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 […]
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Galley view
If you live in Halifax, you know all about the Titanic. On April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. Many of Halifax’s buildings became ersatz morgues and mortuaries as the bodies came here from what is considered to be one of the worst disasters at sea. Here in this city, we capitalize […]
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Stone Hearth from the heart
Bessie Ann Jackson was watching TV with her boyfriend when a commercial for a cruise line came on. When Jackson told her boyfriend that she dreamed of working as a prep cook on a cruise ship, he replied, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” His words spurred Jackson into action. Eventually she […]
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7 under $7
Passage to the Caribbean Am I the only one who finds Caribbean food overpriced? I love it, but how can a plate of curried stew made with cheap cuts of meat often run me up to 14 bucks? Passage to the Caribbean, in the old Starlite Cuisine location on Cornwallis Street, bucks the trend. The […]
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HRMburger
“It’s right up there with apple pie and baseball,” says Jeff Lassen. He’s talking about the hamburger. And if there’s anything Jeff Lassen knows, it’s hamburgers. Lassen is a fourth-generation restaurateur. He has owned Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut since 2003, run it since the mid-1990s and worked behind the counter since 1979. “I […]
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The daily show
MONDAY Mondays are days of doldrums and post-weekend delirium. The wind is blowing down Barrington Street, and you forgot your gloves at home. But there is sanctuary just on the next block. It’s inside Star Anise (1571 Barrington Street), nestled inside one of the booths, in the form of a bowl of soup and noodles, […]
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Tell us your secret cheap eats!
Like last year’s call for your must-try 7 under $7 deals in the city, we are again on the hunt for affordable ways to chow down for our February 23rd Cheap Eats issue. Tell us your top picks when you are low on funds and high on hunger. Are there any weekly specials (under $7 […]
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Ladies who lunch
One granny holds out a plate of uncooked pastries to an audience packed into a small kitchen in St. Andrew’s Community Centre: “In Arabic, we call them orsh boulabl. In English, I don’t know.” Several grannies weigh in: Bird’s Nest! They are called bird’s nests! “My English is no good,” the cook says ruefully. No, […]
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New Year’s Eve’s hottest meal
Morris East is getting fired up to ring in 2012. “We like to do a bit of pyrotechnics on New Year’s Eve,” says owner Jennie Dobbs who says their special celebratory menu has been in the works for about three months. She’s talking about the Flaming Mo’, an orange and macadamia flavoured rum cocktail that’s […]
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Spice must flow
Last September, Costas Halavrezos signed off for the last time as the host of CBC Radio’s Maritime Noon. After 23 years of radio in Halifax, he soon found himself in a bit of a predicament. “On the second day of my retirement, I was drumming my fingers, wondering what mischief I could get into,” he jokes. That […]
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Halifax’s Asian food golden age
Less than 10 years ago, Asian food in Halifax consisted of dishes tweaked for western palates. But in a city where Chinese food used to mean dishes drizzled with cornstarch-laden sauces, we now have places like JiXiang serving mouth-numbing Szechuan dishes such as ma po tofu or pork tongue salad. And it’s usually worth asking […]
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Halifax hotels as dining destinations
Sometimes I think lobby doors scare people off,” says Luis Clavel, nodding toward the bright lobby of the Atlantica Hotel. These aren’t the gilded lobby doors of hotels from Toronto to New York and Paris to Hong Kong, doors behind which you’re not surprised to discover some of the best restaurants in the world. The […]