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2023 Tyrrell's Semillon, Hunter Valley, Australia (Alcohol 11%, Residual Sugar 5 g/l) LCBO Vintages $20.95 (750ml glass bottle) I was utterly delighted to taste this bottle last week, and I'd go as far as saying that it is probably the best value wine currently available through the LCBO. While it could certainly be argued that... Continue Reading →
Originally Published May 2010.Last week I happened to be in London in the UK and popped into the acclaimed St. John Restaurant for a late afternoon chat with the most affable Chef Ferguson Henderson, author of Nose To Tail Eating/The Whole Beast and Beyond Nose To Tail Eating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMSv1TxP54E&ab_channel=GoodFoodRevolutionTV
Jamie Drummond samples Surströmming for the first time at Stockholm institution Sturehof… whoah that’s ripe. Originally Published July 2013. To remark that the infamous Swedish delicacy of Surströmming was pungent would be putting it rather mildly. Even up against such other fermented fish heavyweights such as Korean Hongeohoe or Japanese Kusaya, Swedish fermented Baltic herring has been found to... Continue Reading →
Originally Published November 2012. Just last week I had the privilege to dine at Chef Massimo Bottura's famed Osteria Francescana in Modena, Emilia Romagna, Italy. Chef Bottura is widely acknowledged as being one of the finest Chefs in Europe and his three Michelin star restaurant is placed at Number Five in San Pellegrino's list of the world's... Continue Reading →
Originally Published June 2010. Last week I was racking my brain attempting to recall when I first met Mr. Murphy. It took me a while, but I eventually deduced the exact moment... It was around 5 years ago... when I was still exercising/exorcising the many demons post the breakdown of my marriage. It was just outside... Continue Reading →
As well known for his uniquely personal sense of the sartorial as well as his wit, charm, and vocabulary, I always felt that Michael Carlevale was an eccentric in the true sense of the word. I first met the late Michael Carlevale in November of 1997, not long after I had arrived upon Canadian shores... Continue Reading →
Originally Published April 2020. When it comes to the medium of film, I have never been quite sure how wine accurately translates; how one makes that move from the sheer sensual experience of a glass of good juice to the inherent fetters of the proverbial silver/lcd screen. Sideways, although quite cleverly conspired, has always irritated... Continue Reading →
Originally Published December 2009 Challop (noun) – plural : challopsPronounced “chah-lop’ 1: A portmanteau term for a challenging opinion.2: An irregularly published column on website Good Food Revolution. Blind Wine Tasting: The blind tasting of wine involves tasting and evaluation of wines without any knowledge of their identities. This is done because knowing the identity... Continue Reading →
Sommelier Olivier Zavattin carefully vetting the wines for the third visit to Carcassonne of Lord Sabre AKA DJ Andrew Weatherall – All Rights Reserved © Ludo Charles Originally Published September 2015. It's not like your common-or-garden DJ to host a two day, late-summer micro-festival located in a fairytale castle in Carcasssonne, southwestern France with a... Continue Reading →
There were a whole load of other wines that I was hoping to review before this last newsletter, but due to the inclement weather coupled with my rural location, many of them haven’t actually arrived yet! I’ll get around to posting a few more reviews in 2025. Now, to the business at hand… I’ve reviewed... Continue Reading →
Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop? by Chris van Tulleken (Penguin) I’ve always had a real soft spot for Chris van Tulleken; at one point, I even considered bidding in a charity auction for a Zoom chat with him. All this standom aside, he... Continue Reading →
In a continuation of our occasional Raising A Healthy Appetite series, we check in with Wellness Riot founder, Jill Bucaro, who has put together a very interesting online course to help children transition to healthy eating called Candy To Carrots. Being fascinated by the ways in which a young palate evolves, I was intrigued to... Continue Reading →
In the twelfth episode of our admittedly irregular Old Hands series, we probe the memories and minds of some of the founding fathers/mothers and original influencers of Toronto’s food and wine scene. This week sees the turn of my old friend Malcolm Cocks, formerly of Glen Ward Agencies, a veteran wine agent who has in recent years... Continue Reading →
In a continuation of our occasional Raising A Healthy Appetite series, we check in with Wellness Riot founder, Jill Bucaro, who has put together a very interesting online course to help children transition to healthy eating called Candy To Carrots. Being fascinated by the ways in which a young palate evolves, I was intrigued to... Continue Reading →
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