Seed to Sausage Grand Opening
Attention all carnivores, this weekend's grand opening of Seed to Sausage in Sharbot Lake is once celebration you don't want to miss. Their new retail store marks a success point for Mike McKenzie, who...
View ArticleLes Halles – the Market of Dijon
You learn a great deal about the culture of food in an open market, it’s both social and commercial. Les Halles, Dijon’s Central Market, is a snapshot of Burgundy’s gourmet lifestyle, except in France...
View ArticleWhen in Dijon, Buy Fancy Mustard
When in Italy, buy shoes. When in Mexico, buy tequila. When in Dijon, go straight to The Maille Mustard Shop for Dijon’s famous mustard. Shelves teem with jars, serving vessels, vinegars, pickles and...
View ArticleMcCafé – French Style
Where to go for a fancy cup of coffee while shopping in downtown Dijon, France? A quite little out-of-the-way café perhaps? Nope, it was McCafé France for a little golden arches action to see what...
View ArticleCarefor Chocolate Competition – Behind The Scenes
The scent of chocolate was overwhelming as they threw open the doors to the ticket buying public at the 9th Annual Carefor Chocolate Competition in Ottawa’s Centurion Centre on Saturday. Competitors...
View ArticleMontreal’s Atwater Market – Quality & Taste
This weekend we wandered through the shops of the Atwater Market in search of spring. Produce was light, outdoor stalls were few but the shopping is still good for those with an eye for quality and...
View ArticleThe Ottawa Bagelshop, Our Bag of Bagels
The Ottawa Bagelshop & Deli, home to wood-fired bagels in the Montreal-style, is our favorite Westboro stop for great deli and a bag of bagels, fresh from the oven. It is impossible for us to walk...
View ArticlePop-Up Food Gypsy – A Fundraising Conspiracy!
Join us Friday November 1st, 2013 for fun, food and fundraising at Ottawa’s Culinary Conspiracy for Pop-Up Food Gypsy and try my signature burger for next month’s World Food Championships in Las Vegas....
View ArticleLive from Las Vegas, Cookin’ the World Food Championships
Well kids, time to put the game face on and lock and load for the World Food Championships. Food Gypsy is now live from Las Vegas in a tired, but affordable, hotel off the strip where connectivity is...
View ArticleThe Heat of Competition – Lessons Learned at the World Food Championships
Finishing 5th last week in the World Burger Championships, there were things that we did right and things that went sideways. Now that the dust has settled here’s my top five lessons learned at the...
View ArticleCanada’s Food Sport Elite at World Food Championships
Last month culinary competitors from around the globe met on the streets of Las Vegas for the world’s biggest food fight. Invited champions squared off at the World Food Championships, all vying for a...
View ArticleSuzy Q Doughnuts, Sweet Temptation
One step inside the tiny store front of Suzy Q Doughnuts, intoxicated by the aroma of sugar and yeast, all effort at self-restraint is wiped away. You’ll find yourself swooning like a five year-old...
View ArticleEmulsify, Expand Your Olive Oil & Balsamic Repetoire
Ottawa’s Emulsify, a specialty shop featuring two items that combine in an almost endless variety of taste experiments. Shelves lined with extra-virgin cold-pressed olive oils and aged balsamic...
View ArticleAs Canadian as Maple Syrup!
Spring. Time to watch the sap run and consume the sticky stuff that’s become synonymous with all things Canadian. Knock it off the bucket list, a truly Canadian maple syrup experience – welcome to...
View ArticlePotager Eardley, Our Local Kitchen Garden
A pleasant country drive just outside Aylmer, Quebec Potager Eardley has become a favorite weekend family destination and our local kitchen garden. Filled with local, seasonal fruits and veg, a short...
View ArticleSloane, A Fine Cup of Tea
In the wake of mankind’s current obsession with food stuffs, the business of tea is experiencing rebirth as a new breed of entrepreneur enters the profession of ‘tea merchant’ with 21st century...
View ArticleThe Moore Farm – Outaouais New Urban Farm & Eco-Education Center
The Moore Farm (La Ferme Moore), an ambitious agricultural, ecology, education center with a built-in farmers market and farm-to-table bistro, set on 88 acres of heritage farm land in the heart of...
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