The retail industry has seen many prominent brands promote “fair trade” goods. In recent years, popular clothing and accessory companies have begun marketing their own brands under a variation of the “fair trade” banner. These companies will claim that the items were manufactured in safe working conditions, and are subject to equitable profit sharing between […]
Ummm, sure? Yes, rainbow coloured “fruit ring” cereal (think Froot Loops) was one of the mandatory ingredients for the main course of Episode 21. This was along with rabbit legs, spicy pickled green beans and port. Yes. What a weird basket. Difficult, too. But one needs to use the imagination in order to win, right? […]
If you’re looking for something to spruce up your dining room, kitchen or even outdoor dinnerware or serveware, look no further than Hopson Grace. Founded by Andrea Hopson (ex-Tiffany’s exec) and Martha Grace McKimm, a former Toronto-area PR executive, this store has taken up shop at the old Patachou cafe. Colourful butter knives and preserve […]
When I was in my early 20s, people would often ask why I was “so dressed up” and it got really annoying. As if it’s really weird to wear dresses and heels on a weekend. It still happens once in a while now that I’m in my 30s, but never in my area – I […]
So what do you make with ingredients such as elk, microwave cake (mix), saba and fenugreek? Roulade, filling the elk with fenugreek, ricotta, spinach and a bit of cake. The dish would be served with some orzo and some vegetables. Would you be able to make a main course with MICROWAVE CAKE?? (GROSS!) First of […]
Diwan Restaurant, the 85-seat dining room at the architecturally-stunning Aga Khan Museum is located near the not-so-convenient Don Valley parkway. There aren’t many other sit-down restaurants in the vicinity, which is largely known for its big box outlets. So it would be fair to say that Diwan has a captive audience of museum goers around […]
The mystery basket ingredients for the appetizer round of episode 18 wasn’t all that difficult if one is very creative. They were: hot chocolate, cooked oxtail, harissa and black plums. With hot chocolate as one of the ingredients, the first thing that popped in my mind when I was watching was a mole sauce. Since […]
Most people who care probably have already heard the news, which was all over the business pages on Monday – Ann Inc., which owns Ann Taylor and LOFT, was purchased by Ascena, the company that owns Lane Bryant and Dress Barn for $2.2 B. According to resources, the deal will close in the second half […]
UPDATE: Looks like FLOW is now available in select stores including Whole Foods Yorkville! It’s great that the water is now able to get some proper visibility! Best of luck to them. I was recently sent a box of individual water from FLOW, a new alkaline water through its PR company, NKPR. I was fairly […]
Yes, it can be done! A package of frozen mixed vegetables usually contains peas, corn and CARROTS among its contents. All one has to do is isolate the carrots and use THAT to make a dessert. Typically, the carrots are already in very tiny, smaller-than-bite-sized pieces (think pea sized). Other ingredients in the dessert basket […]
