Bothwell Cheese is celebrating 75 years of business in Manitoba. It all started in 1936 as a co-op in a plant built by local volunteers. From these humble beginnings grew the award-winning company that Canadians know and love today. Bothwell Cheese now operates out of a 35,000 square-foot complex where its staff of 60 remains […]
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Happy Cooker September Sale
It’s that time of year…The Happy Cooker’s September Sale! Receive 20% off all floor stock for the entire month ! Limited exclusions, electrical items and knives. Special orders also excluded. New items have also been added to an already impressive inventory: Wenger Forged knives Made in Switzerland Henckels Curly Birch Cermax Santoku Emile Henry Gastron […]
Fall 2011 Winnipeg Leisure Guide Goes Live
Looks like the city’s tightening the purse strings. Instead getting a copy of the Fall 2011 Winnipeg Leisure Guide, I got a flyer advertising its launch on August 29. I guess I should be happy for the trees, carbon footprint etc, but dammit…I like flyers. I like holding something in my hand, turning down a […]
Winnipeg’s Food Truck Rennaisance
Some of my fondest memories are of standing in line at the chippy van for a sheppie (a deep fried shepherd’s pie), or losing my nut at the dulcent tones of the ice cream truck and raiding my mum’s milk money jar to secure a a 99er (a soft-serve cone with a Cadburry’s Flake stuck […]
Exciting News from 2011 Flatlanders Beer Festival
The 9th annual Flatlanders Beer Festival ran at the Convention Centre on September 8 & 9. If you’ve never been it’s a second to none opportunity to try over a hundred beers and related products (cider for instance) from 25 countries. And unlike the Winnipeg Wine Festival, all the packaged products are available at the […]
Recipe: Moroccan Pork Loin Roast
This recipe from the latest edition of the Manitoba Canola Producers Newsletter was perfectly times with Savour’s summertime tribute to all things grilled and barbequed. Instead of your regular pork loin roast, liven things up a bit with this Moroccan inspired roast! Recipe courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council, it can be found in their Grilling […]
Recipe: Perfect Pulled Pork in Six Easy Steps
Ahhh…Pulled Pork. The mere mention of the word sets the taste buds tingling, evoking sweet recollections of those tender morsels of meat, that delightful smoke, that sweet, yet tart and spicy sauce. I can’t get enough of the stuff. On a bun. On a pizza with pineapple. Over noodles. As a poutine topping or burger […]
How to Make a Smoke Pouch
Whether it’s making amazing pulled pork, home-made jerky or simply adding a new dimension of subtle smoke flavour to some of your grilling go tos, a smoke pouch is a barbequer’s best friend. Let’s cover a few ground rules of building a smoke pouch. First of all, wood selection. Always, always, always use hard-wood. The […]
Folklorama for iPhone
Folklorama is in full swing! It’s already one of the quickest and fun ways to experience the range of incredible ethnic food we enjoy right here in Winnipeg, but now it’s even easier! The interactive Folklorama app for iPhone makes it easy to look up pavilion information, get GPS directions, peruse the VIP World Tours, […]
Savour Winnipeg’s Television Debut
We had an awesome time working with Drew Kozub, remote host of Breakfast Television and I have to give a huge shout out to Pay Chen who helped hook this up. Although at home viewers only saw four, two-minute segments and a couple of teasers, we spent from 5:30 am (ouch) to just gone 8:00 […]