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On The Town: goLocal with the LCBO

On September 29, 2011 · 3 Comments

I’ve blogged a few times about my visits to Niagara to sample some of Ontario’s best wines.  Niagara is a great day trip or weekend getaway for those in Southwestern Ontario and I always feel lucky to have such a great area so closeby.  I was recently invited by the

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Short Ribs with Red Wine and Port

On May 2, 2011 · 3 Comments

For years I’ve been a part of this online cookbook buying “club” called The Good Cook. It’s similar to the old Columbia House CD buying program where you get a certain number of books for cheap (in this case 4 for $1 each) and then have to buy a few more [...]

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On The Town: A Day at Tawse Winery

On October 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

As you all have probably noticed I’ve totally fallen for local (Ontario, duh) wines.  Read about my other trips out to Niagara here and here. So when I was invited to join a food bloggers’ excursion to spend the day at Tawse Winery I didn’t hesitate to say [...]

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Braised Short Ribs

On May 3, 2010 · 3 Comments

For some reason I’m obsessed with braising right now.  If I could eat all of my meats braised (possibly in wine) life would be crazy.  This is odd of course because it’s spring and I should be eating light and fresh, not heavy and braised.  But if my body wants braised I’m [...]

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On The Town: Niagara Wine Tasting 2

On April 4, 2010 · 10 Comments

Yes, another visit to Niagara so soon. My last visit was so much fun and rewarding that I jumped at the chance to tag along on another trip.  The reason for the season was the Twitter-based #twasting hosted by the lovely Michele Bosc (aka @MBosc), Director of Marketing at Chateau [...]

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Slow-Roasted Red-Wine-Lacquered Salmon Fillet

On February 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Hello all!  After  week’s vacation in Jamaica I’m back to the cold and the blogosphere.  Sadly no Jamaica related posts… it really wasn’t a take pictures of your food kind of vacation, although I did do some good eating.  I ate a ton of fresh-caught, never frozen fish, locally grown yams, bananas, [...]

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On The Town: Niagara Wine Tour

On January 26, 2010 · 2 Comments

A few days ago an intrepid group of food and wine lovers (including me!) got together to head out to Niagara to visit a few vineyards to further our appreciate of Ontario wines and have fun doing it.  We managed to visit four wineries each offering a different experience and with [...]

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Peach Jam with Pinot Noir and Cinnamon

On November 22, 2008 · 4 Comments

I’m kind of late on posting this one as peach season is long gone but I just felt that I had to share this one.  Last summer I discovered the joys of jam making.  This was born mainly out of the frustration with regular jams being way too sweet and having High [...]

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