by Jane Canapini | Apr 29, 2016 | Accommodations, Food & Drink, Grownup Indulgences
“Character, calm, charm, courtesy and cuisines”. These are the “5 C’s” of the Relais & Château Quality Charter, on which each of their luxury properties is evaluated. And even on my brief visit to Langdon Hall Country House...
by Jane Canapini | Mar 17, 2016 | Food & Drink, Ontario
At Viamede Resort in Ontario’s Kawarthas, owner Ben Sâmaan’s advertising slogans are ‘Boldly Different’ and ‘Worth the Drive’, and nothing exemplifies those two sentiments more than Executive Chef Kevin McKenna’s 9-course...
by Jane Canapini | Jan 28, 2016 | Florida, Food & Drink, United States
I’m not retired enough to qualify as a snowbird. But there are the makings of a snow’chick’ in me, especially if it means flocking together with other girlfriends to go somewhere warm for a few laughs, a few great meals and a little shopping....
by Jane Canapini | Jan 2, 2016 | Florida, Food & Drink, United States
My meal began with Chef Jason Cline’s amuse bouche of steak tartare on lightly breaded endive with mandolined radish slices (to add just the right amount of bite), and fresh sprouts plucked from the green wall of herbs growing at the entrance to the main dining...
