Spill the Beans: Canned
When I moved to the farm after 13 years of living in the city, my grandmother suggested I start small. You know, small garden, only… Read More
Spill the Beans: So now what? (with recipes)
When I moved to the farm after 13 years of living in the city, my grandmother suggested I start small. You know, small garden, only… Read More
Spill the Beans: What grows
Everything just needs to grow. And if will power was enough to grow veggies, you can be sure I’d have the nicest veggies around. Unfortunately it doesn’t always work that way. Read More
Spill the Beans: Let the harvest begin
Tiny, greenish-yellow bulbs appeared in two places in the garden. And sure enough, about a month later, instead of one rhubarb plant, just where I planted it, I had two rhubarb plants growing rogue in the garden. And you will soon learn that I am all about the rogue plants, tenacious enough to survive the winter and come up in the spring; be it tender perennial herbs that have no business coming back, lettuce and tomatoes that have self-seeded the previous fall or rhubarb plants that get tilled into the ground and redistributed by some well-meaning farmer. Read More
Nothing sleepy about this owl
Toupin describes the journey from at-home side-line to storefront bakery over the past four years as, "pretty wild, but awesome and so encouraging" because their passion for bread was met by an eager market demanding their product. Read More
Oh, Doughnuts
“I feel crushing, monumental pressure,” she jokes. “I’m pretty self-deprecating and self-conscious, and I’m worried about pleasing everybody, so I just walk in and assume nobody is there for doughnuts.” Read More
What to drink if you don’t have a fireplace
I love a good, hot drink. Coffee in the morning. Tea later on in the day. And when it’s really cold, there’s nothing like warm alcohol by the fire to take the chill out of the air and out of the body. At least that’s how a hot-buttered rum or two will make you feel. Trust me. You won’t be sorry. Read More
For the love of shortbread
I’m a firm believer that if I like something, everyone else will, too. And I’m a sharer. So here are the recipes to my life-changing shortbread cookies. Read More
Eat me: Asparagus salad with tomato vinaigrette
We love asparagus! Read More
Eat me: Tomato confit, marinated tomatoes, grilled bread, chèvre, and local greens
Yes, please, we say. And we’re certain you’ve got a tomato or two on a window sill somewhere nearby. Marinated Tomatoes 1 lbs large tomatoes… Read More
Prairie Profile: Parlour Coffee
A look at one of Winnipeg's iconic coffee shops and what makes it so special in the neighbourhood. Read More
Diversity means good eats in the West End
The West End has always been about diversity. The people living in the neighbourhood can trace their ancestry back to every corner of the globe.… Read More
All I have is a twenty: Momo
So where is the best Asian food in Winnipeg? Chinatown probably seems like a safe bet. But Chinatown is a red herring. Read More
Get all sour
There are three major reasons why I haven’t made more sour ales: it can take two or more years for sour beers to reach readiness, my wife is not a fan of sour, and I’m afraid to infect my brew area. Read More
Madness to the abstinent: Sandinistas and Nicaraguan rum
It’s dynasties, dictatorships, uprisings and Nicaraguan history peppered on a real-time account of a 13-shot rum challenge. Flor de Cana distills a great rum, the five and all years higher. Read More
A bottling we will go
The chore dreaded by most home brewers is bottling. Read More