
At their home workshop, Pete and Marla can build a barrel a day using hand tools and a toasting oven that is over 200 years old, provided by their mentor Dale Kirby. [more]

The plan is to serve Italian style, naturally fermented pizza, using ingredients from the garden at Norman Hardie’s Winery and Vineyard, which includes three varieties of basil and over 28 varieties of Heirloom tomatoes. [more]

Two worlds co-exist in the food service industry: front of house and back of house. If you’ve ever worked in service you’ll know that a kitchen humming with frantic activity is thinly veiled from the elaborately constructed candle-lit calm of a fine-dining establishment. [more]

I grew up in a Tim Horton’s kind of family, but even then, I remember my parents going to dinner at Angéline’s for their anniversary. I didn’t know the particulars, but their tone was enough. Angéline’s clearly meant something special. [more]

Wines worked by hand do leave their mark in a few ways. For customers, they more often betray an almost paradox of subtlety and complexity…. For winegrowers, the marks can be much more immediate. And damned near impossible to hide. [more]