Dream shopping streets.
Browse racks of designer clothes, inspect antique furniture, hunt down the perfect gift, sip a cappuccino in a chic cafe and scope out the sights of some of the city's most vibrant neighbourhoods. No wonder Canada's hippest shopping streets are magnets for both locals and visitors. Check...

Seaside treats.
Byline: Neeta Lal France. Known for its fine wines, delectable cheeses and evangelical cuisine, this south European nation is a gourmet's dream-come-true. From sidewalk cafes merrily spilling onto cobble-stoned streets to star-consecrated eateries, croissant outfits, fromageries (cheese shops), boulangeries (bakeries), pubs and bistros to pulsating bars, France's...

Tantalising toulouse.
Byline: Neeta Lal My trip to Toulouse, in southern France, began ominously. The clock alarm at my Switzerland hotel (from where I was to fly to France) didn't go off. So in my frenzy to reach the airport on time, I not only forgot my favourite lipstick...

Resolve to Experience More Out of Life and Be a Traveler in 2007 With The Help of Viator.
With Thousands of Activities Just a Few Clicks Away, Viator Makes It Easy to Experience More SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The first few weeks of 2007 have come and gone, and while those resolutions all sounded great on December 31, many have already been broken....

Any way you slice it ... Fine cheeses take their place at the bar, before dinner, in small plates and desserts and are best enjoyed when paired with interesting and sometimes unexpected beverage companions.
The two Tria cafes in Philadelphia have the upbeat casual feel you'd expect from a new neighborhood bar concept. What's unexpected is the menu. Celebrating the "tasty threesome of fermentation" of wine, beer and cheese in both of its locations, Tria spreads sophisticated cheese savvy as smoothly as its...

What to do in Northern California March.
BERKELEY Spring into a park Get out to enjoy fresh air along the bay at grassy Cesar Chavez Park, the best spot for flying a kite on March's famously swirling winds. Or head to the Berkeley Meadow nearby to admire kites of a different sort--the...

Nell Newman: cofounder of Newman's Own Organics, she talks peaches and peanut butter--and how she got her dad, Paul, to go organic.
On starting Newman's Own Organics I was a frustrated fundraiser for a small nonprofit environmental group. I saw what my dad was doing with Newman's Own foods. I thought, I could do that with organic foods and raise money for environmental groups. Getting Paul Newman to try...

Malt meets malt: restaurants and bars known for brews can leverage the malt connection to sell more Scotch.
Ever go into a cheese shop and realize that the place also has a great selection of high-end olive oils? Or maybe you've found a specialty butcher shop that just happens to carry a ridiculously large assortment of fine European chocolates. The owners of these shops have realized that...

Sniffing about for cheese in Paris.
Byline: JOE RAY PARIS (AFP) For a cheese lover, its a cruel twist on, Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink. In a country with hundreds of cheeses, its surprisingly hard for a visitor to Paris to find the good stuff in the right...

Appetizing favorite.
Cheese torta goes low-fat One appetizer recipe repeatedly requested by readers is for a cheese torta--a layered spread that food editor Jerry Di Vecchio developed in the mid-1970s to replicate versions she had tasted in Italy made of mascarpone, an ultrarich (and then hard to find)...