Saved Seeds and Wild Weeds: The Farmers of Castlegarth
For Matthew Brearley, farming his parents’ land was an inevitability, even if his first career...
Read Moreby Heather Heagney | Sep 29, 2023 | Food Is Everything, Good Food Culture | 0
For Matthew Brearley, farming his parents’ land was an inevitability, even if his first career...
Read Moreby Aryn Pepper | May 4, 2023 | Good Wine Revolution, Sedimental Value | 3
We like to shop local. We like a good thrift. We might even dabble in the feeling of being...
Read Moreby Heather Heagney | Jul 28, 2022 | Food Is Everything | 1
“A perfectly shucked oyster slides out of its shell and onto your tongue; its silky, cold texture...
Read Moreby Heather Heagney | Nov 4, 2021 | Food Is Everything, Good Wine Revolution | 0
For Curtis Stephenson, everything changed 20 years ago when he drank Riesling with Robbie Nellis....
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Nicholas Pearce presents the wines of Domaine Alzipratu at Gray Jay, Ottawa… Leave a lasting...
Read Moreby Malcolm Jolley | Sep 20, 2017 | Good Food Books | 0
Malcolm Jolley discovers a new Anglo-Canadian locavore instant classic. Hattie Klotz wrote the...
Read Moreby | Nov 14, 2015 | Good Food Events | 0
Joel Peterson, the founder of Ravenswood winery way back in 1976 and the acknowledged “Godfather...
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A cryophile, I am certainly not, but I do bike to work in the bitter cold for no other reason than...
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Ocean Wise is coming to Ottawa! We would like to invite Ottawa Chefs to enjoy a drink and chat...
Read Moreby | Feb 22, 2012 | Good Food Culture | 0
Winterlude is Ottawa’s big, shiny, famous winter festival and if you haven’t yet been, you really should pack your bags. Each year throngs of tourists and city folk alike bundle up for three weekends in February to brave the Rideau Canal and take in the festivities. Gawking at ice sculptures, pulling tiny icicles from one’s eyelashes and warming up at a local pub or restaurant with a hot beverage are all common behaviours of the Winterlude goer.
Read Moreby | Sep 16, 2011 | Good Food Events | 0
On Saturday, September 24th at 2:30 pm, Ottawa’s Mayfair Theatre will play host to After the...
Read Moreby | Dec 8, 2010 | Good Food Culture | 1
It was a crisp fall day as I made my way to White Lake, Ontario to meet with Chef Matthew Brearley of Castlegarth. This was not unfamiliar territory for me, as like Chef Brearley, I hail from this neck of the woods. They say you can’t go home again, but sometimes a journey leads you right back to where you began for a reason. For Chef Brearley and his wife Jenn, I believe that reason is the local food movement…
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