The Return of Punch

The big tail in a bowl makes a comeback.

The Year in Food 2007

Vegansexuals, tainted dog food, greenwashing, and more.

The Year in Food 2008

What we ate, what the candidates ate, what the Olympians ate.

The Raw Deal

As raw food goes commercial, purists cry foul.

Summer 2009 Gift Guide

All your warm-weather gifting needs met.

The term “artificially flavored” has long drawn scorn from food lovers. Products besmirched with the term are deemed cheap, vapid, and vaguely evil. Such foods declare themselves to have been produced via methods...

The salesman had had quite enough of my waffling between two overcoats. Howard Turkell, 60-ish and a garment center veteran, was trying to be polite with the weirdo hipster kid who’d turned up at his third-floor shop that...

Trend-O-Meter Says: Fancy-Pants Doughnuts Are In (6/23/09)

Maple bacon, dulce de leche, Turkish hazelnut.

Trend-O-Meter Says: Weird Ice Cream Is In (6/12/09)

Rocky Road is so last year.

Make This Pork-n-Chocolate Crostini

A standout appetizer from the Tavern at Lark Creek.

I watched a show on chocolate tonight, and I was struck by the recent (over the last couple of years) trend towards single sourcing of chocolates. Beans from different regions made into pure chocolate bars. Even Hershey is on...

I was very pleased to see that Dessert Trends Bistro is offering a $25 prix fixe dinner for the month of March. Since I’d never tried their savoury food, I thought I’d give it a try. Unfortunately, I was sorely...

“cutting” the fake cake. Has anyone else noticed this trend? I know weddings cost a lot of money and people view this as a cost saving measure.....but as a baker, it bothers me for some reason. Thoughts?

Great little spot , I dropped in yesterday afternoon and ordered a double chocolate pear cake that was deeee-lishious. The owner says their desserts go to pusateris and finer hotels around town. Anyone in the neighbourhood should...

Thanks Tay. I called Trends to get a harried host on the phone. I asked him what knd of steak they had on the menu and he said “ I can't go thru them all right now we are very busy- we have porterhouses, ribeyes...”....