According to the Smithsonian, the chicken epic began 10,000 years ago when it became the first domesticated animal. Rice is a bit older, 12,000 plus years. No wonder these two legends go…
Farm to Plate: Recipes
Last night, I drove through Hillier in the dark, onto the crackling gravel drive at a familiar County winery and walked into the tasting room. There were eight of us in all…
I’d overheard a lot of County love for Ryan Monkman over the past several months. At Keint-he Winery, “Are those Ryan’s cider barrels? He’s so lovely, I can’t wait to taste this…
Things move fast and change faster in the County, and there’s nothing better than watching the seeds of a beautiful new venture being sown and then blossom into those iconic experiences that…
This afternoon my three year old ran up to me and gave me one of his rare hugs. “Mommy, you’re the best cooker ever in the kitchen” he said sincerely. I felt…
Three summers ago, I had an amazing ‘mobile’ herb garden that we planted and grew in a bunch of mismatched pots on our deck. When we moved into our house in Toronto, we…
Emilia Romagna—the Northeast region of Italy—is home to a few of my favourite places; Bologna, Modena, Parma, Ravenna, Forli and Rimini. My love of this entire country runs long and deep, but…
There are a lot of truly cool people in the County, and no shortage of great and meaningful parties, but it was obvious to everyone that John Bil’s Ship To Shore: Straight Talk…
Here in PEC, we are totally obsessed with our food pop-ups and kitchen takeovers. Chances are, if you’re headed out somewhere cool in the County in high season, there will be some…