The Savour Food and Wine Show, a fun-fair for foodies happening on Thursday, February 16, is the centrepiece of a month’s worth of food-and-drink-related events around the province. We talked to Christine White of the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia to get the details. Q: What is the Savour Food and Wine Show? A: The […]
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Whither wine?
Candlelight, a bottle of wine, the person you love…it sounds like a recipe for a great Valentine’s Day. But the price of a good bottle of wine can be prohibitive. If you’d rather save your pennies for that bouquet of red roses, you might want to consider making your own wine. According to Jeremy Strong, […]
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Dog’s breakfast
Wondering what to make for supper on Chinese New Year, we talked to Jai Tsu Thompson, president of the Mu Lan Chinese Cultural Centre on Lower Water Street. She filled us in on some tasty traditions. Is there a traditional meal to celebrate Chinese New Year?There are two types of celebrations: a formal, public meal […]
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Owing pains
It’s Sunday morning and I’m sitting at my computer, paralyzed. To the left of my keyboard is a pile of unopened bills. I’ve been collecting them all week; walking downstairs to the mailbox, picking them up, sorting out the pizza flyers and political campaign brochures, and shuffling everything else—all bills—into a pile that I throw […]
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New Year’s for the Dogs
The year of the dog begins this Sunday, January 29, with the observation of Chinese New Year. Why not celebrate with a delicious, auspicious meal? Here are some hints to help you plan your menu. Q: What are some foods that are traditionally served to mark the Chinese New Year?A: A variety of foods are […]
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Sidedish
Describe where you got the idea for Do You Read Me?I’ve been dealing with food politics for a long while now and this just seemed like the next logical step. I’ve also been reading Marion Nestle’s book Food Politics and running into a lot of jargon and other amazing information. That’s where some of the […]
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Rice (pudding) dream
Winter is already on the wane, but you’d never know by the way it’s dark at 7am and 5pm and grey in between. It’s damp and it’s cold and though we’ve been spared a big snowfall—so far—the threat of a blizzard is hanging over all of our heads. Put that together with the after-Christmas no-money […]
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New Year, New You
For many people, Christmas is all about dietary over-indulgence. For a few glorious weeks surrounding the holiday, all anyone thinks about is stuffing as much turkey, trifle and Quality Street chocolate as possible into a stomach constricted only by the elastic waistband of their stretchy pants. But then the holiday winds down and the leftovers […]
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Hung up
Finding the perfect hangover cure can be a greater challenge than usual around the holiday season. It’s not unusual to wake up on a typical Sunday craving a big hot plate of French fries and bacon, and most of us in Halifax are lucky enough to be within stumbling distance of a diner. But between […]
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Family plot
Relatives at holiday time are just like wasps at a picnic. All you want to do is enjoy yourself and maybe have a little bit of that Jell-O salad, and there they are. Buzzing annoyingly in your ear. Tracking every sweet morsel or tasty glass you bring to your lips. Threatening to sting as soon […]
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Over easy
It’s funny how things you only do once a year can become routine. When I was growing up, Christmas morning was about stockings and presents and chocolate oranges—and my grandmother’s Christmas morning casserole. I looked forward to the casserole as much as I did all the rest of the proceedings, because we only ate it […]
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Work experience
And the number one reason to be self-employed? The lack of co-workers to embarrass you (or themselves) at office parties. In his epic poem “The Waste Land,” TS Eliot wrote, “April is the cruelest month.” He obviously did not work in an office where the biggest annual event was the staff Christmas party. Forget April; the […]
