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Fresh and Local
The Egg Farmers of Canada recently conducted a survey that asked Canadians what freshness means to them. The reveal? Canadians overwhelmingly demand that the farm products they buy be fresh, with 90 percent saying that farms within their province deliver that freshness. Distance from farm to grocery store is seen as the key to freshness. [READ MORE]
@ Pinot Gris
@mikedicaro Michael Di Caro 09 Thirty Bench P. Gris: Pear, peach, floral notes & interesting use of oak but it still hasn’t managed to turn me on to PG #30dayslocal There it was. A simple tweet typed out and sent in seconds to no one in particular, just one among the hundreds of thousands that [READ MORE]
What Indigenous Varieties Can Do For You
Now this is amusing. “Old men in sports cars were beyond pity or comprehension. It was as if they’d paid a great deal of money to purchase a huge piece of attire that pointed at their waning potencies. It was as if something had gone in their heads, some bit of wiring had become confused [READ MORE]
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]

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Ancient Scotch and Real Deal Experts
I always thought that Scotch whisky was an ancient tipple. If I’m right, how come so many of my favourite distilleries claim to have been established only in the mid-to-late 1800s? It depends on your definition of both ancient and Scotch. I’m no spring chicken, but anything coming on line in the middle of the [READ MORE]
Breaking Up With Sake?
Is there an appropriate wine to serve when you’re breaking up with your girlfriend? Well, you can’t say that my readers aren’t classy. Since you’re going to wind up wearing most of it, I’d pick a white wine. They cause less of a stain and if you’re at a restaurant (and isn’t that were most [READ MORE]
Rebirth of the Israeli Wine Industry
Although wine has been produced in Israel for over 4000 years, it is only in the last decade that the country’s wines have started to receive international recognition. The image of Israeli wine has long been one of syrupy-sweet kosher wines used primarily for Jewish ritual. But the new generation of winemaker is concerned with [READ MORE]

Good Fortune
Shake and strain into an ice-filled Hurricane glass. Garnish with a lemon wheel.
501 Blue
Mix equal amounts into a glass with ice.

Celebrate
Celebrations don’t always have to be grandiose affairs. One of the nicest holiday dinners I ever had consisted of a simple beef stew with salad and a loaf of homemade bread. The food was delicious, but what made the evening special was the great conversation and laughter shared among good friends. To me “simple” means [READ MORE]
Sultry Summer Eats
Nancy Johnson is the Food Editor at Tidings Magazine, and rightly so. The recipes that she creates are beautiful to look at – colourful and mouthwatering – and scrumptious to eat. The wonderfully warm weather I’ve been enjoying here in Ontario makes me crave bright and tasty summer dishes. If the weather where you are [READ MORE]
Goat Cheese Pizza
Nancy Johnson started writing before she could read, dictating her stories to her mother. Nancy’s love for cooking grew slowly, mainly because it involved kitchen clean-up. Eventually, she embraced her inner gourmet by attending George Brown College where she studied culinary arts, food media and wine. When she is not in her kitchen, she works [READ MORE]
Cinco de Mayo
For a long time I thought Mexican restaurants didn’t rinse their dishes properly. There seemed to be an odd soapy flavour to the food. When I started cooking Mexican food in my own kitchen, I realized the Palmolive aftertaste was cilantro. There is some evidence that hypersensitivity to cilantro’s soapy essence is genetic. In short, [READ MORE]