Michele Genest shopping at Fireweed market © Christine Salins

Michele Genest: The culinary wiz putting the Yukon on the map

by Christine Salins

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Chef Michele Genest's cookbook, The Boreal Gourmet, has inspired a flourishing locavore movement in Canada's Yukon.
Bodegas del Valle has 8,000 bottles of wine behind the bar © Christine Salins.

Sipping the Rustic Wines of the Baja’s Valle de Guadalupe

by Christine Salins

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Valle de Guadalupe is Mexico’s most up and coming wine region, a place where sophistication and innovation sit side by side with rustic authenticity.
Peter Kuruvita, chef at Noosa Beach House.

Australia’s Sunny Coast: The Sunshine Coast

by Christine Salins

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The Sunshine Coast is one of Australia’s most popular playgrounds with sun, surf and a whole lot more, but most people, Aussies included, would be unaware that it previously had another name. Join travel writer Christine Salins as she discovers the history and highlights of this glorious stretch of Pacific Ocean coastline north of Brisbane.
Derrick Hoare with head chef Roark MacKinnon (ledt) and apprentice Michael Bradley.

Canada: The bounty of an island table

by Christine Salins

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Derrick Hoare has lived on Canada’s Prince Edward Island for 12 years and his love for it runs so deep that when he retired five years ago, he knew there was nowhere else he’d rather be. “I’m an islander by choice. I chose to live here because there’s a sense of community, a collective of
Vineyards near Langenlois. © Austrian National Tourist Office / Photographer: Himsl.

Austria: A Modern Approach To Ancient Tradition

by Christine Salins

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Austria is a picturesque European country that deserves to be on the itinerary of any traveller appreciating a good drop, says Australian travel writer Christine Salins.
Stream near La Ferme de la Lochère. Photo by Maurie O'Connor

What’s Cooking in Burgundy

by Christine Salins

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We’re supposed to be making a sunflower-shaped pastry but mine is looking rather sad. I’ve got far too many petals, they’re facing the wrong way, and despite loads of encouragement and remedial action from our ever-patient host, my pastry is never going to look like a Van Gogh masterpiece.
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