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Author : the Tidings Staff
Nightlife fanatics in search of something new will be well rewarded next September 18 when The Decanted Series will be officially launched at the Cabaret Lion D’Or, in Montreal: ...
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Author : Joanne Will
Apart
from sipping while solving life’s problems, tea has many uses. Any
American historian will tell you dumping tea into a harbour is a
great way to start a revolution. Fortune-tellers...
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Author : Sheila Swerling-Puritt
February
isn't the only month for sentimental celebration.
Every day can be Valentine's Day. You are even forgiven for splashing red hearts and pink blush all
over the place. During the festival...
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Author : the Tidings Staff
Most of us think that tea probably grows in those perforated bags. Not so. Loose leaf tea is making a huge come back in recent years as tea shops open around almost every corner. Here is a primer...
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Author : Tod Stewart
“The
Korova Milkbar was a milk-plus mesto… what they sold there was milk
plus something else. They had no licence for selling liquor, but
there was no law yet against...
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Author : Tony Aspler
No
one has yet come up with a satisfactory explanation as to why Scots
and Canadians call the beverage distilled from malted barley
“whisky,” while Irish people and Americans spell...
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Author : Tod Stewart
For
gourmands, the pairing of regional food with regional drink is pretty
much a requirement: Chianti with high-acid tomato sauce; Muscadet
with belons oysters;
aquavit with pickled herring;...
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Author : Tod Stewart
Generally
speaking, things have gotten easier for us. It’s easier to phone
than, say, to send a smoke signal. It’s easier to order in than to
hunt in the wild. It’s easier to...
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Author : Tod Stewart
Eschewing
the “pretentious twaddle that’s crept into the industry” (the
result, he claims, of one too many free PR trips to distilleries),
British whisky expert Jim Murray is a...
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Author : Sheila Swerling-Puritt
Tea
is an amazing beverage. A water-based infusion of leaves (and
sometimes flowers, dried fruit, spices and other flavouring agents),
it’s one of those rare items that’s both...
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Author : Sheila Swerling-Puritt
We
North Americans love our kitchen devices, but we’re a fickle lot.
Not so long ago, a food processor was the must-have du jour —
legions of hostesses served pap to guests in the...
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Author : Tod Stewart
It may be the new mantra for the modern imbiber: Drink less, but drink better. The quest for luxury is being felt across all sectors of the consumer-goods industry, and nowhere is this more evident...
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Author : Aldo Parise
“No really. We’ll taste one more thing. Do we have time? There’s this lemon beer I think you should try.”
I couldn’t believe my ears but it was true. Someone...
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Author : Sean Wood
“Uisgebeatha Gu Brath” — Water of Life Forever!
(The motto of the Keepers of the Quaich, a society for the preservation and promotion of Scotch whisky)
Today, good...
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Author : Sean Wood
No longer found only in major cosmopolitan centres, Japanese restaurants and sushi bars are popping up all over the place, even in staid Atlantic Canada. Little wonder then, that Japan’s best...
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