Pair It Up! The Awesomeness of ‘I Am A Food Blog’
I was actually doing some online banking recently when I started to think about what to make for dinner. I popped over to Stephanie Le’s i am a food blog...
Pair It Up! Family Recipes
I love this new article in Western Living Magazine: My Dad’s Spaghetti: Family Recipes from the West’s Best Chefs. It features family recipes from some of BC and Alberta's best...
Pair It Up! White Bean Fondue
Over the last few months I’ve been noting that My New Roots, Sarah Britton’s book of “inspired plant-based recipes for every season,” has become increasingly ubiquitous on store shelves and...
Pair It Up! Bubbles and Chips
A friend of mine recently turned 50. She is a highly regarded sommelier, whose name shall remain confidential for the purpose of discretion. Her birthday party was filled with great...
Pair it Up! Tomatoes, Fresh Fig, and Blue Cheese Salad
In Ontario, this hot September has kept the bounty of farm fresh tomatoes rolling in. Flavourful, perfectly ripened tomatoes are hard to beat, and are often at their best served...
Pair it up! Pickerel
Here in Manitoba, one-sixth of the province’s surface is covered by 100,000 freshwater lakes (I didn’t believe it either but it’s right there on the provincial government website. Not surprisingly,...
Pair It Up! Save with Jamie
My wife and I have always had a soft spot for Jamie Oliver. Even way back in his Naked Chef days, we’ve enjoyed his unparalleled enthusiasm and energy and, of...
Pair It Up! Lettuce Cups
Thanks to a healthy summer in my garden, I went searching for something to do with my surplus of lettuce. Food & Wine Magazine has complied a list of lettuce...