http://enroute.aircanada.com/ en-ca Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:02:25 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss enRoute http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/delicious-by-design Any real foodie knows that eating out should engage all the senses. An evening at a fine restaurant can often go from notable to unforgettable with the right decor. So we sat down with designer Bruno Braën, the man behind the astonishing Club Chasse et Pêche and Bily Kun in Montreal. Over a few drinks at Pullman, a wine bar he designed and co-owns, Braën shared some thoughts on the essence of his work. Hover your cursor over the image and click to find out... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/delicious-by-design http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/for-the-love-of-loose-leaf Between loose-leaf tea and the bagged variety, there’s no comparison. Because the whole leaves are used, a cup of loose-leaf tea is more flavourful and may even be healthier. Bags are mostly made up of leaf by-products, or “fannings.” Yet when you need tea on the go, you're likely to settle for a tea bag. While studying in... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/for-the-love-of-loose-leaf http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/the-new-ago-finally-a-go After his Guggenheim Museum turned the small Spanish town of Bilbao into an artistic world capital, Canadian-born architect Frank Gehry went on to transform the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto.  His first-ever Canadian structure is an homage to his hometown. In fact, the young Gehry’s first exposure to art and architecture was inside this very building. In modernizing it, he has made extensive use of his... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/the-new-ago-finally-a-go http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/enroute-s-top-25-7 #thelist ul {} #thelist ul li {background-color:#FFF; border:1px solid #CCC; border-bottom:none; padding: 6px;} #thelist ul li:hover {background-color:#FFFFFF} #thelist ul li a {font-size:12px; font-weight:600;text-decoration:none} #thelist ul li.ui-tabs-selected {background-color:#EEE;border:none; border-bottom:1px solid #EEE} #thelist div {} #thelist div.ui-tabs-panel {margin:0; padding:10px; background-color:#EEE;} Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/enroute-s-top-25-7 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/people-s-choice-award Tensions arise between a student and the old lady he rents a room from. “The main influences on this work are the people around me – young students I've known, and old Montreal ladies who walk around in their leopard-skin furs in the dead of winter. We wanted to bring our audience through a very strange 15 minutes, and to use the medium as best we could to manipulate that time. We focused on telling a tight story, one that would make us laugh, one we cared about, and... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/people-s-choice-award http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/achievement-in-cinematography A young man revisits memories of his childhood friend. “I won't start with a theme or a story, but with something specific like an interesting location, a situation, or a character based on the person I see playing it, and build off that. Music is a big inspiration too. In most of the work I've done, I'd written and sometimes already recorded the score before finishing the actual film. I’m finding that music is too manipulative, but it's hard to stay away from. Writing... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/achievement-in-cinematography http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/best-student-film Three children try to come to grips with the death of their mother. “For Wendy is inspired by three children I cared for, whose mother passed away. I have an immense amount of admiration for them in how they handled such a delicate time. I wanted to express that, even in the most devastating life situation, things can be okay.” - Jacquelyn Mills   Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/best-student-film http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/achievement-in-animation One melancholic day in a man’s lonely life. “What I really enjoy is that animation has the power to create worlds, moods, and environments. I can combine storytelling, visuals, timing, acting, music. I become a sort of god. I can give life and soul to objects that are otherwise lifeless, and as far as I know, this is the only art form that allows me to create that kind of magic. Okay, maybe I’m a magician, not a god.” Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/achievement-in-animation http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/achievement-in-direction This Film is not available for online streaming A man makes an appointment at a spa that caters to his specific tastes. “It had been two or three years since I made a film using actors who weren't sock puppets, so that was the primary goal. The film grew out of a fever dream I once had, where I was fixating on the physicality of illness, and the weirdly intimate connection that exists between people who spread viruses and their bodies.” -... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/achievement-in-direction http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/baja-california-s-roadside-treat Road trips make me hungry. When travelling, I go from 3 meals a day to snacking at every pit stop. I try to be as undiscerning as possible because I don’t want to miss out on any curious regional delicacy. On a recent jaunt down the Baja California peninsula, I quickly realized that the 1,700 km stretch of road was really just an endless string of roadside fish-taco... