
Pair It Up! Chicken Soup for the Cold
Let’s face it, plenty of us are likely to get a cold or two this winter and a little chicken soup will be in order. In fact, I was thinking...

Top Wine Picks! The Two Faces of Pinot Gris
Here's one question you hear often from people new to wine: What's the difference between Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio? They are often surprised to learn that Gris and Grigio,...

Top Wine Picks! Spooky Wines for Halloween
Okay, I’m not much for pairing wine with anything Halloween. I’m also not super keen on trying to match wine with your favourite Halloween candy, and I certainly am not...

Canadian Winery Spotlight: Moraine Estate Winery
I first met Moraine Winery winemaker Jacqueline Kemp in the spring of 2010 when I moved to Naramata for a short-term stay over the summer, so I could observe the...

Pair It Up! Grilled Cheese, Please!
When I profiled i am a food blog in last week’s post, every time I went to the site for reference, the big photo and recipe up front was a...

Little Farm Winery: The Art of Small Batch Wines in Similkameen
What do you get when you combine an Aussie-born Master of Wine and a caterer-turned-baker-turned-winemaker and plop them down in the picturesque Similkameen Valley? Well, you get Little Farm Winery,...

Top Wine Picks! The Season For Chardonnay
Chardonnay was on my mind last week during Thanksgiving dinner. Maybe our wine yearnings are a sort of basic instinct, but certain wines are just better suited to certain times...

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...