Roma Cheese Alderney Landing Farmers’ Market 2 Octherloney Street Saturdays “I was just six years old when I started to go up into the mountain,” says Ciro Comencini. “We were still making cheese with a copper pot and wood fire. You have to be very careful because a wood fire is not like propane that […]
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Your seasonal eating check list
Summer in Nova Scotia brings about a whole crop of incredible edibles. They’re here, then gone, faster than you can say “product of Mexico,” so indulge in the local fresh fruits and vegetables at markets and grocery stores. RHUBARB Your backyard is full of it, or if you’re not packing your neighbour might be. Enjoy […]
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Brews you can use
Nova Scotia Craft Beer Week See full listings at nscraftbeer.ca/craftbeerweek Lazy Bear Brewing When Erin and Andy Norman moved to Smith’s Cove after he got a job as an engineer, the couple started Lazy Bear Brewing so Erin would have work in the rural area. She picked up brewing while completing a master’s in food […]
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Birdie’s Bread Co. is ready to take flight
Birdie’s Bread Co. 380 Pleasant Street Dartmouth is on a roll thanks to Jessica Best. She is well on her way to opening Birdie’s Bread Co. at 380 Pleasant Street in Woodside. “We’re getting closer. I say that every day, but oh my god there is still so much more to do,” says Best. The […]
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Brianna Hagell’s deep cuts
Vessel Meats Alderney Landing Farmers’ Market 2 Octherloney Street Saturdays, 8am-1pm “It was about having good food, having good food supply and treating animals respectfully,” says Brianna Hagell, butcher, local food advocate and proprietor of Vessel Meats. “People talked about it whole weekend—it being empowering.” She’s just back from Grrls Meat Camp, which aims to […]
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O’Cubano brings Cuban flavour to the farmers’ market
When Marcel Nazabal Amores moved from Havana to Canada five years ago, he found the transition a little difficult. Dividing his time between full-time work and pursuing a master’s degree at Dalhousie, things were pretty challenging in his adopted home. He says food and music were the key to feeling at one with his new […]
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Simple and pure Potions and Provisions
Annie Brace-Lavoie met Jenner Cormier in a bathroom in Toronto. They were laying tile, working on the mosaics in the bathroom of Bar Raval, where they were both a part of the opening team. Cormier worked the bar at the restaurant while Brace-Lavoie was a line cook. Before Raval, Brace-Lavoie worked in the kitchens at […]
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Halifax’s market ability
Farmers’ markets have been a part of the patchwork of Halifax’s business and social communities since 1750. To put that in historical perspective, Halifax was founded in 1749. The first market was on Bedford Row, between Upper Water and George Streets. In the 1850s, after the city of Halifax had incorporated, a City Market Building […]
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Cultivating small-business
When Saronn Pov moved to Halifax in 2010, she saw the farmers’ market as the best way to put down roots in a new city. “I was really nervous thinking, what will people think of the food?” says the chef and radiant personality behind Saronn’s Kitchen, a popular prepared food stall that’s since made a […]
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EAT THIS: Made With Local’s Loaded Oats
It’s time to break up with the Quaker. Fans of his one-minute oatmeal packets should direct their attention, and their kettle, to Made with Local’s Loaded Oats—they’ve got the same convenience factor going for them (you can make them by stovetop, microwave, or with boiling water), but we can thank east coast ingredients for the […]
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Beanstalk Baby Food’s got you babe
Picture this. You’re a baby. It’s that time of day where dad is bringing the airplane in, piled high with that goopy stuff he likes to pass off as food. Into the hangar (your mouth) it goes, but instead of green pea mush, you taste… squash? And apple and cinnamon? And it is delicious? No […]
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Humble Pie’s humble brag
Move over pizza slice, step aside poutine: meat pies are hitting the streets of Dartmouth. Humble Pie Kitchen has been selling New Zealand-style meat pies at the Alderney Farmers’ Market for over a year now, and owners Shauna MacLean and Denise and Mike Noakes have pie-in-the-sky hopes for the pastry-encased street food in Nova Scotia. […]
