Serves 4 Apple Cider Vinaigrette 2 tbsp of whole grain mustard 2 tbsp of honey ¼ cup of apple cider 3 tbsp of Boates apple cider vinegar 1 cup of olive oil a pinch of fine-ground sea salt and pepper Mix all ingredients in a food processor. Pickled Onions 12 mini-red onions from Hutten […]
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Lobster and Sweet Pea Bruschetta
Chef’s note: The very best way to enjoy this dish is to use lobster stock or lobster bisque as the base for the cream sauce (recipe provided below). If you do not have access to any a rich chicken stock is a good substitute. Ingredients 1 shallot minced 1 tbsp butter 1 cup shelled sweet […]
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How do you buy weed in Halifax?
[Image-1] I said OK, and in one swift, practiced motion he dropped a little tinfoil package into my jacket pocket. To be honest it felt pretty badass. Everyone and their dad has bought weed by the time they’re 27. Everyone except this n00b. I’m living on my own, paying my own bills. I should be […]
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Forward Unto Dawn: Alphas of metal
It’s Thursday night and the streets of north end Halifax have reached an eerie silence, with only the sound of rubber on pavement piercing the stillness. But over at Gus’ Pub, the city’s metal-faithful are just waking up. The third band of the evening has just finished their set, having offered their own litany of […]
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The Addams Family’s deliciously death-obsessed
They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky. They’re all together ooky—The Addams Family. Buh-da-da-dum. Snap, snap. That pesky little ear worm will be familiar to viewers of the 1960s TV series The Addams Family, about the deliciously death-obsessed Addams clan. The show, which featured characters like the hunched and hairless Uncle Fester and Lurch, […]
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Nihari
Serves 3-4 Ingredients for step one 1 lb of boneless shank beef, cut into 6-8 pieces 5 tbsp oil 3 tbsp flour 1½ tsp salt 1 tsp ginger paste 1 tsp coriander powder 1 clove of garlic, crushed ½ tsp red chilli powder ½ tsp pepper ¼ tsp turmeric Spice mix for step two 2 tbsp […]
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The price is wrong
[Image-1] So me and a lot of other people stand in line in the rain and cold for 5 hours to find out people who don’t even have a ticket can win. Then we paid $70 for nose bleed section and people on the floor paid $40-50. Then to find out no one won anything […]
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Carry on Khyber (for six more months)
[Image-1] Khyber team…ASSEMBLE! Halifax city council has passed a motion opening the books and allowing the Khyber Arts Society, Friends of the Khyber and Neptune Theatre to create a plan for future use of the historic Halifax building. The group will now have access to building schematics, engineering reports and CAD drawings (documents they couldn’t […]
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A response from the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market
The Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market is home to over 200 vendors of all different nationalities and backgrounds, selling a variety of unique products. Our vendors are farmers, artisans, bakers and chefs who grow, produce and create what they sell. We value all of our vendors and we have been working hard with them to create […]
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The Seaport Market and the problem of “authentic Maritime culture”
[Image-1] Update: Hines has published an update about this Voice of the City submission on his own blog. For added context, we’ve added a relevant passage from that post below in italics. The rest of his original Voice submission follows. “First of all, I wish to apologize to the Port Authority for potentially implying that […]
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Bye Halifax
[Image-2] I’m going to miss Halifax. I’ll miss the view of the ocean, the fog, the rain, the hurricane winds in September, the seaspray, the jellyfish, the cold beaches, the warm lakes, the taste of lobster and beer and mackerel; I’ll miss the bare hill of the Citadel, I’ll miss dreaming that maybe one day […]
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Renting, why are you the worst?
[Image-1] After just leaving my old apartment and going through a huge debacle with the landlord over major repairs that had to be done, I am now on the hunt for a good landlord. But here’s the problem: they don’t seem to exist. At least, not the ones who are looking to offer affordable, flexible […]