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/baja-california-s-roadside-treat http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/making-the-grade-a A truly delectable restaurant meal always leaves patrons wondering how the chef did it. Like any art form, quality cuisine is part raw talent and part technique. Most chefs are modest enough to acknowledge the role of first-rate food. Yet only a few are willing to share their secret ingredients. After much searching, we found four Canadian chefs who couldn’t wait to tell us... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/making-the-grade-a http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/for-wendy-crowned-best-student-film Tension and excitement permeated the enRoute Student Film Festival Awards Gala. Held at Toronto’s Spoke Club on November 5, the event capped off a gripping 2008 season, marked by films that displayed originality and a broad scope of talent. After reviewing student movies from across Canada, a star-studded jury... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/for-wendy-crowned-best-student-film http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/make-it-your-paradisus-moment PLUS Enter for your chance to WIN a dream trip for 2 to The Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana Resort with Air Canada Vacations Prize trip includes: Round-trip airfare for two (2) to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 7 nights’ all-inclusive accommodation at The Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana Resort Airport-resort transfers at... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/make-it-your-paradisus-moment http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/a-diner-s-finer-palate As our restaurant critic, Chris Johns, embarked on his cross-country culinary journey, he faced an daunting challenge: tasting Canada’s most delicious dishes, and narrowing nearly 40 new restaurants down to a top 10. To capture his impressions on the spot, Johns travelled with an audio recorder and documented each contender’s rare qualities. Our audio slideshow gives you a tour of his top picks and a glimpse into the mind of our culinary jurist as he reflects on distinctive... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/a-diner-s-finer-palate http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/a-conversation-with-chef-vikram-vij Vikram Vij left his native Mumbai at 21 to start a career in Vancouver’s booming hospitality business. Trading on his lifelong passion for cooking, he put on an apron and worked his way into some of the city’s top kitchens. He apprenticed himself to masters like John Bishop and seemed destined for a place in Vancouver’s Pacific Northwestern-style fine-dining establishment. Then he bought a faltering Arabic restaurant and started serving his mom’s lamb... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/a-conversation-with-chef-vikram-vij http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/enroute-s-top-25-6 #thelist ul {} #thelist ul li {background-color:#FFF; border:1px solid #CCC; border-bottom:none; padding: 6px;} #thelist ul li:hover {background-color:#FFFFFF} #thelist ul li a {font-size:12px; font-weight:600;text-decoration:none} #thelist ul li.ui-tabs-selected {background-color:#EEE;border:none; border-bottom:1px solid #EEE} #thelist div {} #thelist div.ui-tabs-panel {margin:0; padding:10px; background-color:#EEE;} Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/enroute-s-top-25-6 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/tropic-thunder Great movie performances turn up in the darndest places. Consider Tropic Thunder: It could easily have been just another lowbrow chucklefest, but Ben Stiller’s take on the high-testosterone idiocy of Hollywood blockbusterism is one of the season’s smart and surprising delights. This is partly due to the movie’s take-no-prisoners attitude toward the very industry that produced it. Then there’s Robert Downey Jr., whose turn as an Australian method... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/tropic-thunder http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/the-new-food-groups Fruits and Vegetables 1) Fingerling potatoes Despite its best efforts, the purple potato remains a flavourless, starchy tuber. The fingerling potato, however, has risen above its humble stature to surpass even the mighty Yukon Gold. Fingerlings hang with duck confit and a Granny Smith apple purée at... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/the-new-food-groups http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/canada-s-best-new-restaurants-2008 Five weeks, 12 cities, three dozen restaurants and one order of whipped pork fat later, we are proud to reveal our annual list of Canada’s best new restaurants. From a converted dairy in Southern Ontario to a Montreal pleasure dome and a room with a view in Vancouver, we traversed the nation from coast to coast looking for exciting, memorable cooking. We found updated... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/canada-s-best-new-restaurants-2008 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/food-fighters Corey Arnold Job King crab fisherman   Home base  Domicile Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and Portland, Oregon Claim to fame photographer; appeared in season two of Deadliest Catch. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/food-fighters http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/kosher-quality “Over-Gefilte-Fishing Sparks Greenpeace Cry for Gefilte-Fishing Moratorium” is the fairly hilarious headline on a fake news story I read recently, the joke being that gefilte fish is not a fish but in fact a traditional Jewish “delicacy” fashioned from chopped pickled carp covered in aspic and studded with boiled carrot. (Think of it as a cod cake in a yarmulke.) I recall this joke as I drive toward Fair Haven, Newfoundland, on a sunny spring... