North America

Chef Kelly gathering herbs for our cooking class Barbara in the kitchen with recipe Only 2-3 hours, depending on traffic, from Toronto, Ontario (about the same time from Montreal, Quebec) is...

If you’re not up to crossing the pond and don’t want to stray too far, well the nation’s capital, Ottawa, may be the solution. Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute is a great weekend getaway....

Even though I’ve taken cooking classes around the world from Hong Kong to Bangkok, from Santa Fe to the South Pacific, on a bright Sunday morning, after driving through Picton, Ontario, Canada, only 2...

Not all bars are equal. And not all are the boozy type we've come to think of. Some are for ice cream junkies, others go for their latte or frappacino fix. However, when I was in Victoria B.C., I discovered...

Located in the fashionable, The Shops on Canal Street, in the center of New Orleans’s French Quarter, is a bijou of a boutique, Mignon Faget. It’s here that I’m surrounded by some...

For several years I’ve been enchanted by ads in glossy American magazines of the innovative designs by Gauthier, a designer who lives and works in Scottsdale Arizona. I even tried to have...

There’s no question that after you’ve walked along Riviera Maya’s shores of the truly aqua colored Caribbean and felt the powdery never hot white sand along the long strip of beach of...

Every once in a while, I admit I make foolish decisions. For a few years, because of the shipwreck of their reputation with avid crime, whenever I’ve been invited to Mexico, I’ve found an...

I’ll readily admit to not being the sporty type. Trekking doesn’t do it for me. However, my inner adventurer had a yearning to visit the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming....

The old neighbourhoods aren't what they used to be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As with other cities, the Jewish scene there is changing. The older sections which traditionally catered to immigrants, have...