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Sweet Retreat
Re-imagine your yard as an outdoor oasis. Perfect for parties, or an intimate evening for two. A weekend trip to Buffalo, New York changed the way I view my humble backyard. Last summer I toured 30 private gardens, part of the National Garden Festival, the largest free garden walk in the United States. The festival, [READ MORE]
Artisan
He is a tall, strapping man, all of 27 years old, and looks more like the star quarterback than a man who tinkers with high-octane booze all day long. But that’s the path master distiller Geoff Dillon, with degrees in biochemistry and economics, has taken in the heart of Niagara wine country. Dillon is on [READ MORE]
The Chicken Factor
“It tastes just like chicken!” If I had a dime for every time I’ve heard that line, I’d be a millionaire by now. Let me tell you, I’ve tried frog legs, eel, alligator, rabbit and kangaroo. And despite assurances to the contrary, none of it tasted even remotely like chicken. In fact, frog legs happen [READ MORE]
Grape X
It’s not always the wine that excites me, it’s the journey it takes to get in my glass — from vine, to bud, to flower, to grape, to harvest, to crusher, to fermentation, to barrel, to bottle and finally to my mouth. We take the journey lightly, letting Mother Nature, viticulturists and winemakers do all [READ MORE]

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Mav Awards ’09 – Wine & Spirits
Assemblage. This year’s selection of top spirits and assemblage are truly travelling the world. Now in our third year, Tidings editors and tasters select the best wines that demonstrate the winemakers’ main d’oeuvre. This is a call to all gourmets. Sit back and enjoy this year’s selection. Tasted by Gurvinder Bhatia, Tony Aspler, Sean Wood, [READ MORE]
Canadian Craft Beer
Before I was a wine lover, I was (and still am) a beer lover. I drank a lot of beer while going to university, and while the large commercial breweries dominated the market, a couple of small (at the time) microbreweries (Granville Island and Big Rock) began producing beers that stepped outside the flavour box [READ MORE]
Pretty in Pink
You’ve all heard the current buzz, right? Forty is the new thirty. Fifty is the new forty. Sixty is the new fifty. That’s some pretty nifty math, don’t you think? It puts a little extra pressure on us to look, feel and act younger than we really are — when, let’s face it, there’s a [READ MORE]

Tequila Matador
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a champagne flute, and serve.
Jade
Shake all ingredients (except lime slice) with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Add the slice of lime and serve.

Tricks and Treats
When did Halloween become such a big deal? The minute the kids go back to school, store shelves are stacked to the ceiling with macabre merchandise. There are black and orange lights to string around your entire home, grotesque figures that jump to life when you walk by, welcome mats that groan underfoot and costumes [READ MORE]
Garden Minestrone
A bowlful of vegetable soup is comfort food and a taste of summer’s bounty all at the same time. Minestrone is a personal art form. Use this recipe as a base and add whatever beans or vegetables you enjoy. Try cannellini or Great Northern beans, fennel, cabbage, green beans, rutabaga, celeriac, or butternut squash. For [READ MORE]
Five Things To See Before You Dine
The Before You Die books make me nervous. There are a number of them in the series, such as 1001 Movies To See Before You Die, 1001 Places To Go Before You Die and so forth. The whole notion makes me jittery because there’s the erroneous implication that I am, indeed, going to die. Moi? [READ MORE]
The Chicken Factor
“It tastes just like chicken!” If I had a dime for every time I’ve heard that line, I’d be a millionaire by now. Let me tell you, I’ve tried frog legs, eel, alligator, rabbit and kangaroo. And despite assurances to the contrary, none of it tasted even remotely like chicken. In fact, frog legs happen [READ MORE]