Rolled ice cream comes to Thunder Bay
Richard Sherlock was recalling a conversation with a friend who had returned from a trip to Italy. What Sherlock told his eldest son had far-reaching...
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Ode to Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest is one of those words we hear and recognize, but most of us don’t know much more about its origin than a throwback to...
Finding the Best Burgers
The idea of meat on bread is nothing new, and in fact can be traced back to a Roman cookbook in the first century C.E....
A Moroccan feast in Thunder Bay
Naima Elouahydy has been up since 4:30 a.m. and now, toward evening, is bustling about in her apartment kitchen, preparing food for her guests. At...
Decadent Cheesecakes
by Kitty Mayo
One of the great unifiers, cheesecake has a flavor for just about everyone. Whether you take your cheesecake “neat” or layered in exotic flavors, every...
A Passion for Kombucha Motivates Brewers
by Chuck Viren
I am often curious about how particular foods are discovered and developed. Take haggis, for example, or lutefisk. How did people make these discoveries? Cheese...
Winter Cocktails for the Holiday Season
by Chuck Viren
It takes a special sort of genius, I think, to devise innovative cocktails that delight the palate and warm the belly on a cold winter...
Poutine—A Canadian Classic from Quebec
by Chuck Viren
During this time when the U.S./Canadian border is closed, many of us on the southern side of the border miss the opportunity to explore, shop...