Barbecues are delicious, but good luck convincing anyone that your five-shelf smoker or suckling pig spit-roast is a sustainable or eco-conscious way to feast. One of grilling’s biggest environmental impacts is our choice of fuel. That gas hookup may be convenient, but comes at the price of draining our precious fossil … Read More
Urban legend has it that Vancouver’s cocktail culture began five short years ago when funky, fine-dining restaurants began to replace the souvenir shops on Gastown’s faux-cobbled streets. Page-turning cocktail lists at neighbourhood haunts like The Diamond, L’Abattoire, Pourhouse, Six Acres, The Keefer (next door in Chinatown) and HouseGuest became the … Read More
Rye and coke, gin and tonic – we’ve been there and done that. Yes, there is beauty in simplicity, but it’s time to start ordering a quality drink that involves some labour. Whether you’re sipping on an old fashioned before dinner, out for some Manhattans with friends or embracing a … Read More
Cocktailing was always something we were worried about being caught doing—in fact, we avoided it entirely. Having a few stiff drinks at home to take the edge off a long workday is one thing, going for Cosmotinis with the boys is quite another. Luckily, grey areas exist. Even luckier, Montreal’s … Read More
Prohibition. The Mad Men era. Summer 2012, Toronto. We’re in the middle of a Third Renaissance of Cocktails and our city is not just riding the waves but making them. As local bartenders step up their game, expect diabolical and exotic names like Satan’s Whiskers and Sombrero No. 7 to … Read More
