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Top 14 destinations for expat foodies
January 25, 2010 – 7:05 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Top 14 destinations for expat foodies

Quick: when you think of the top “foodie” countries for expats, do you think of Canada?

Apparently, Britain’s Telegraph does.

Based on findings from the HSBC Expat Explorer Survey, the Telegraph created an  “Expat foodie…

How to become a true Canadian: Learn to skate…
January 20, 2010 – 7:15 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
How to become a true Canadian: Learn to skate…

Does Canada’s citizenship test require that you “ski a black run, gallop a horse, catch a fish, drive a tractor, skate in a hockey match and chop down a cedar?”

Uh, no.

But as Jo Ollive…

Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.
January 6, 2010 – 7:30 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Living in Canada? Take your shoes off.

When we first moved to Canada, one of the things that surprised me was that very few people wear their shoes in the house. Go into someone’s home, and you leave your shoes by the

American Thanksgiving: Do you miss it?
November 25, 2009 – 7:35 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
American Thanksgiving: Do you miss it?

As an American who has lived in Canada for several years, I don’t find myself missing that much about the U.S.

I do miss my family and friends. Good Mexican food now and then. And maybe…

Calvin Trillin eats poutine
November 18, 2009 – 7:15 am | No Comments yet. Add yours.
Calvin Trillin eats poutine

In the November 23rd issue of the New Yorker magazine, Calvin Trillin writes about “what may be, for better or worse, Canada’s national dish.”

He’s talking about poutine, a Quebecois creation of French fries topped…