A good year?

I have had a lot of people asking me recently if this year is going to be a good one for grapes.  The general consensus from people asking the question is that summer has been terrible, and therefore, so will be the wine.  As a winemaker I have never experienced...

Hot off the press!

Rush to your local LCBO and pick up your copy of the Autumn Food & Drink Magazine.  This is the issue dedicated to local fare.  Smack in the middle is a wonderful piece featuring non-other than our own “chick with tongs”, Chef Isa DiIorio — model...

tomatoes, tomatoes everywhere…

Who doesn’t love a delicious tomato picked warm from the garden?  I have to admit that I  like them with a little dirt still clinging to the skin.  And that scent…nothing screams summer more than perhaps a clump of basil…but I digress.  Every spring...

Delec-tastic

Well Earthlings, Summer’s installment of the delecTable dinner series is in the books, with a good time seeming to be had by all.  Faces both familiar and fresh came out for a celebration of the season and even though the past three months can hardly be passed...