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A whole â€˜New Worldâ€™ for Canadian Beef

The night started with a greeting from Miss Maple, a lovely cow mascot armed withÂ a red apron and a cheery smile. And while sheâ€™s probably the cutest Canada has to offer (when it comes to cattle), there was a bigger star in the room. â€œWe put the best of Canada…

Moonlit: PeopleAsia’s top picks for 2016’s mooncake festival

Few sights are more spiritual and mystical than watching our cloudy gray moon bloom to its fullest, most luminous state. Some liken the experience to looking into the eye of the maker of all of the cosmos. And for this part of the world, at this time of the year,…

Glasses of Crimson

When we were little, we were told that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. NowÂ as adults, weâ€™ll be glad to know that itâ€™s a glass of wine a day that keeps a plethora of health problems â€” and attending physiciansÂ â€” away. Besides lowering the risks of heart…

13 Truths I Learned from life

By BUM D. TENORIO JR. Positively charged. Thatâ€™s who and what I am. Life taught me to be like that. I am a blessing hunter because life taught me to never be lackadaisical in finding a miracle or two, big or small, wherever I am, whatever I do. Even in…

Blend your own whisky with Johnnie Walker

While Johnnie Walker needs no further introduction to drinkers and non-drinkers alike, the whisky makerâ€™s newest venture in Southeast Asia is something whisky aficionados will want to learnÂ about. (Dr. ReynaldoÂ Odulio, his family and their closest friends and business partners raise their glasses to the pursuit of personal progress) The name…

Confessions of a Shopaholic

By EPPY GOCHANGCO Sophia is applying the final touches of makeup on her face and feels good about it. This is one activity she knows she is good at. She even helps friends put makeup on because she feels they appreciate this gesture very much. They tell her sheâ€™s good…

Kits to Success: Beauty essential tips from women of success

By GIANCARLO LUIGI ROJAS and GREGGY V. VERA CRUZÂ Precisely which items are essential for traveling in style? Is it the everyday essentials? Or perhaps, the pretty little things (or jewelry) that can be worn from Manila to any destination? Letâ€™s hear it from these stylish ladies on-the-go, as they…

71 Years Later: A New Nagasaki

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ Seventy-one years ago on this very day, Nagasaki experienced half of what would soon become one of the most horrific bombing incidents in history, when it fell victim to a nuclear bomb blast during World War II (the other being the city of Hiroshima).…

Celebrating 725 Years of all things Swiss

What place comes to mind when we say fine chocolate, the Alps, luxury watchmaking, ski resorts and impeccable banking systems?Â Hereâ€™s a clue â€” itâ€™s home to Toblerone. Weâ€™re talking about Switzerland, of course! Many people don't know too muchÂ about this cultural melting pot of a country (itâ€™s a combination of…

Authorities of Italian-made Excellence: Ermenegildo Zegna meets Maserati

Youâ€™re a man of class, a man of sophisticated taste. On your shoulders falls a finely tailored jacket that accentuates the broadness and sturdiness on a frame that exudes masculinity and elegance. Itâ€™s matched by trousers that lengthen legs fall whose fabric lightly falls on theÂ sinewy muscles underneath to complete…