Halifax is a city of stories. There are the stories of history, the stories from our writers, our musicians. But most important are our collective stories, the stories we tell to explain what this city is about, who we are. Here’s one such story: A young immigrant from Lebanon shows up in town with nothing […]
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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 […]
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Raw and roll with Fruition
Fruition is what you get when you combine two health-conscious, enthusiastic entrepreneurs with Halifax’s increasing demand for tasty organic, local food. Like many successful small business owners, co-founders Jessie Doyle (chef), a registered nutritional consultant, and Seth Graham (CCO) turned a hobby and lifestyle—preparing and enjoying raw food—into a career. Doyle defines raw food as […]
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Que Tal Restaurante Mexicano
Elizabeth Acosta and David Fillmore are a little bit distracted. It’s the first day a new chef is working the lunch service at Que Tal without either of them in the kitchen. They are excited and confident, but also nervous. They haven’t had three full days away from the restaurant since it opened in May, […]
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New restaurants 2013: EDNA
EDNA, 2053 Gottingen Street, 902-431-5683 Jenna Mooers can pinpoint the moment she fell in love with the restaurant industry. “I was in grade nine,” she says. “And it was midnight, painting the black chairs hoping they wouldn’t be tacky in the morning.” The chairs were for jane’s on the common, which her mother Jane Wright […]
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New restaurants 2013: 2 Doors Down Food + Wine
Andrew Farrell uses words like relaxed, rustic and nostalgic to describe the personality he, as a chef, brings to food. “I always feel a bit conflicted when asked to describe my style, because I appreciate the precious side of fine dining, but I love the practicality and sheer deliciousness of down home cooking,” he says. […]
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The Shack
It was only a matter of time before longtime pals Nick Budreski and Renée Lavallée put their masterful minds–he’s a seafood distributor, she’s the Feisty Chef–together in the name of good eatin’. But the collaboration came to fruition last year when Budreski bid for a waterfront stall, hoping to open a deep fryer-free shanty to […]
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The Kitchen Table
Sitting court-side at a basketball game can completely change the experience. Being right in the thick of it, close enough to see the intricacies of each play or hear chatter between teammates, might even give you a new appreciation for the game. Pulling up a chair at Ratinaud’s Kitchen Table is kind of like that. […]
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enVie
It’s amazing what a step outside of your comfort zone can inspire. Diandra Phipps was working front of house at her friend’s busy vegan restaurant, Velo, in Germany when she was first yanked into the kitchen to help with food prep. A self-taught cook, she watched, learned, adjusted and was so hooked she and her […]
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Good spirits
I had The Big Boss at Field Guide, which is a mix of dark and amber rum with fresh lime, mint and cinnamon syrup. It was simple, clean, balanced and highlighted the warm flavours you find in both rums, great cocktail for this time of year. La Frasca Cibi + Vini leans heavily towards cocktails […]
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Fresh meat
Don’t think we’ve been sleeping on the job. It’s been a very awesome fall for the resto scene, highly anticipated (and super promising) newbies like Mother’s (5710 Young Street), The Stubborn Goat Gastropub (1579 Grafton Street) and, in the last week alone Stillwell Beer Bar (1672 Barrington Street), The Field Guide (2082 Gottingen Street) and […]