For National Beer Day: beer names are fun
Reading Time: < 1 minute An update: October 6 is National Beer Day in Canada, so here’s a look at some fun beer names from […]
Meals on Wheels needs drivers
Reading Time: < 1 minute Volunteers who delivered meals to local seniors throughout the pandemic are starting to return to work, leaving a gap for […]
*Searing in* flavour: you’re not really
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Searing in” flavour. This myth, persistent today, entered kitchen lore in the mid-nineteenth century thanks to German chemist Justus von […]
Stratford’s AO Pasta
Reading Time: 4 minutes [Previously posted]AO Pasta has moved from Erie Street in downtown Stratford to Wellington Street: it’s a good move giving the […]
Burgers ‘n’ beer for oneROOF Youth Services
Reading Time: < 1 minute October 2 >>> Mark it on your calendar! It’s a delicious collab between two popular local food-and-bevie businesses supporting oneROOF […]
Why I make really good mashed potatoes
Reading Time: 4 minutes When I eat at restaurants, I can’t tell you how many otherwise very good dishes are ruined because they are […]
A walk through Langdon’s kitchen garden
Reading Time: 2 minutes As we stroll the pathway toward the kitchen garden at Langdon Hall Country House Hotel and Spa, chef Jason Bangerter […]
The Wednesday Word: mousse
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mousse [MOOS]The word’s origin spirals down to an unexpected fungi connection. But regardless, the dish — hot or cold, sweet […]
Get the last of the local peppers
Reading Time: 4 minutes When Christopher Columbus invaded what would become North America a few hundred years ago, he was hoping to find highly […]
Welly Bootique Mixer
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s available at the LCBO and, of course, at the brewery: the newest delicious release of Wellington Brewery beers. The […]
Seriously good: Graffiti Market Detroit pizza
Reading Time: 2 minutes Graffiti MarketCatalyst137137 Glasgow StreetKitchener, ON N2G 4X8(519) 514-1820graffitimarket.ca Both in the culinary world and here in Waterloo Region, Detroit-style pizza […]
Get a slice of the pie
Reading Time: < 1 minute My late uncle used to tell a story about some of his Racalmutese friends on a construction site in Dundas, […]
Preserves, jams, chutneys
Reading Time: < 1 minute About a year ago, Murray Zehr of 1909 Culinary Academy was looking for canning jars to preserve some of the […]
Wear a damn mask. Get a damn shot
Reading Time: 3 minutes DON’T hassle restaurant staff about the temporary vaccination “passports”! The frontline workers have enough on their plates. They don’t need […]
The “cork-in-the-squid-water” myth
Reading Time: 2 minutes I had some excellent calamari fritti at Janet Lynn’s Bistro in Belmont Food Avenue this week. It was exquisite in […]
