I recently spent four glorious days in midtown Manhattan.
For two of those, I was pretty much closeted in the Roger Smith Hotel attending back-to-back seminars at a cookbook conference. Read more…
In my last blog, I raved about a lively dinner Ross and I enjoyed one Saturday eve perched on bar stools at celeb chef Lynn Crawford’s hip’n’happening east-end eatery Ruby Watchco.
Once a sleuth, always a sleuth and the ingredients of Crawford and co-chef Lora Kirk’s amazing salad were perplexing me for several days after that excellent meal. There was a lot of stuff in there: endive, mixed baby greens, grape tomatoes, pumpkin seeds and cucumber were all identifiable. All were coated in a luscious, slightly sweet and refreshingly tangy vinaigrette. Usually, I take notes when eating out – often on a napkin or piece of paper I salvage from the depths of my purse. But on this evening, Ross and I were having too much fun for such distractions. So some sleuthing was in order. Read more…
I’d heard a lot of buzz about Ruby Watchco, the latest hot-spot on Toronto’s restaurant scene, and was waiting for the hubbub to die down before I went for dinner.
However, I had reason to seek out its co-owner and my longtime buddy Lynn Crawford (she taught my daughter Ruthie to play pool many moons ago) for an event involving women chefs that I’m heading up to raise funds for the drop-in for homeless women called Sistering and, after much telephone tag, I caught up with her one mid-morning at her fledgling eatery located on Queen St. just east of Broadview.
I love dropping in on chefs especially when I wind up in the kitchen. Naturally, that happened on this mid-week day and soon I was embroiled in chatting with chef Lora Kirk as she was roasting some over-sized, decidedly delicious-looking beef ribs for that night’s menu. Read more…
