Tag Archives: food

At this point, the rush of the holiday season is in full swing.  On my previous post, I suggested three, easy-to-make party food treats and the three I have chosen today are just as easy.  Chocolate is a crowd-pleaser and lovely to have...

The long anticipated Spryfield Pizza Quest has finally been completed! Thanks to our hosts, Eva and Christian, who offered up their new abode for our Spryfield conquest. For this quest we compared: Now We’re Cookin’ 179 Hebridean Dr,...

Twelve days to Christmas! Yikes! Why is it with the best-laid plans things slip? I finally got around to making my first ever Christmas cracker snaps even though I had the materials 2-weeks ago.  They were a cinch to make and took half an...

  Over the past year, we’ve been piloting a new model of Food Leaders Sharing Gatherings in both Cumberland and Cape Breton. Our intent for these gatherings, was to bring together those who are already working or developing food and...

by Steve Dawson. November 6, 2016… a day that will live in culinary and musical infamy! Ok, maybe not quite. But at this year’s Creating a Place for Food Gathering, in Dieppe, New Brunswick, there was more than just networking...

The Canteen  66 Ochterloney St, Dartmouth (Closed Sundays) If you haven’t been to The Canteen, sandwich lover, you’re really missing out. This brainchild of Fiesty Chef, Renée Lavallée, is most coveted...

Cape Breton Island is separated from mainland Nova Scotia by an easily passable causeway. Although this provides ease of access and geographical unity, the island remains unique in cultural identity, and perhaps separate in the challenges islanders...

I cannot recall the last time I made fudge.  It was a family favourite growing up and around the Christmas holidays, there was always some to be had.  My mom always had the pantry and freezer full of cooked goodies.  The laundry...

After three weeks overseas, I am happy to be back home.  Mr. S and I love to travel almost as much as we enjoy being in our humble abode.  When away, I encounter (stumble upon) new ways to dress up old dishes.  Stumble upon;...

Phil’s Seafood 6285 Quinpool Rd, Halifax Rating: Some Good. (Rating Scale: WTF, Meh, Good, Some Good, Right Some Good!) I originally reviewed Phil’s Seafood in 2013. You can read that review here or I can sum up that post for you now:...