My favourite Bavarian cookbook is subtitled 100 Rezepte zum Schlemmen und Schmecken.  While that might sound like a whole lot of gobbledygook to you, the words themselves sound like a watering mouth, and translate to "feast and taste".  German cuisine is everything the experts tell us is bad: carbs, salty kraut, and yeasty beer.  In other words, homey and filling.  (And anyway,...

Whether it’s an evening soiree with friends or a birthday bash for your hubby or little one, today’s woman needs a green thumb for eco-conscious party hosting.  It’s a scary thing living with pollution and all the toxins in our environment, never mind the thought of raising our kids in this world. Moms are rightfully concerned with how those things are going to affect their children.

Joeffer Caoc doesn’t like shopping. He’s currently reading at once the Gossip Girl book series and Eckart Tolle’s The Power of Now. He used sun-in in the 80s.

“It really damages your hair, but all my friends were doing it,” confesses the second generation seamster, who was born in the Philippines and moved to Toronto at the age of four.

Back in the Philippines, he used to deconstruct the...

For many of us, our winter wardrobe trends to safe neutral basics, and the same might be said of your makeup bag.  Did you come home from your last shopping trip with yet another shade of beige in your carrier bag, even though you're a bold colour girl at heart?

It’s time to beat your winter blahs with a kick of colour. Who better to enlist for the job than eye makeup pioneer Maybelline...

My stylish friend, Kim Vallée runs popular Montreal based style blog AtHomeWithKimVallee, and since she is coming to town this weekend for IDS, asked me to write up my top 5 picks for what to do this weekend.

Here we go!

1. Start Saturday morning with Brunch at School

Every so often, we come across a can't-miss deal. This time around, it pairs with an incentive near and dear to our hearts.

Pat McDonagh, the Canadian designer that stole the show last October during LG Fashion Week in Toronto, is putting on a unique sale to benefit the Canadian Red Cross' Haiti relief fund. You'll find amazing prices on...

Tuesday night's Gloss and Glamour event at the posh L'Oreal Headquarters in Montreal to launch Healthy Look was another major success. Like Toronto, Montreal hosted two evenings where a total of 80 Canadian women were treated to makeovers, a photo shoot and a loot bag with L'Oreal's latest products, including the hair colour they tried that night. Once again, the make-overs were...