Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Ottawa-Gatineau 2018
Ottawa was unseasonably warm but smothered in thick fog as we flew in on Thursday afternoon and headed...
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Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Montreal 2018
It has happened before – I fly in to Montreal for the great culinary drive-around that will find...
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Moncton 2018
And suddenly it was September 29th and everyone was hurrying to Moncton, New Brunswick, for the first-ever iteration...
Fascinating
I just read on BBC.com that Ollie Pope is the first person called Oliver ever to play Test...
Essential Listening
It was announced on Tuesday that the ARC Ensemble has been nominated for a JUNO Award for its latest recording,...
Canadian Culinary Championships part 4 – the Grand Finale
The Grand Finale. Oh what a party! Olympic Athletes. 54-40 giving a whole rock concert. Gold Medal Pints...
Canadian Culinary Championships part 3 – the Black Box Competition
[caption id="attachment_3769" align="alignleft" width="225"] Members of the GMP production team[/caption] Saturday morning – up with the lark to...
Canadian Culinary Championships part 2 – The Mystery Wine Challenge
...Yes, the Mystery Wine was white. It was the 2016 Pinot Gris from Fort Berens, a winery in...
The sound of the distant past
Wonders will never cease. When I was a lad of 21, I was paid ten quid to play...
Canadian Culinary Championships part one – the judges arrive
[caption id="attachment_3748" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Chefs with their mystery wine[/caption] To balmy Kelowna for the 12th running of...