Dining room traffic in decline?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen restaurateur Andrew Tutt opens a spreadsheet for his TuttCo. bistro in St. Marys and compares sales to last year, […]
Garlic burger at Thirsty’s Waterloo
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith sports on the televisions joined by colourful conversation and bar-stool badinage among regular patrons, there are few restaurants as […]
The Mule Galt for birria tacos
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe name “The Mule” caught my attention; a visit to the restaurant’s website held it: busy, animated tiles shout out […]
Climate change harvest: visit to a local farm
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I pick up a clod of earth still moist from the morning dew, vegetable farmer Jenn Pfenning says the […]
Love Lovage in Stratford
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlso known as Ligurian celery, lovage has leaves that look like parsley for herbs, roots for the vegetable platter and […]
A sampling of dishes to try this weekend
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a few suggestions if you’d like to dine out this weekend. Please check with individual venues for hours of […]
A Berliner and a coffee … in “Berlin”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s an urban myth that U.S. President John F. Kennedy described himself as a sweet pastry in a famous Cold […]
Goat Fest: hot sauce expo September 23
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter his Original Goat hot sauce appeared on the popular YouTube show Hot Ones in May 2021, entrepreneur Kris Ronan saw significantly […]
Pad Thai worth a trip to Guelph
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnnie Nguyen has made a concerted effort to spread the word about her restaurant and cooking. The Nguyen’s Vietnamese Family […]
Tomatoes!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTheir names are as poetic as their flavours are delicious: Brandywine, Glitter, Red Coral, Sun Peach and Indigo Kumquat. There’s […]
Local restaurateurs with other jobs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA question that might be posed to Aura Hertzog is, “Which came first?” Was her bakery business so strong that […]
Tuna ceviche at Argyle Arms
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe refurbished Argyle Arms across from Riverside Park in Cambridge has been home to Scottish pubs, but it was also […]
Mid-summer bee status: sweet
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn a loading dock in a very warm barn at New Hamburg’s Nith Valley Apiaries sit several food-grade, plastic-lined industrial […]
Delicious pork belly lettuce wraps
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile it’s not something I engage in regularly, on occasion I find myself compelled to observe fish Friday, so I […]
Five Ontario beers for summer sippin’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of craft breweries operating in Ontario is an impressive number that approaches a hoppy, malty and otherwise flavourful […]
