Bull­dog cof­fee shop is my favourite place for cof­fee in Toronto, bar none.

Located down­town at 89 Granby St., just south of Carl­ton and east of Church, its owner and latte artiste par excel­lence Stu­art Ross has cre­ated a cozy yet chic lit­tle enclave where the ambi­ence and superb cof­fee are key attractions.

Dear read­ers, you read it here first.

The all-Canadian culi­nary con­tro­versy about the ori­gin of pou­tine that has sim­mered, and occa­sion­ally boiled over into a food fight, for sev­eral decades has been resolved thanks to yours truly and a trusty team of helpers.

Any pou­tine pil­grim­age worth its salt has to begin in Bois-Francs: the bucolic, ver­dant coun­try­side dot­ted with dairy farms, vil­lages and small towns an hour or two’s drive north-east of Montreal.