As most of you know, we kicked off Winterlicious with a fantastic dinner on Friday night with some of our girlfriends at The Drake. Chef Rose indulged us with a three-course meal that included sushi, short ribs, cornmeal crusted trout and the most delicious, soft and sexy grits.  Yes, they’re actually called that, and we all agreed that we couldn’t possibly think of a better name – nommm nommm, so good!

Burbon balls!  Strange yet surprisingly amazing

Winterlicious has been presented for the last ten years by American Express Canada and to celebrate the anniversary this year, Amex decided to take it up a notch by offering Cardmembers some amazing prizes. If you’re an American Express cardholder, head over to www.dinewithamex.ca to register your card and then check out two Winterlicious restaurants for a chance to win $2,000 worth of gift cards and a surprise concert experience with seven of your friends. Another way American Express is working hard to make Cardmembers feel extra special during this already super fun event.

On Friday, Mimi won tickets to see Bring It On – the musical, courtesy of Front Of The Line by American Express (she better bring me )

But if you didn’t get a chance to make it out this weekend, don’t forget that Winterlicious is still going on until Feb. 9, with many restaurants offering both lunch and dinner menus.

Don’t forget to join the conversation at #DineWithAmex on Twitter and check out their Facebook page for updates HERE.

xo,

coco

Last week Fae filled you in on the International Design Show happening this weekend at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and this week we want to give two lucky winners a pair of tickets!

Looking to redesign, remodel or just get inspired?  This event is a MUST attend!  Retweet this story for a chance to win two tickets to the Saturday or Sunday show.

Winners will be announced Thursday evening.

xo,

coco

It’s freezing, grey and you’ve been cooped up indoors every night since you screamed Happy New Year at the top of your lungs – and then lost your voice … You’d like to go out, but nothing has excited you enough to get you to take off your Snuggie and hit the town.

Enter Winterlicious, presented by American Express.

From Jan. 27 – Feb. 9, 175 of the best restaurants in Toronto will be offering special, discounted Winterlicious menus that are prix-fixe (fixed price for those who chose to sleep in French class). Multi-course lunch and dinner menus range in price from $15 to $45.

Here are just a few of our fave restos involved this year:

Bymark 

Brassaii

Centro

The Drake

KiWe

Lee

Mistura

Winterlicious is going to be especially exciting this year; the food fest is turning 10! American Express Canada wants to celebrate by making it extra special for Cardmembers: use your Amex for a chance to win $2,000 in Amex gift cards and a surprise VIP concert experience with seven of your friends. Just remember to register online at DineWithAmex.ca and then visit two of the participating restaurants.

For Winterlicious, Lowe, Winy, Mimi, Lissa, Ainsley and I have decided to make a girls night of it and have chosen The Drake for our opening night restaurant of choice.

If you’re feeling the effects of cabin fever – like us – and are interested in joining, slide on over to www.TheDrakeHotel.ca and make a reservation. We’ll be there on the 27th from 6:30 – 9 pm.

And you can join the Winterlicious conversation on Twitter and Facebook by using the hashtag #DineWithAmex

xo,

Coco

P.S. the menu at The Drake is three courses and includes yumminess like beer-braised short rib and a Soma chocolate tart. Nommm nommmm.

Today marks the first day of the year of the Dragon.  Power, strength and good luck.

See more amazing images of the festivities all around Asia HERE

xo,

coco

Contrary to popular belief, healthy food CAN be delish, you just have to know what you’re doing.  That’s why we decided to team up with health food expert, Carol Belmonte, to create a cooking class that will teach you some awesome ways to make nutritious and delicious meals all on your own.

It’s all going down this Saturday, January 28th at 1022 Queen St West from 4-7.

There are still a few tickets left, get them HERE

(if you’re not comfortable buying online, email us at info@cocoandlowe.com to make alternative arrangements)

Hope to see you there!

xo,

coco