Food and Drink

Love is always sweeter when expressed with chocolate! Especially on Valentine's Day. Yes, chocolate... And the more ooey-gooey deeply chocolaty, the better. Still, there's no sense overdoing it.

Like a fine romance, the best rose wines are a balancing act — not too sweet, not too heavy and full of flavour.

Whether or not Chinese New Year marks a major event in your life, it's easy to love many of the foods associated with it. Dumplings are a traditional choice for the holiday, which this year begins Feb. 10.

Still think a $5 latte at Starbucks is over the top? Hold on, because now there's an even pricier cuppa Joe to get buzzed about.

TORONTO - Looking for pictures to fire up your tastebuds? A 24-year-old from Toronto may have the answer. Brad Wishen has launched an Instagram account to show off pictures of the most drool-worthy menu items from the city's most popular restaurants.

These noodles are a fun and approachable dish equally good for a busy weeknight or to celebrate Chinese New Year. Asian markets are jammed with many different noodle varieties.

You can call it a peppercorn all you like, but the peppery ingredient that puts the buzz in Sichuan-style cooking actually isn't one. Though it resembles and is used similar to black peppercorns, Sichuan pepper isn't a peppercorn at all.

Chinese New Year is the sort of new year celebration I love.

Looking for a few simple ways to freshen up the go-to dish of the Super Bowl? We cobbled together a mighty tasty basic guacamole, then came up with four ways to turn basic into unbelievably good.

TORONTO - John Catucci thinks he has one of the best jobs in the world. As the host of TV's "You Gotta Eat Here!," he travels the country highlighting little-known restaurants and in the process meets some amazing people and samples incredible food.