For the Love of Oysters
“A perfectly shucked oyster slides out of its shell and onto your tongue; its silky, cold texture...
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Tag: Heather Heagney
Our Strong Friends: Support (And More) Exists For A Healthier, Safer Industry
It’s finally Spring – and while Ontario seems to be taking a while to pull off its heavy...
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Our Strong Friends: Industry Voices on Sobriety
“How’s everything?” This is something I’ve said in a restaurant probably a million...
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I Tried These: A Non-Alcoholic Tasting To Mark The New Year
The ball in Times Square was about to drop, Miley Cyrus was struggling with a wardrobe...
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Buyers + Cellars: Taste and Explore
For Curtis Stephenson, everything changed 20 years ago when he drank Riesling with Robbie...
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Food is Everything : An Introduction
Food is fuel. I’ve never understood people who say this. Have they never cracked the top of...
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A Taste of Winterlude
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.
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Castlegarth: Local Food in the Ottawa Valley
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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