Review: Fresh Canteen

Let’s say you like cooking, but hate shopping. Short on time? Can’t always buy fresh? Never know what to get? All are problems that bedevil the modern man. Meals to order usually taste like airplane food. Takeout gets pricey—and does a number on your waistline. Besides, you like cooking, remember? … Read More

Barbecue Tips from a Canadian Pitmaster

So, you’ve picked up a barbecue book, you’ve watched the online videos, and you’re raring to start smoking meat. Well, make your foray into southern-style barbecue a little easier with a few tips from Stephen Perrin, one of Canada’s few barbecue masters. Perrin is classically trained in fine dining (and … Read More

13 Hilariously Named Cocktails

“We may go to Europe for our chefs, but Europe comes to us for its bartenders.” – W.C. Whitfield W.C. Whitfield’s Mixed Drinks and Cocktails ($20) takes what you might call the old-school approach to bartending. Writing in the late nineteen-thirties and early forties, Whitfield was creating a guide that … Read More

Bacon & Roasted Corn Salsa

It’s game night, and the way we see it, you have two choices. One: salsa from a jar. Two: an extremely easy bacon and roasted corn salsa that’ll undoubtedly taste better than salsa from a jar, and possibly also make the beer taste better, help the Canadian Juniors win, and … Read More

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