Courses In The Kitchen
Pizza isn’t just dough slathered in tomato sauce and cheese at the new Faema Culinary Academy in Toronto. It’s an art. A science, in fact, which requires studying and perfecting – and that is the goal of the...
Why Wait For Spring? Do It Now!
Photography: Patrick Gervais As winter sets in, most Quebecers hunker down and their thoughts turn to the cold months ahead. They’re certainly not thinking about their gardens. That’s a big mistake, says Johanne Filion, director of landscaping for...
Design That Has Stood The Test Of Time
PHOTOGRAPHY: LARRY ARNALSTYLING: ROSE BARROSO In 1973, when this open-concept home in the Kingsway area of Toronto was built – inspired by acclaimed architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous Fallingwater home in rural Pennsylvania - the idea of a...
A Dream Project In Hockey Heaven
PHOTOGRAPHY: GUILLERMO CASTROSTYLING: EUGENIA TRIANDOS AND KORINA KHAMIS The condo that designer Eugenia Triandos worked on in the Tour des Canadiens building was as close as she’s ever come to a dream project. And not because she’s a...
The Wonderful Upside Of Upside Down
PHOTOGRAPHY: KRISTA JAHNKESTYLING: LAURA MELLING A vision in white often refers to a bride on her wedding day, but it is also the best way to describe this stunning Whistler home for a couple who eschewed the modern...
Space Saver
PHOTOGRAPHY: LISA PETROLESTYLING: ASHLEY BARREY and KIRSTEN MARSHALL Turning a small Victorian Cabbagetown house, with a floor plan that could best be described as a rabbit warren, into an open-concept home with a functional chef’s kitchen required some...
Welcome Aboard
PHOTOGRAPHY: ALEXANDRE GUILBEAULT By Marc Turgeon’s own admission, one is more likely to encounter a moose than another human being near his stunning home in the Charlevoix region of Quebec. For a guy who is transparent about his...
The Colours of the Senses
Dragoncitronlime, Delirium series, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 54˝ x 36˝ Quebec artist Eric J. Hughes uses his synesthesia to explore colour, lines and texture in his art. Hughes’s paintings depict rich, vibrant, electrifying colours – turquoises, reds,...
In Sync With Its Surroundings
PHOTOGRAPHY: ULYSSE LEMERISE BOUCHARD Nestled among the trees along the shores of Lake Memphremagog in the Eastern Townships, this contemporary-style weekend home has been painstakingly designed to blend harmoniously with the nature surrounding it. Its conceptualization by the...
Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
DeLonghi Perfecta espresso and cappuccino machine People have come a long way from waking up to an ordinary cup of coffee. In a world with a Starbucks on every corner, and where a $5 cup of coffee seems...