. It was about young couples with kids fleeing the Big Smok...

Mel Gedruj
20 May 2016

Pura Vida

Part of the Renaissance of Ottawa Street North Sauro, the owner of the Tuscan deli, the subject of our story today, could be considered a “renaissance man”. It is a description that has been used ...

Mel Gedruj
11 May 2016

Peller Estates Winery

A Visit to One of Ontario’s Best-Known Wineries It’s spring in Ontario and wine country is coming back to life. After all the pruning of the vines and carefully monitoring for frost damage all...

Mel Gedruj
09 Apr 2016

Connecting Land And Sea

The Flavours of Aveiro Combine At Wild Orchid Restaurant Jorge is the proprietor and chef of Wild Orchid restaurant on the North end of James Street North. As they celebrate their 20th anniversary thi...

Mel Gedruj
23 Mar 2016

Koosh Bistro

Tucked into Hamilton’s picturesque Westdale neighbourhood, Koosh Bistro’s glazed front with its yellow awning adorns Main Street West. The interior is truly bistro-like and oozes charm with a con...

Mel Gedruj
29 Feb 2016

Food Culture | Claudio’s Ristorante

I always enjoy Anthony Bourdain’s unique and slightly cynical take on a world he does not particularly relish, except when he encounters authenticity in food and people. When he traveled to Rome for...

Mel Gedruj
27 Jan 2016

Ventura’s Signature Restaurant

The owner of Ventura’s Signature Restaurant, Virgilio, is a complex individual. Having worked in engineering, then in military and restaurant kitchens in Portugal and its colonies in Africa, he deci...