I just started as a lunch monitor at an elementary school. The kids I have are grade ones. I am shocked and disgusted at what some people pack these 6 year olds for lunch. Processed crap and chocolate bars. Seriously?? Half the kids only will eat the junk food and I can’t make sure 40 […]
Food
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Food for thinking
With an absurd amount of places to dine out in Halifax, the best spot of all to eat is actually right in your kitchen. But with assignments, social life and dating, it’s all too easy to get fast or processed foods instead. It isn’t easy balancing a student’s hectic lifestyle with their body’s needs and […]
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A world of hurt: Hangover cures from around the planet
Prairie oyster This North American cure is made of tomato juice, Worcester sauce, black pepper and Tabasco sauce, topped with a raw egg yolk. As with real oysters, just swallow—don’t look or chew. Tripe soup A common cure in Romania, Turkey and Mexico, tripe (AKA cow’s stomach) soup is made by boiling the edible offal […]
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Hospital cafeteria food sucks
Why, why, why can’t I go to the hospital cafeteria and get something nutritious??? Everytime I go, the milk is close to expiry date and the only cheese they have is gouda! Gouda, are you kidding me?! After lunch is over, (1:00 pm!!!) the other choices are pastries full of fat, sugar, carbs or salt. […]
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Incredible Picnic postponed
The Incredible Picnic scheduled for this Sunday has been postponed a week, because of the stormy weather forecast. While this is disappointing news for all who were looking forward to the big local food celebration, if delaying the gastronomical gratification for a week means not sharing a picnic basket with Hurricane Bill, it’s hard to argue. And for the vehicularly inclined locavore keeners, the silver lining in this swirling cloud is that two Incredible Picnic venues outside of town—in Windsor and Antigonish—are indoor, and will be going ahead this Sunday anyway. So you could have picnics two weekends in a
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Hot Summer Guide: Cultural events and festivals
CATCH: The Nova Scotia Seafood Festival June 27 Get those culinary taste buds ready for a weekend of seafood: CATCH will be working overtime. The festival promises to be a weekend of tasting, learning, shopping and just generally loving all things fishy. Presented by the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, the festival’s focus is to […]
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roomdoom: funny wee songs about food and art
Out of a mutual desire to have fun, make people dance and eat sandwiches, roomdoom was born. The band is barely five months old, but in that time, they’ve played at least 10 shows, including house parties, galleries (inside a fabric dome at the Khyber ICA), at the recent Obey Convention and two very different […]
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Best Nachos
Winner Economy Shoe Shop 1st Runner-up Wooden Monkey 2nd Runner-up Your Father’s Moustache Editor’s note: With its latest Best Nachos win in 2009, the Economy Shoe Shop was elevated to the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. Somewhere along the way the restaurant became the default place to bring someone who just arrived in town, […]