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This recipe is a family heirloom. We all make some version of it. New brides in our family get the recipe and a large pasta bowl along with unsolicited and long-winded advice on how to make it. My niece Katie actually wrote a paper on it for school, following its history and its many versions through the family tree. This dish never appears at family gatherings since we all make it at home. But we often talk about how we make it and argue over whose version is best. Unlike the rest of my weight-conscious family, I use an entire pound of bacon, easily making mine the best — or the worst, depending on how you look at it.

Looking For A Job? Try The Food Industry! Print

Written by the Tidings Staff | 23 April 2012

Canada's restaurant industry grew by 28,000 jobs in 2011, making it the country's third-largest job creator. This jump in employment is an annual increase of 2.6% - the strongest growth since 2007 - and brings the total number of restaurant industry jobs to more than 1.1 million.

"Restaurants are a people business, and our industry provides excellent job opportunities at all levels, from teenagers looking for that all-important first job, to highly skilled chefs, to senior executives," says Garth Whyte, President and CEO of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA). "Consumers are spending more and the number of restaurants is growing. This increase in employment proves that our industry has an important role to play in the Canadian economy."

This is the message CRFA is delivering today in a meeting with Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney. In addition, CRFA will discuss the most recent results of its quarterly Restaurant Outlook Survey which measures business performance and confidence in the restaurant industry.
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Book Review: The New Food Revolution Print

Written by Rosemary Mantini | 19 April 2012

The first few pages of Jennifer Cockrall-King's Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution really struck a nerve. She had very carefully dismantled almost everything I had come to believe about grocery shopping. With lots of up-to-date research backing her argument, Cockrall-King effectively explains why we shouldn't blithely put our faith in the industrial food system. The first chapter, "The Façade of the Modern Grocery Store," is subdivided into sections with headings like, "The Illusion of Choice" and "Nine Meals From Anarchy." “Wait a minute!” I thought, “Isn't this book about gardening in the city?” Turns out it is. But first, Cockrall-King spends four chapters laying the groundwork. She presents a tremendous amount of facts and figures that describe a system of industrial food management on the edge. Don't be afraid of the statistics, though. They're an easy read. The message, however, is much more ominous. Think about this the next time you find yourself pushing a cart through the aisles of your favourite grocery store: if there were a crisis, that food on the shelf wouldn't be there after three days. Three days. That's it. So, that abundance we see displayed so prettily belies the precarious nature of how food is grown, shipped and sold. Stop reading after those first four chapters and you’re likely to feel quite depressed. Luckily, Cockrall-King does a good job of offering a solution.

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Spring Break Print

Written by Duncan Holmes | 09 April 2012

In the Spring Break period of 2012, Larry Lloyd opened his heart and his wallet, and took all of whom we in our family affectionately know as the ‘Sookies” to his second home in California.

Those of us who remained in British Columbia were amazed at his unexpected generosity, and delighted that he made the trip happen. Larry is known to be a traveler—he’s been all over the world—but invariably he goes alone, mostly to distant and unusual places. So when he extended his welcoming hand and wallet to seven family members to join him on the flight south, it deserved, and got, much more than a mere huh? from the rest of us.

Larry purchased his home in Gustine, a couple of road hours east of San Francisco, when the U.S. housing market was deep in the dumps a few years back. The banks were foreclosing all over the place, and, watching the papers and the web, Larry presumably saw opportunity and bought a house. Nice neighbourhood, lots of bedrooms and bathrooms—and a pool in the front yard. It’s a place that he has often visited, again mostly alone.
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Spring Break Print

Written by Duncan Holmes | 09 April 2012

In the Spring Break period of 2012, Larry Lloyd opened his heart and his wallet, and took all of whom we in our family affectionately know as the ‘Sookies” to his second home in California.

Those of us who remained in British Columbia were amazed at his unexpected generosity, and delighted that he made the trip happen. Larry is known to be a traveler—he’s been all over the world—but invariably he goes alone, mostly to distant and unusual places. So when he extended his welcoming hand and wallet to seven family members to join him on the flight south, it deserved, and got, much more than a mere huh? from the rest of us.

Larry purchased his home in Gustine, a couple of road hours east of San Francisco, when the U.S. housing market was deep in the dumps a few years back. The banks were foreclosing all over the place, and, watching the papers and the web, Larry presumably saw opportunity and bought a house. Nice neighbourhood, lots of bedrooms and bathrooms—and a pool in the front yard. It’s a place that he has often visited, again mostly alone.

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New In Tidings - April 2012 Print

Written by Aldo Parise | 02 April 2012

Tidings_April_12_coverA Family Affair

So much of our lives is spent in direct contact with a family. Now they may be from work, or the golf club or simply the group of people continuously congregating at your home. Semantics aside they can all be considered family. You may not realize it but I’ve been editing Tidings for more than ten years now. And in that time we have definitely become a family. Some of us get sick — more on that later — while others ebb and flow. You can imagine that when I plan for the year I’m always excited to see who will engage in the tough subjects, who can we build a cover around, who can we count on.

You’ve all heard these names before. Tony, Rosemary, Tod, Gurvinder, Carolyn, Evan. They, and countless others, are the ones who make this magazine so interesting issue after issue. But every once in a while we add some names. In the July issue we will be adding two new writers — look for a special craft beer section. Then there is Ron Liteplo who, for the last two issues, has been gracing us with his light-hearted touch in the buying guide. And on page 50, Gurvinder’s mom, Jaggit Bhatia, shares with us a coveted family recipe. These are the members of our family. But when one of those close to us has to take a sabbatical, we can’t help but feel saddened.

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Tony Aspler Elected to the Wine Writers Hall of Fame Print

Written by the Tidings Staff | 23 March 2012

tony-bgTidings is thrilled to announce that our own Tony Aspler has been elected to the Wine Media Guild of New York Wine Writers Hall of Fame.

Tony has been a leading authority on wine for more than 30 years. As well as writing many wine-centred books, including The Wine Atlas of Canada, The Wine Lover's Companion, Travels With My Corkscrew and Tony Aspler's Cellar Book, he has published cookbooks (The Wine Lover Cooks) and wine-inspired murder mysteries, too. Tony founded The Ontario Wine Awards, and co-founded Grapes for Humanity, a charitable foundation that raises money for the victims of land mines through wine related events. In December 2007, he was awarded the Order of Canada "For his contributions as a leading authority on Canadian wines who has been key to the development of the Canadian wine industry."

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