Ordering Lunch in Downtown Toronto with Ritual (Sponsored Post)

A new app is available on iOS and Android (though it is currently invite only).  If you are looking for lunch (or even breakfast or dinner) and are near the King Street area (pretty much Jarvis to the east, Liberty Village to the west and down to the lake in the south), you can use […]

Is it NOT Feminist to be ‘Proper’?

When I was in my early 20s, I begged my parents to send me to a finishing school in Switzerland.  A bona fide school where I would be trained in social graces, international etiquette and everything that goes with a standard finishing school curriculum.  We even found one and asked for an application.  I was […]

Design Time with Luc Crawford

Interior design takes a certain level of; creativity, genius, business sense and an over all understanding of aesthetic to really get it right. It’s more than just, “bright colours” and some “furniture flow” when it comes to designing a space. Finding all of these traits in a designer, plus that feeling of confidence knowing you’re […]

Bridal Gift Guide 2015 Part 3: Bridechilla

DelectablyChic! is back with its highly anticipated Bridal Gift Guide Series by T. U. Dawood.  The series continues with Part III:  Bridechilla. Instead of being a Bridezilla, be a Bridechilla on your special day, so here are suggestions to make you truly the Bride Hostess With the Mostess… Try to stay chill on your big day […]

Chopped Canada, Season 2, Episode 26: Lotus Root Quiche

Episode 26 is season 2’s finale, so there won’t be another Chopped Canada write-up until season 3 premieres, probably some time in 2016.  For the main course, the mystery ingredients were:  trout caviar, lotus root, brunost cheese and butterscotch rice cakes.  Kind of a random box, I think.  I know some people complained about the […]

Andy Warhol Revisited: A Mirror for Today Arrives in Toronto

In the late 1960s Andy Warhol famously stated: “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Certainly an argument can be made that Warhol’s theory has been borne out on social media, where varying degrees of fame can befall anyone, at any time. Warhol was also innovative in transforming everyday commercial objects – […]

An Afternoon at the Wine Country Cooking School

My husband and I decided to celebrate our fifth anniversary early by going to the Niagara region.  That was where we got engaged six years ago.   Since we both love food, we decided to take a cooking class.  Though we stayed in the Falls, the class was at the Wine Country Cooking School at the […]

Bridal Gift Guide 2015 Part 2: The Bridal Look

DelectablyChic! is back with its highly anticipated Bridal Gift Guide Series by T. U. Dawood.  The series continues with Part I:  The Bridal Look. Tip! You can read more on this subject over at reviewloft.co.uk, take a look on those guides. Check out 2015 trends for The Bridal Look FACE: BB Creams are now the best on […]

Chopped Canada Season 2, Episode 25: Grape Jelly, Mushroom Soup Lobster Bake

Ingredients for the appetizer from episode 25 were:  Lobster, cream of mushroom soup, matzoh crackers and grape jelly.  The first thing I thought of were those rice casserole dishes one sees at Hong Kong style diners (cha chaan teng) and some dim sum places.  So why not do something similar with quinoa?  Quinoa, after all, […]