Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market 1209 Marginal Road Sundays Each Sunday, Doubles PLUS can be found upstairs at the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market serving up traditional cuisine from Trinidad and Tobago. Aleem Ibrahim, the man behind the vendor stand, says the dual-island nation is the “epicentre for food in the Caribbean.” Because of the diverse range […]
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Benjamin Bridge is a force of nature
The tide is high in the Bay of Fundy. The highest in the world. The power of those tides is as if half the planet’s horses were kelpies caught in a thunderous, watery gallop through the channel. The tides are strong enough to create bores that surge against the current and can change the direction […]
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Shucking champ Eamon Clark is in town
Halifax Oyster Festival Sep 28-30 Halifax Waterfront, Salter Block oysterfest.ca To understand Eamon Clark you should watch season three, episode 11 of Mind of a Chef, featuring Scandinavian chef Magnus Nilsson. Not that Clark is a two star Michelin chef overseeing “the most daring restaurant in the world” but rather, like Nilsson, he approaches his […]
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Annapolis royalty: a first look at Lightfoot & Wolfville
L ightfoot & Wolfville is a winery that was planted by a farm, a wonderful expression of what can be grown in Nova Scotia. For eight generations, hundreds of years, the Lightfoot family has been farming in the Annapolis Valley. Winemaking just felt like a natural evolution. “Growing grapes on our ancestral land, land with […]
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Thinking outside the vines
T he Annapolis, Gaspereau and Avon River valleys and their concentrated cluster of wineries contribute undeniable richness to Nova Scotia’s wine landscape. But flanking this heartland, smaller sub-regions spice up the wine scene, presenting new flavours and textures for our kitchen tables. This diversity in wine is owed not only to Nova Scotia’s varied geography, […]
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Five new-to-Nova-Scotia grape varieties
As an emerging wine region, Nova Scotia faces constant questions about what grapes to plant and nurture for wine. Growers who have been at it for more than a couple decades are beginning to get a sense for what works and what doesn’t—emphasis on beginning. Many factors are at play for any vine in a […]
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Four local wines to hunt down
Lesley Quinn, sommelier at The Barrington Steakhouse & Oyster BarDrink of choice: 2015 Mercator Sauvage Sur Lie “It’s one of the first white wines in Nova Scotia that I feel has shown real complexity. I love Tidal Bay, it’s easy to drink and delicious, but this has texture, minerality— it’s just got a lot going […]
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Where I work: Stephanie Ogilvie
WHAT SHE DOES Stephanie Ogilvie—a petite, soft-spoken redhead with piercing blue eyes—is a chef. When most kids weren’t even allowed in the kitchen, she was already making meals for her family and watching Julia Child on television. Being a chef, Ogilvie says, “is pretty all consuming—if we’re not two steps ahead, we’re three steps behind,” […]
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Kaiser’s, king of subs
Nostalgia is a force of nature. It can come in a lightning flash and turn into a whirlwind of sentimentality or a tidal wave of longing or regret. It can’t be manufactured in irony or kitsch lest you wind up with a pair of ruby slippers that do nothing but remind you of the home […]
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Tart & Soul’s puns and cinnamon buns
Each morning, Saf Haq and Lisa Brow come to work and ask, “What are we going to make today?” Whether they choose triple-layer mini cheesecakes, gooey cinnamon buns or cheesy biscuits, the menu at Tart & Soul is constantly reinvented. The cafe and bakery opened in June on Coburg Road, where Springhouse closed its second […]
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Gangnam’s paradise
The first time I had Korean food was around 15 years ago. Jim’s Grill was a little greasy spoon not far from Wrigleyville, in Chicago. It was tiny, just a handful of tables with bright orange swivel seats and chipped counters. The menu was simple: Noodles, soups, bibimbap, bulgogi. It was the first place I’d […]