It may not count towards daily vegetable intake, but who cares? Boxing Rock Brewing Company just released a beer made with carrots. The aptly named 14 Carrot Gold is a collaboration with Square Roots, a social enterprise formed by Enactus Saint Mary’s, working toward reducing food waste and increasing food security. For example, Square Roots […]
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Goodmore Kombucha launches six flavours
Fifteen years working overseas in the wine industry instilled a serious love for “crafting beautiful beverages” in Kevin and Alexis Moore. So much so that the couple— who on top of wine, had an affinity for making fermented foods like kefir, sauerkraut, beer and kombucha at home— returned to their home in Nova Scotia about […]
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Super markets
The European Pantry Cheese, bread, olive oil, chocolate, deli meats—y’know, the things they do better in Europe—plus loads of other groceries, and prepared take-away foods. 6516 Chebucto Road Ca-Hoa Grocery For 40-plus years this huge, family-run Asian grocery has been providing dishes, fresh veg and hard-to-find packaged goods and sauces. 5483 Victoria Road The Carrot […]
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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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Don’t forget your helmet
[Image-1] Cycling has its benefits. Fresh air, good exercise and eco-friendliness, to name but a few. Still, many riders we’ve spoken to are surprised to learn they’re missing out on some red hot deals all over town. Deals that are only available to bike-riding customers. Bishop’s Cellar, for example, offers 10 percent off purchases for […]
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Sorry veggies, flowers are the new CSA
“I actually went to art school for drawing and painting, and I couldn’t find that connection between colour and getting outside in the natural world. I didn’t realize flowers would be the colour palate I get to paint with,” says Amanda Muis Brown of Humble Burdock Farms, a flower farm and design studio that specializes […]
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Ocean to table with Afishionado
Owner of Agricola Street’s Afishionado Fishmongers, Hana Nelson, has launched a cooking series teaming up with local chefs and businesses to educate Halifax on cooking local seafood. The Afishionado Chef’s Series Cooking School hosted its first session last month, with Dan Vorstermans, chef and co-owner at Field Guide. The theme of Vorstermans’ evening was the […]
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Hana Nelson
Owner Afishionado Fishmongers, 2530 Agricola Street “In travelling, I realized the main connection between people was food, it transcended nations,” says Hana Nelson, who studied international development, and then a master’s in agriculture in Europe, before arriving back in Halifax. Passionate about the purveyors of our food, this fall she opened Afishionado, an small-scale fish […]
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Best Eco-Conscious Store
Gold Winner P’lovers, Halifax
 Silver Winner Nurtured
 Bronze Winner Local Source Market For 22 years, P’lovers has been the city’s beloved eco-store, one of the first of its kind in Canada and an exemplary made-in-Halifax environmental success story, up there with being early to municipal green box composting. But there’s been a lot of change […]
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Got the Urban Blues
After retiring from spending many years abroad working as a protection officer with the UNHCR Refugee Agency, Lyndell Findlay had a craving to work at home in Halifax. She also had a craving to get into cheesemaking. Now, just two years later, after learning the ins and outs of the craft, taking all the technical […]
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Eager for enVie
Diandra Phipps and Cory Urquhart have finally found a home for their vegan vision, right in the north end. With an expected opening for July, the couple is taking their knowledge of vegan cuisine and using it to serve up delicious food via their new restaurant enVie – A Vegan Kitchen, at the corner of […]
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Take the Shop Talk Guided Tour: The north end
The meat of the issue We love it when something old is unearthed for us to experience for the first time. One year ago, Frédéric Tandy opened Charcuterie Ratinaud (2082 Gottingen Street, 446-8222), bringing home the European practice of curing meats and making pâtés and sausages. “It’s something that people have been doing for hundreds […]