Chef Ben Kramer is a well-known advocate of locavore dining. You could say he’s a man outstanding in his field, and now, you can say it literally. Well, it’s not his field, it’s that of the Hueging Family’s Dairy Farm who are hosting a unique foodie experience in which the Diversity Food Services chef serves up a […]
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Running from February 14- 23, Festival du Voyageur is a celebration of our province’s French-Canadian culture. Only Winnipeggers…Winterpeggers…would have an outdoor festival in the middle of February. We’re proud of the fact. The colder it is, the better. Builds character, y’know…connects us with la joie de vivre des voyageurs when we scramble over icy embankments, […]
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, […]
Ten Tips for Holiday Entertaining Etiquette
With a plethora of parties and at least one holiday meal in your immediate future, Savour Winnipeg presents Ten Tips for Holiday Entertaining Etiquette. 1. Drink buckets of eggnog. It’s rare you know. You wont find it any other time of year, so drink up! Plus, it’s devoid of calories (devoid = 25,000 calories per […]
One Sweet Affair
Hot menus, a Food Network style cake competition, trendy chefs, and some of the most up-to-the-minute food to dress your plates? That’s what organizers are promising at One Sweet Affair, Winnipeg’s not to be missed fall foodie event.
International Bacon Day
Okay, it’s a pretty unofficial celebration, but no other food is as deserving. September 5 is International Bacon Day. Bacon Day is held on the Saturday before Labor Day US (the first Monday of September, and according to http://internationalbaconday.blogspot.com last year was celebrated in the US, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, and the UK. […]
Too many cooks in the kitchen
Too much wine, limited ingredients, one dull knife and too many cooks in the kitchen. A recipe for disaster? Think again. It was a riotous night that led to the best vegetarian quesadillas I’ve ever had. Of course they were the only vegetarian quesadillas I’ve ever had, but they were darn good quesadillas at […]
Pet peeves, personal preference
Bistro to bar, greasy spoon to haute cuisine, every restaurant has a way of doing things that they’ve made part of the experience. Some of these practices I like, others I hate. The other night my server poured me wine directly from the bottle. Like. But he drained it to the last drop and dumped […]
Free Rice satisfies appetite for change
I was thrilled to see FreeRice.com featured in my latest issue of Food & Wine magazine. An online trivia game with a social conscience, I’d discovered the site about a year ago as it was just growing in popularity. When you arrive at FreeRice.com, you’re presented with a word and four possible definitions. Questions get […]