Jamaica Lee Style various locations streetfoodapp.com/halifax Ludlow Lee learned everything he knows about cooking from watching his mother work her magic in the kitchen. “Every time she cooked something I would like, I would try it and then I would go try and make it,” says the co-owner of Jamaica Lee Style. But he’s come […]
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How Stella Thomas got her groove
Stella’s Antiguan Cuisine Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market 1209 Marginal Road It’s been about 20 years since Stella Thomas introduced a lot of Haligonians to the flavours of the West Indies at Starlite Cuisine, a bright and cozy cafe that was tucked onto Cornwallis Street for just over a decade. After taking some time off to […]
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Food Hack Nova Scotia aims to innovate
Food Hack Nova Scotia Sobey School of Business Saint Mary’s University, 923 Robie Street Mon Feb 19 and Tue Feb 20 free, foodhacknovascotia.com Nova Scotia has a wicked problem. It’s not the kind of wicked problem a teenager in Bangor might have with their high school boyfriend, though. It’s the kind of “wicked problem” that is […]
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Chocolate Hackers’ sweet adventure
In the summer of 2016 Cécile and Stan Mozoluk set out on a 30-day challenge to travel across the Maritimes to play around, pairing combinations of local ingredients and chocolate-making. They used ingredients like blueberries, hot peppers and sauerkraut, visited farms and wineries and explored the region, ultimately falling in love with it. You can […]
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Luis López is changing the way we see Mexican cuisine
Antojo Tacos + Tequila 1667 Argyle Street Daily 11am-late “C an you call back?” Luis López says. He is cut off by a few shouts from the kitchen and shouts a few quick responses back before finishing his sentence. “Call back in an hour.” When he picks up the phone an hour later, smack in […]
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Made with Local’s big year
Made with Local owners Sheena Russell and Kathy MacDonald went from producing 1,000 bars a month in 2012 to 20,000 a month in 2017 and are now aiming to make it 50,000 by the end of 2018. “I never thought I would be a business owner or entrepreneur,” says Russell. The special ingredient that makes […]
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DRINK THIS: San Junipero
INGREDIENTS 1oz Pisco ½oz Irish whiskey ½oz Lillet ¾oz fresh lemon juice ¾oz Blood orange and sumac cordial** 1oz egg white dried sumac powder DIRECTIONS Add all ingredients except sumac powder to shaker tin. Dry shake. Add ice and shake ’til cold. Double strain into a coupe. Sprinkle sumac powder on top and serve. **Blood […]
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Where I work: Off Track Brewing
Off Track Brewing Ltd. 275 Rocky Lake Drive WHO THEY ARE Allan MacKay, Matt Scott and Jon Saunders all have a story many Maritimers will find familiar: The three were born in Nova Scotia (MacKay hails from Antigonish, Scott and Saunders are from Bedford), but packed up to find work out west. While in British […]
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Nova Scotia’s grape growth mindset
Wineries all over Atlantic Canada are celebrating last season’s harvest. Grapes hung on the vine longer than usual during our warm fall, boosting sugar and mellowing acidity. With little rain, their flavours and aromas concentrated, with less spoilage from moulds and mildews. After such a season, we should expect people to be excited about growing […]
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Marika Bouchard’s cure for your New Year’s hangover
Black Sheep bartender and Made With Love champ Marika Bouchard is normally the one causing next-day headaches, not fixing them. But she wants to help you poor souls who’ve over-indulged ring in 2018 feeling like a million bucks. “Keep hydrated. Drink a lot of water while drinking and pound the water the next day,” says […]
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Nova Scotia wine’s time to shine
Twenty seventeen was a momentous year for Nova Scotia wine. At home, we organized a successful Atlantic Canada Wine Symposium, hosted the WineAlign National Wine Awards and launched our 2016 Tidal Bay, the sixth vintage of our appellation wine. Our wineries released innovative new styles like Pétillant Naturel and excelled with new-to-us grape varieties like […]
