Emma Adamski’s holiday eating traditions include her mom’s butter tarts and her family uniform—”buffet pants”—but wacky, hand-crafted sugar cookies? Not so much. A cook, not baker, by nature, Adamski is one-half Manual Food & Drink Co. (the other half is her other half, Sonny Adamski), maker of some of the most beautiful, artistic desserts in […]
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Battle for the best gingerbread house
Halifax’s newest breakfast joint, Robie Street Station (2394 Robie Street) has decided to put the grocery-store-bought, cardboard-tasting gingerbread house kits to shame. In the spirit of the season the diner’s hosting a Gingerbread House Decorating Contest in which it’ll provide an assembled, and homemade house, two freshly baked gingerbread people, handmade frosting, assorted candy and […]
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Susie’s Shortbreads’ new digs
Susie’s Shortbreads (1589 Dresden Row) has been providing Haligonians with sweet relief for nearly a decade, doling out artfully created treats on downtown for six of those years. With a milestone on the horizon, and a lease expiry this summer, owner TJ Peach took a closer look at the shop’s business model and in realizing […]
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How to bribe Santa with cookies
Now that it’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, shifty-eyed tots around the world are breaking into a nervous sweat whenever the words “naughty or nice” come up. But before they take that long Christmas Eve walk down the red and green mile to their rooms, think about giving the naughtier children in your […]