1. Quark, from Fox Hill Cheese House A tangy, eastern European spreadable cheese Beatrice Stutz is playful with the quark, mixing it with chocolate and serving it with Grand Pré’s Dolce Vita Red Dessert Wine, while L’Acadie’s Bruce Ewert suggests either his Vintage Cuvée Rose or Prestige Brut. Benjamin Bridge’s Jean-Benoit Deslauriers is also a proponent […]
Simon Thibault
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The wheat of it all
Angela Mombourquette just wants to eat good food. Good food that won’t cause her problems. Mombourquette has Celiac disease, a condition which limits her from eating foods that contain gluten. This eliminates food that contains—or has come in contact with—wheat and other related grains. “I really love food, and people kind of expect people on […]
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Nova Scotia’s Kitchen Vignettes gets a James Beard nom
Some of the biggest names in food will congregate on New York on April 24th for the James Beard Federation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards. Known as the Oscars of the food world, the awards celebrate the best of food in America. And sitting amongst all of the nominees will be Nova Scotia’s own Aube […]
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Thanksgiving Day fowl play
Every October, I get a phone call from my mother. “Are you making that turkey again this year?” That turkey is a cider-brined turkey, made according to a recipe I found in a magazine about eight years ago. It’s a turkey I have made for family and friends, and it has led me to believe […]
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52 Pick-up: how to get a taste of Halifax
1. Fresh tofu at Chen Popa Seaport Farmers’ Market, 1209 Marginal Road Tofu comes in all sorts of varieties. But the freshly made—and inexpensive—stuff from the Taiwanese stall formerly named Biscuit Lips at the Seaport Market is in a class unto itself. It tastes of fresh soybeans, perfect for gentle sautés, simmered in soups and […]
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Ladies’ Beer League turns one
Last June, Tracy Phillippi, a marketing coordinator at Garrison Brewing Company, decided to approach a few female craft beer lovers/makers with an idea: to promote women’s involvement and interest in craft brewing. That was the beginning of the Ladies Beer League, and one of its founding members was Pam Crouse, now chairman of the board […]
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A new owner for Dharma Sushi
Dharma Sushi (1576 Argyle Street), a Japanese cuisine and sushi institution in Halifax, is getting a new owner. Ami Goto, who works at Dharma as a server and cook, is taking over from Hideki Yamamoto, on June 1st. Dharma first opened its doors on Argyle Street in 1995. Yamamoto, also known as Hide-san to staff […]
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Youth Project turns 20
Walking down the 2200 block of Brunswick street, there is a two-storey house with a bright pink door. Every day, Sheena Jamieson walks through that door, and does everything she can to help everyone who walks through it behind her. Jamieson works as support services coordinator at The Youth Project, a non-profit organization that works […]
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Shared finds
There is a bowl of soup waiting for you in a strip mall in Clayton Park. Its broth is made rich and meaty with pork and beef bones, yet bright with lemongrass. When it arrives at the table, there are large rounds of fatty and soft pink sausage laying on top of long flat rice noodles. There […]
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Beginners’ drunk
I have a confession to make: I, Simon Thibault, a 37-year-old maritimer, did not drink beer until last year. Ever since I was legally old enough to buy the stuff, I always passed by it in the liquor store. I didn’t get the appeal of drinking something that tasted bitter, yeasty and questionably palatable. But […]
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The slow down
In the dead of winter, there are few things more comforting than walking into a home that smells of a meal already prepared. With patience and time, such a luxury can be had for very little money and effort. Welcome to Braising Meat 101. The techniques necessary for braising meats are pretty rudimentary. The premise […]
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Bubbly wrap
With 2014 just around the corner, a lot of us will be popping corks to announce the new year. New Year celebrations and bubbly go hand in hand, but what to pick? More and more of us are eating locally, but what about toasting locally? For a long time, Nova Scotian wines were like the […]