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bagel

Battle of the Breakfast Sandwiches

Sandwiches are the perfect food group. Yes, I said food group. Forget those little pyramid schemes the government and the dairy famers/wheat growers/frog giggers try to sell us on every year… my food groups tend to sound a lot more like: “sandwiches,” “coffee,” “vodka” and “crunchy green stuff.” (Yes, I actually enjoy broccoli and snap [...]

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Round 2 at Dieu du Ciel

Québécois Quality: Brasserie Artisanale Dieu du Ciel

Recently, I drew surprise from a member of the Québec gastronomie scene when I mentioned that I had excitedly flocked not once; but – gasp! – twice to Brasserie Artisanale Dieu du Ciel up on Le Plateau in Montréal on my four day jam-packed trip to the city. It was a frigid weekend, with temperatures [...]

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Stuffing perogies

How Do You Spell Perogie?

perogi, pyrogy, perogie, perogy, pirohi, piroghi, pirogi, pirogen, pierogy, pirohy, pyrohy?!? Visiting my parents in the blustery Bruce County hills off Lake Huron in January inevitably brings about the kind of creativity and inspiration I defer to daily when back “down South”, near Toronto. Provided that you can actually get to the nearest grocery store [...]

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Muskoka Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout

Ontario Craft Beer: A Personal Journey

When I was 17, I found myself running around the streets of a small city in Northern France in the early evening with some like-minded classmates destined to take advantage of this miraculous culture that let us partake of alcoholic beverages prior to the legal age of majority back home in Ontario, Canada. We discovered [...]

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Port Hope Proud & Full of “Black Beans”

Port Hope Proud & Full of “Black Beans”

Recently, I have found a new man that will ease a very large transition in my life – and my boyfriend completely approves of him! A few weeks ago, our lives were thrown into chaos when it was revealed with very short-notice that my significant other would be relocated by his company to open a [...]

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A celebration of heritage

Quebec City: Canadian Culinary Legacy

What is it about Québec City? Like most questions in life, you simply must ask a trusted source for an answer. The city that sits formidably on the St. Lawrence is a beautifully balanced atmosphere of colonial France and the earliest of Canadiana best represented in its architecture, ambiance, and attitude. However, the unschooled visitor [...]

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