Some of the best chefs from the province and around the country will be descending on Grand Pré in the upcoming days for the Canadian Chefs’ Congress. The biennial event has held previous incarnations in British Columbia and Ontario. According to Craig Flinn, who is one of the organizers and helped spearhead the event, the congress’ […]
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Eat and walk
Emily Forrest is handing out samples of seafood chowder. The broth is silky, yet thick with haddock, scallops and potato. A diner mentions to her that when they were in New England, they found the broth thin in comparison to this. “That’s because that’s the way we do it here,” Forrest says. Forrest is the […]
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Finger-licking good
Until North America’s massive economic gut popped a button four years ago, fine diners ate in a different league than Haligonians. Living in a reservations-only land of futuristic foods and fantastic ingredients, they spent small fortunes on tasting menus and, compared to the unskilled people who made fast food and the uncouth people who ate […]
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Beerfest’s got high hops
If you’re going to have a great beer party, you have to serve great beer and invite great beer guests. The sixth annual Halifax Seaport Beerfest is fast approaching, and Canadian beer author Stephen Beaumont will help make it a memorable occasion—appearing at the festival and hosting the Rare Beer Dinner at Brussels Restaurant on […]
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Sweet scapes
So what on earth is a garlic scape? Prior to visiting the Seaport Market this past weekend I wouldn’t have had the foggiest. The name at once brings to mind a pock-marked and otherworldly lunar vegetable patch, or perhaps obscure vernacular for a halitosis-enabled jailbreak. But as I discovered on Saturday, garlic scapes are in […]
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Beep tight
It’s been a little over a month since Farmers Dairy brought Beep back into the homes and hearts of Haligonians. The supernaturally sweet blend of orange, apple, apricot and prune juices isn’t for everyone. But, to borrow a slogan, those who like it like it a lot. Initial batches sold out faster than could be […]
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Adventure time
Everybody likes being in on a good secret. There’s something deliciously wonderful about knowing something really good and juicy, and then—after savouring it all for yourself—sharing it with others. Open secrets are the best secrets of all. Restaurants often have their own little open secrets, or rather, “secret” menus. McDonald’s has the unofficially acknowledged McGangBang […]
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Dhaba Express yourself
I dodge as many raindrops as possible in my quick sprint across the parking lot to the door of Dhaba Express, with my friend Stephen trailing behind. Upon opening the door, a warm blast of spice cuts through the chilly dampness, affirmation that our lunch-and-a-movie plan was the best way to spend a rainy Saturday. […]
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Three’s company
5171 Salter Street is basically the Bermuda Triangle for restaurants in Halifax: everything that opens there tends to disappear. It’s good, then, that La Trinidade, the latest restaurant to pop up at that address—a restaurant with a name that immediately brings to mind the tropics—is actually named with a sort of reference to the three […]
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Chef central
This weekend chefs from across Canada will convene at the 2012 Canadian Culinary Convention to focus on sustainable food systems. “It’s a really hot topic,” says Don “Busch” Dubay, the 2012 National Convention Chairman and President of the Nova Scotia Association of Chefs and Cooks. Nova Scotia, he feels, couldn’t be a better venue for […]
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Start wining
The Atlantic wine scene is growing healthily, as you’ll see when the Atlantic Canada Wine Symposium comes to town. The theme is “rising tide,” as in “a rising tide raises all boats,” which may seem cliche, given the region and city we’re talking about, but there’s more to this than the obvious Maritime link. While […]
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Cheese is the word
Eating locally isn’t always easy. In fact, it can be pretty hard during certain times of the year—like spring. (It is spring now, right?) Our wise foodie friends at the Ecology Action Centre recognize this and offer up helping hands in making your diet, or at least part of it, locally infused. The third installment […]