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/kosher-quality http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/kitchen-aids The Cooktop Induction cooktops boil water in 90 seconds. The downside? Electromagnetic technology only works with magnetic materials like stainless steel and iron. This electric-induction hybrid from Electrolux marries the speed of induction to the convenience of an electric stove, so you can pull out all your old copper... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/kitchen-aids http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/guys-and-dhals-1 There are no simple answers in Mumbai. “Where’s the best place for kebab in the city?” I innocently asked a hotelier one night at a party in the upscale Tardeo neighbourhood. He immediately offered a list of some two dozen restaurants that I “absolutely must try,” before his friend chimed in: “Those are no longer as good as Raju Kabab, Sayeed Seekh Kabab Centre or WG’s Kebabs & Kurries.” I began furiously taking notes only to have his... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/guys-and-dhals-1 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/the-departure-diet I like to eat. It’s part of my job. I even like to eat at airports. Oh, stop laughing. If you travel a lot, you can’t avoid eating at an airport. And in our food-conscious world, airports that deliver healthy eating options are looking at big money. If you’re like me, however, the temptation to just fill up without thinking about your waistline is hard to resist. If we are different people when we travel (as I’ve suggested in a previous column), then we... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/the-departure-diet http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/beer-factor Beer and cuisine pairings are rising faster than the froth on a hastily poured lager. Rustico in Alexandria, Virginia, offers a ragout of deep-dish pork shoulder matched with a heady Allagash Tripel from Maine. At Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastopol, California, the maltiness of the pub’s own unfiltered pilsner complements the caramelized beer-braised Nuremberg sausages. And Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub in Victoria, B.C., serves cioppino... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/beer-factor http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/a-weekend-in-the-outaouais To reach the culinary heart of this agricultural hot spot, just north of Ottawa, you skirt the southeastern edge of Gatineau Park. You’ll find yourself in the tiny town (pop. 6,703) of Chelsea, which seems to have as many chefs, farmers and epicures as Ottawa has politicians. The entire Outaouais area, including the even tinier village of Wakefield, a short drive north, has a surprising collection of artisanal bakeries, potagers, communal farms and restaurants. As the... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/a-weekend-in-the-outaouais http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/luxury-getaways-1 Viceroy Santa Monica Santa Monica, California Location The hotel is on Ocean Drive, one block from Santa Monica State Beach and the Pacific Ocean. Highlight The lobby wows, with apple-green walls hung with 250 china plates and a double-sided Joshua Elias... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/luxury-getaways-1 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/aged-to-perfection A gleaming glass elevator delivers us, Willy Wonka style, to the concrete labyrinth of bridges and ramps that makes up 1933, the 75-year-old Shanghai slaughterhouse that is reopening tonight and is set to include – what else? – the city’s latest high-end steak house. We’re greeted by David Laris, the diminutive, bald-headed celebrity chef who has worked in kitchens across Europe and Asia and who is leading the charge to revive this Art Deco... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/aged-to-perfection http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/wish-you-were-here COOK & BOOK 251 av. Paul Hymans Brussels / Bruxelles, 32-2-761-26-00, cookandbook.be Brussels-based bookstore/coffee shop Cook & Book doesn’t only have character; it has multiple personalities. The store’s nine... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/wish-you-were-here http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/that-s-the-spirit “There’s just something about the apple. It’s associated with the Garden of Eden. It’s sexy. It’s intelligent – think about Isaac Newton.” Meet Derek Grout,  third-generation apple farmer, still in awe of the fruit with which his family is so intertwined. And there’s apple pie, that all-American symbol of wholesomeness, I offer. “Yes, but even that’s got a naughty side,” Grout smiles slyly. “Remember American... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/that-s-the-spirit http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/bread-and-shutter 1 Aix-en-Provence, France A traditional bread sold by weight in this city: the ribeirette, otherwise known as a supersize baguette. Photo by Andrea Szondy 2 Arnhem, the Netherlands Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/bread-and-shutter http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/nigella-lawson-s-marylebone-high-street Self-described domestic goddess Nigella Lawson has been a household name since her first cookbook, How to Eat, came out in 1998. The British TV personality and bestselling author's latest cookbook, Nigella... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:59:00 -0400 http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/nigella-lawson-s-marylebone-high-street http://enroute.aircanada.com/en/articles/dining-guide-2008 Download the PDF for future reference. 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