In the third of his cabin-fever-fuelled excursions onto the internet this week, Jamie Drummond explains why he’ll leave the beer reviewing to the experts as he enjoys his Creemore Springs Kellerbier and doesn’t think about things TOO seriously.
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Godello (white) and Mencia (red) are a couple of lesser-known ancient grape varietals hailing from the Galician interior of northwestern Spain, most notably in Valdeorras and Bierzo respectively. Recent unanimous acceptance of it being perhaps one of Spain’s very finest grapes has meant that plantings, production, and exports of Mencia have been steadily increasing over the last two decades. Two weeks ago we looked at the glory that is Godello. In this issue Drummond gets all Sommjizzy and rants about his beloved Mencia…
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Seen by many as being Canada’s quintessential food writer, James Chatto has been entertaining readers with his personal brand of eloquent erudition since the late 1980’s. What sets his work apart from the writings of so many of the other foodster wordslingers is a sense of genuine warmth and humility which shines through each paragraph of his polished prose. Chatto also manages to avoid any sense of the magniloquent, a trapping that one could easily mistake for being inherent to the food writing profession.
I had been looking to interview James for quite some time, but what with his plate always being full (bad pun intended) our stars never did seem to align. Eventually, through good old-fashioned perseverance, Good Food Revolution managed to secure a timeslot with “The Man Who Ate Toronto.”
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Last week we found out just what was going on in the vineyards east of Toronto with Dan Sullivan of Rosehall Run. This week we head out west to just outside of Stratford, Perth County to speak with veritable polymath Antony John of Soiled Reputation fame about the organic bounty currently erupting from the dirt of his farm.
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The grapes Godello and Mencia both call the northwest of Spain home. Jamie Drummond explains why these two varietals may just be up there with his very favourite grapes… This week, we look at Godello, paired with a menu at Toronto’s Cava Restaurant.
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