It seems nothing really jogs the mind into creative thinking like an apple falling from a tree. Legend says it’s what inspired Newton to dream up his law of universal gravitation, and it looks like the innocent apple has struck again—this time closer to home. We’re talking about FOUND, a brand-new Halifax-based start-up looking to […]
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Spryfield’s market value
“We had 2,000 people, I think,” says Marian Munro, the Spryfield & District Community Market’s volunteer market manager. “Although I might be missing four, more or less,” she adds, laughing. A sheet of scratched-up looseleaf paper sits on top of Munro’s stack of notes, line after line of tiny tally marks covering both sides, a […]
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Living the brewer’s dream at Meander River Farm
A knot of shadowy clouds hangs heavy on the horizon, and the winding roads in Hants County are mottled gray, the murky stamp of nighttime puddles fading as the sun finally breaks through, burning off the lingering dampness. By the time we cross the tiny bridge on Woodville Road, cotton clouds dot a blue sky. […]
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Afternoon delight: a weekend brunch round-up
Big breakfast pizza Morris East, 5212 Morris Street and 620 Nine Mile Drive, $16 The allure of a couple of sunny-side up eggs makes it easy to put the emphasis on the br in brunch, but if you want to focus on the unch, nothing does a better job than pizza. So why not do […]
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Honey, I’m home
“I want that,” Cait Holmes says. That was her first thought when she heard Joel Plaskett was including a cafe at his New Scotland Yard Emporium. “I am the type of person who says, ‘We’re doing it,’” Holmes says. ”Alex has a bit of a frenzy, but then? Then it happens.” Holmes, 27, and her […]
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First look: Highwayman
No need to pinch yourself, you’re not dreaming. This is what 1673 Barrington Street—the longtime home of Certainly Cinnamon—looks like now. Its transition from deserted cafe to moody hangout is at the hands of bartenders Adam MacLeod and Michael Hopper and Field Guide owners Dan Vorstermans and Ceilidh Sutherland, who’ve teamed up in the name […]
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Moonhei rising
Latte art is pretty and all, but it’s hard to focus on foam when the textural rainbow of a bowl of bibimbap sits next to it. But in the immortal words of the Old El Paso Taco Girl: Why don’t we have both? And if you’ve wandered down Brunswick Street in the past few weeks, […]
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Where I Work: Rousseau Chocolatier
WHO HE IS Julien Rousseau-Dumarcet is standing in front of a fountain-like machine that’s heating a silky tub of pure dark chocolate, stirring out lumps and waiting for it to hit the perfect Easter bunny-making temperature of 31 degrees. A native of southern France, the longtime chocolatier—who owns Rousseau Chocolatier with his wife Nathalie Morin—has […]
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A cut above: a visit to Oulton’s Meat Store
There is still a sheet of snow on the hills around Windsor, waiting for the brisk pull of springtime to shake it loose and blanket the countryside with lush greens, to start the cycle of life. As the road winds through the muted winter scene towards the farm, you see the green and yellow of […]
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Where I work: Laura MacLeod
Who she is Take one bite out of one of Laura MacLeod’s chocolate-coated eclairs and you’ll know that she’s the real deal. Going into culinary school MacLeod didn’t have her mind set on baking but to her surprise she fell in love with it. “I think it had more of a design element. It was […]
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Everyone’s a winner as NSACC’s awards dinner
There’s nothing quite like taking yourself out to swanky restaurant, sipping wine under dim light and ordering a multi-course meal. You feel luxurious. Then you get the bill. Though satisfying, it sinks in that you just spent more than you can afford on food. What’s an epicure to do? Well, attention all you gourmands out […]
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A little piece of heaven
Sushi Ko Doraku 5640 Spring Garden Road, 1949 Upper Water Street $2.50/2.75 (nigiri), $4.50 (maki) Beef patties Stella’s Antiguan Cuisine Seaport Farmers’ Market, 1209 Marginal Road $3 each or 2/$5 Korean taco Indochine Banh Mi 1551 South Park Street / 1701 Barrington Street $4 California sandwich Izzy’s Bagel 1180 Bedford Highway $3.99 Onion bhaji […]
