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| The Big Smoke February chills cannot keep Ivy Knight from real Texas-style BBQ. She breaks out the smoker and the love begins (recipe incl.) ...[more]. | Beautiful Botrytis CBC Radio's Konrad Ejbich returns with a Niagara dessert wine sans glace: a Botrytis beauty ...[more]. |
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Asafoetida or Hing Advanced grocery shopping: Eric Vellend looks for asafoetida, the elusive resin that's the secret to dal, called 'hing' in Hindi ...[more]. | Turnips Less root, more 'swollen stem', the turnip endures through the ages ...[more].[Photo: Leslie Vineberg] | ||
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Sandi Richard Fixes Dinner | Szabo & Szabo's Wine Tips Jancis Robinson's favourite Canadian tour and wine guides put their fingers on the pulse of the wine world today ...[more]. | ||
The Whole Hog: A Piggy Feast in Oakland Gremolata's California correspondent Ben Wiener flew from LA to Oakland for a exclusively porcine dinner. 27 different dishes of piggy goodness ...[more].- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On The Gourmadar: Gina Mallet has taken the job of restaurant critic for The National Post, beginning February 17. | |||
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Madhur Jaffrey Interview  Accomplished actress and the English speaking world's literary ambassador to Indian cuisine, Madhur Jaffrey talks to Malcolm Jolley about her new food-heavy childhood memoir, Climbing The Mango Trees, how she became a cookery writer, how to use Indian spices, Swedish desserts, why Indians are like Italians, secret dishes yet to be discovered and few other things ...[more]. | |||
Bag it Back? Is the new wine bottle recycling scheme a good or a bad thing? Also: the Argentine favourite beloved by all the critics ...[more on wine]. | Natalie MacLean From Gremolata 090: Canada's queen of the corks, Natalie MacLean talks about wine, writing and everything else ...[more]. | ||
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Good Old Soy Beans Gremolata's veggie expert Sheryl Kirby looks at the increasing popularity of soy. Be careful, she warns, of exaggerated health claims and dubious practices as soy becomes big business in North America. Sheryl runs through soy products available and counsels an Asian approach to consumption ...[more]. | (Ad / Promotion) Never mind Oz, The Goats Do Roam Wine Company’s premium labels appeal to Ontario’s Shiraz lovers. The 2004 Goat-Rotie ($19.95, LCBO# 943175) is a 96% Shiraz 4% Viogner blend that won a Gold Medal at the 2006 Decanter World Wine Awards. It’s sister wine, the 2004 Goats Do Roam in Villages ($15.95, LCBO# 566851) showcases 90% Shiraz matched with 6.5% Pinotage and 3.5% Mourvèdre won a Silver Medal at the 2005 Decanter World Wine Awards ...[more].
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Vintage Ale Beer aficionado Greg Clow explains that not all beer goes off when it's aged and sudsy connoisseurs in Ontario rejoiced when the rare Thomas Hardy's Ale made an appearance in the province ...[more]. | |||
Marion Nestle Interview New York University Professor Dr. Marion Nestle may be the world's best known nutritionist and her book What To Eat is the new gold standard for healthful eating. Nestle cuts through the nonsense and explains how big corporation try and cnfuse beleaguered consumers in this interview from Gremolata 084 ...[more]. | |||
Extraordinary Service Have you recently had extraordinarily good or bad service in a restaurant? Or do you have strong opinions about restaurant service generally? Gremolata would like to know, and if you have a story please send it to service@gremolata.com. We're compiling extraordinary stories as part of Terroir: A Sense of Place, a one day symposium on March 6 organised by Eau-de-Vie for hospitality professionals. To find out more and register for the symposium visit www.eau-de-vie.ca. | |||
Chef Gurth Pretty No man, woman or child knows more about Canadian cheese than Gurth Pretty. Chef Pretty made his mission to criss-cross the country learning about hand crafted cheese from the artisans who make it ...[more]. | (Ad / Promotion) Rosé is just as delicious in February as it is June, and is a refreshing change from white or light red wines. The Goats Do Roam Rosé is the perfect antidote to the winter blah's, made from a robust blend of red varietals and competitively priced at just $12.95 ...[more]. | ||
David Wood From our archives, a look at David Wood and his remarkable Salt Spring Island Cheese. Wood talks candidly about trying to make cheese in Canada ...[more]. | |||
Ricardo! Quebec food sensation Ricardo's semi-secret last name is Larrivée, more or less meaning "The Arrival", and is he ever. Ricardo's multi-media gourmet storm has hit the RoC hard ...[more]. | (Ad / Promotion) The Goats Do Roam line of wines is famous for its mix of Old World charm with New World excitement. Hitherto it's been the Southwest of France that's provided the South African winemaker with inspiration. Now, the goats have sought the green pastures of the Italian countryside and produced what might be the best pizza wine ever, The Goatfather. Find out why the newest member of the Goats family is creating such a stir by clicking here. | ||
 Jancis,Cauliflower, Joanne Kates, Unami... and more. | |||
| Konrad's Wine PickCritic, author and CBC-Radio Wine Expert, Konrad Ejbich returns with his monthly pick: a Niagara gem from Angel's Gate ...[more]. | |||
Canada's Hottest Resto Every town has a restaurant that chefs must visit, explains Eric Vellend. In Montréal it's Au Pied de Cochon, Martin Picard's temple of foie gras. Vellend had to go and then he had to write about it ...[more]. | Goats Do Roam (Ad / Promotion) There really are goats who roam the property where the wine that David Lawrason calls "the best-value red in the Vintages Essentials collection" is made. In part one of a special series: Goats Do Roam Red and how it started ...[more]. | ||
Veggieliscious? Vegeteian columnist Sheryl Kirby explains how to beat the meat at Toronto's big seasonal food festival, Winterliscious. It's all about planning ahead ...[more]. | Good Food Revolution In these week's round up of gourmet media: Nigel Slater's fave fishies and winter foods, Gordon Ramsay's American problems, Chicago foie gras freedom fighters, bovine winos and more... | ||
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Winter Foods  Gai Lan or 'Chinese broccoli', The Humble Cabbage, Cheese, Rapini, Serrano Ham, Salt, Chocolate, Harissa, Toucinho (aka Potuguese smoked bacon) beets, and more... | |||
Interviews  Jancis Robinson, Lesley Stowe, Christine Cushing, Vikram Vij, Natalie MacLean, Jamie Drummond, Marion Nestle, Bill Buford, Tom Pawlic, Beppe Severgnini, Kathleen Farley, Myra Sable, Trish Magwood, Leah McLaren, Michael Ruhlman, Gina Mallet and many, many more... | |||
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