Little Italy

Ingredients: for the dressing: 3 tablespoons finely grated parmesan 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil tiny pinch salt freshly ground black pepper for the salad: 2 heads romaine lettuce, chopped 1-pint cherry tomatoes, halved (I used a …

Ships move through the Houston Ship Channel. The head of the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region will speak at the Transportation Club of Houstons meeting Tuesday. Ships move through the Houston Ship Channel. The head of the Economic Alliance Houst…

Impeachment, presidential politics, tariffs and trade, the Fed, Hong Kong demonstrations, Irans misbehaving mullahs and North Korean missiles dominate the headlines, but as stocks go up, so does the qualityand the numberof the Big Apples best places to dine. …

Over the Christmas holiday, Mary and I drove from West Virginia to visit her widowed birth mother who lives in Baltimore. I’ll call her Ruth. Mary and I grew up in the Baltimore area. Wow! What a striking decline in our beloved hometown, once renowned as Cha…

New restaurants in Toronto closed out the decade with new locations from old favourites and exciting ideas we've never seen before. What better way to ring in the new year than with dosa, unicorns, burgers, fried chicken and pasta?  Here are the my picks for…

In an era of swiping and liking, sending emojis and GIFs instead of actual sentences, and curating our online profiles more than our résumés, dating has lost its authenticity. Today, liking a square-sized photo has replaced catching a stranger’s eye, messagin…

Vaccaro's Italian Pastry to shutter Harford Mall store

The Upper East Side is, unsurprisingly, one of New York City’s wealthiest enclaves. | robert cicchetti /Shutterstock.com Where do the wealthiest New Yorkers live? The answers may surprise you (or not) Where do the wealthiest New Yorkers live? It’s not hard to…

Restaurants for New Year's Eve dinner in Toronto vary widely, so make sure you reserve at the right one to get your kind of party going. Hushed and glitzy or loud and wild, no matter what kind of trouble you get into on the last night of the year, make sure…

New Chinese restaurants in Toronto bring chuan'r culture and massive vats of spicy Sichuan soup to the masses. Some already have outposts Markham, Scarborough, and Richmond Hill, while others are indie locations offering one-of-a-kind dumplings and Dan Dan no…