These Fine Dining Establishments Are Putting South Asian Cuisine on the Map
Despite the region being home to a quarter of the world’s population, cuisine from South Asia has long been underrepresented in the world of fine dining. Much of this has been due to preconceived notions and stereotypes about the cuisine. “I’ve been hearing stuff since I was a little kid [
Looking For Love? Culture-Specific Dating Apps Can Help
To those who are well-versed in the world of online dating, finding the ideal match requires a fine-grained understanding of how technology, intimacy and intention commingle. It’s a complex world full of contradictions. The mental taxation of scrolling through an endless stream of dating apps come
Meet The Cameroonian Curator Shaking Up The Art World
Big news out of the art world: Swiss-Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh has been named the new artistic director of the 2026 Venice Biennale. The announcement is historic, as Kouoh will be the first African woman to head the event, and only the second African-born person to do so, after Okwui Enwezor, w
Inside The Light-Filled Oasis of Architect Omar Gandhi
It was never in architect Omar Gandhi’s plans to build his own house. But in 2019, rebuilding his life after a divorce and living between condos in Toronto and Halifax with his son Adrian, a vacant lot came up for sale in the latter city that piqued his interest. It was a narrow, 20-foot-wide plot
The Newest Way To Watch Sports Is Here— & It’s Luxe
When the SkyDome opened in downtown Toronto in 1989, it was the first sports stadium with a fully retractable roof—a technological marvel, making the space an immediate tourist attraction. Fans both locally and travelling into the city wanted to watch a live event at the SkyDome, whether it was a
For ‘Moonlight’ Colourist Alex Bickel, People Come First
In 2016, director Barry Jenkins’s film Moonlight became a sensation. The Oscar award–winning movie, which follows a young Black man as he grows up in the Miami projects, was a love letter to communities of colour, and specifically to their skin—the care and admiration conveyed through the film
How Entrepreneur Huda Alvi, “The Wellthy Woman,” Is Empowering Women To Travel Solo
Two years ago, when Huda Alvi—then a 37-year-old married entrepreneur with three teenagers (a daughter and two sons)—announced that she would be taking a solo backpacking trip to Central and South America, her South Asian parents were alarmed. “They literally sat me down and it was a full-on i
This Is The Best Golf Tech For 2025
This season, golf aficionados have no shortage of innovative gear to improve their game. Below, 3 shares some of the upcoming and newly-released best-in-tech — styled tested out on a real golf pro, so you know it’s good. 1. Tech Talk: Bushnell’s new range finder is the company’s
Here’s What Reminds Chef Masaki Saito of Home
After I graduated high school in 2006, I went to Tokyo to study and learn about sushi. Every student needs to buy a good knife. This was the first knife that I purchased after graduating the first level, and I’ve continued using it as my primary knife for over 15 years. It was made by […]
These Desi Musicians Are Defining Indo-Canadian Music
Desi music is surging around the world, and especially in North America. (Canada is #3 of the top five countries streaming this genre outside of South Asia.) Some of this can be explained by demographic changes, but it also speaks to the great art Indo-Canadian musicians are producing—which is why
