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How to taste wine and influence people
People ask me fairly regularly how I learned about wine and how they might go about learning more themselves. Proper tasting method is often at the top of their list of wine skills to master, […]
You look like a Tempranillo to me
I’m sure I’m not the only writer who looks back on their past work and shudders. Fortunately for me, everything I wrote as a fledgling writer has disappeared from the internet (along with everything else […]
Food writing in Avenue Edmonton
I’ve done a number of pieces for Avenue Edmonton magazine in recent months, though I just realized I haven’t shared them here. I was pretty happy to connect with Avenue shortly after leaving Vue, and […]
Musings on A Christmas Carol and theatre coverage in Edmonton
I saw A Christmas Carol at the Citadel last week and guess what: it was my first time. Yeah, that’s right: I had never seen the longest-running theatre show in town, which has been going […]
In praise of chain grocers and frozen French fries
Speak in favour of one thing and everyone will automatically assume you’re against its opposite. It’s a tempting but flawed logical leap that happens all the time in the food community. I’m sure it’s not […]
Alberta Fruit Wine & Mead: Complete Winery Listing
Last updated: November 19, 2020 The following is an alphabetical listing of Alberta’s producers of fruit wine and mead (honey wine). Scroll down to the bottom for details about Alberta’s cottage winery history and legislation. […]
Eating Haida Gwaii: Green Gaia
The soup was great, but the community values were outstanding. We knew we’d have to stop in as soon as we discovered there was a place in Masset describing itself as an organic vegetarian cafe […]
Eating Haida Gwaii: Charters Restaurant
Hungry and haggard from air travel, we stumbled into Charters about an hour after they had opened for dinner. The restaurant is located on the ground floor of a large house overlooking the harbour in […]
Eating Haida Gwaii: initial thoughts
Haida Gwaii is weird. That’s a massive generalization and far too vague to mean anything, admittedly, but I haven’t been able to find another way to articulate my thoughts about the place yet. So, this […]
All, Food, Theatre, Uncategorized, Wine
Farewell, Vue Weekly
I have resigned from Vue Weekly. As of July 6, 2016 I will no longer be Dish/News Editor for the paper. This was a very difficult decision and not one I made lightly, as Vue […]
Recipe: golden rutabaga & parsnip soup with mushrooms & microgreens
This earthy soup could also be called “Early Spring at the Farmer’s Market.” It features two overlooked root vegetables that are among the last of the previous season’s veggies still available at market stalls in […]
Starting Seeds Indoors & Cold Stratification
Though it still seems early in the year, gardening season is well underway in Edmonton. Last Sunday I bought a number of seeds from the annual Seedy Sunday, mainly from Harmonic Herbs—a 15-acre farm up near Barrhead. I […]
