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Lisa Marcos

NORTH TORONTO’S LISA MARCOS speaks in weighty sentences, and not just for a former model, from whom one might expect simpler-than-Styrofoam sound bites.

Look out France & Italy, here comes affordable Croatia

KUTJEVO, A TOWN in Slavonia, is the home of Croatia’s largest wine producer, Kutjevo d.d. Their magnificent vaulted wine cellar was built by the Cistercians in 1232

Where the kids are: on the lookout for new playmates

When my son was five, he preferred play to work. Educators suggest early childhood development is all about learning through play.

Teenage girls’ new word is “frenemy.” It means precisely what it sounds like: Today you are my worst enemy, I hate your guts for life. Yesterday you were my bff (best friend forever). Tomorrow? I will never forgive you.

August’s awesome crop

There are no other vegetables more delicious in the summer than the wide variety of Ontario-grown tomatoes. They are a poster food at this time of year.

Fighting for life in Africa

In stark contrast to the waiting rooms with flat-screen television sets at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, is the waiting area of the HIV clinic where Dr. Adrienne Chan also works in Malawi, Africa.

A league of his own

Right out of the gate, Franco Agostino has his new restaurant operating at full steam

Spud-sational

Although Hazel’s seems to struggle with settling into one identity on this popular strip of Yonge north of Lawrence, the kitchen offers a few gems that might very well see them through the confusion.