They say you are what you eat, although more and more these days it seems like the more appropriate saying is “you are what you tweet.” But if you want to get really meta about it, the two are interchangeable. After all, half of the people using the internet these days tweet what they eat. […]
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Halifax Dandelion Festival
Remove the weeding gloves and back away slowly—it’s time to appreciate the yellow blooms of dandelions at the Halifax Dandelion Festival. “Frustration accumulated over years at the negative attitude people have developed towards dandelions,” writes Pat Brennan-Alpert, of the Grainery Food Co-op, on why the Co-op started the festival last year. Out of that frustration […]
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Slow Food Nova Scotia Spring Supper
There’s nothing slow about ticket sales for the May 1st Slow Food Spring Supper, taking place at Christchurch Anglican on Ochterloney Street in Dartmouth. With a handful of Nova Scotia’s top chefs slicing, dicing, toasting and roasting some of the best food our province has to offer, it’s no wonder. Chefs Craig Flinn and Darren […]
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The IncrEDIBLE Community Supper
The seemingly barren winter season is still a time to buy local food, and the Ecology Action Centre is hosting a community supper to celebrate just that. As part of a series of community dinners being held across the province by Select Nova Scotia, this IncrEDIBLE gathering will focus on sustainable seafood choices to eat […]
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Cuppa brew
If the new library has a cafe, wouldn’t it be nice if it could have a bar, too? Wishful thinking, we know, but there are spots in the city where you can buy a coffee for one hand and a beer for the other. We took a sip out of the coffee-holding hand (honest) and […]
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Best of Food 2010
Welcome to the ninth annual Best of Food readers’ poll. You, dear voter, are the most important part of Halifax’s most important bar and restaurant awards. These awards are based solely on what readers decide. The survey is open for voting from February 25 until noon on March 29, and anyone in Halifax can register […]
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Delicious discovery at the Savour Food and Wine Festival
A cork pops, the trigger pull on a liquid starter’s pistol, and the foodie event called Decadence begins with Fresita, a Chilean sparkling wine, glistening ruby-red in a gently fizzing orchestra of champagne flutes. On the Friday before Valentine’s Day, Decadence is the first of three keynote events at this month’s Savour Food & Wine […]
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The Loose Cannon Scottish Public House isn’t about the food
It seems like Argyle Street is finally living up to its name, with the addition of The Loose Cannon Scottish Public House to the row of restaurants flanking the curbside. Heading to the pub, I hope for tams and knickers and maybe a vault full of gold that I could swim around in; I expect […]
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Naked Sushi
A woman and a man lie eerily still on two long tables. They’re completely naked, with the exception of a few strategically placed flowers, seashells and a colourful pile of sushi. A crowd of drunks swarms the duo with chopsticks, picking their supper off their arms, legs and stomachs. Eating raw fish off of naked […]
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Help us find more under $7 deals
Our reporters’ assignment: scour the couch pillows for loose change—limit $7—and hit the streets in search of delicious deals. That means regular menu items, not specials, going beyond the bargain standards of pizza and fast food. The more unexpected the discovery, the better. The meals we offer here will surely whet your appetite. But just […]
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Cheap Eats – Seven Dishes under Seven Dollars
$6.50 – McCoastal breakfast sandwich Coastal Coffee The description of the McCoastal, Coastal’s breakfast sandwich, comes across as tasty but innocuous: two fried eggs, havarti cheese, maple sausage on an English muffin. But the actual physical presence of this delicacy is something else altogether. It is roughly the size of a small human baby. The […]
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Finding a free munch
Freeman’s Little New York 6092 Quinpool Road, 429-0241 Hungry Hour runs every Friday from 4:30 to 7:30pm. Freeman’s owner Laurel Harrington usually staffs the bar, while her husband Mark briskly walks the aisle, dishing out slices of pizza, cucumber and egg sandwiches and occasionally bowls of mussels—all totally free, as long as you have a […]