by kitchenwenchen | Jun 27, 2013 | Good Food, Good Wine
“The kitchen is a country in which there are always discoveries to be made.” Grimod de la Reynière (1758-1838) This June marked the second year of The Good Earth’s participation in the Niagara Wine Festival’s New Vintage Discovery Pass program. We LOVE...
by kitchenwenchen | Mar 3, 2013 | Good Food, Good Wine
About five years ago, I had the opportunity to do some food writing for a magazine. Now, despite my equal love for both the written word and for food, I’d never done anything like that before (“but i’m not a PROFESSIONAL writer!” wailed the...
by kitchenwenchen | Jan 19, 2013 | Good Food, Good Thoughts, Good Wine
I don’t ski, I don’t skate, I don’t like hockey, and I don’t actually own a toque. But there are times when I feel like The Last Canadian Standing because man, do I love Winter. I know I’m in the minority (ESPECIALLY here at The Good...
by kitchenwenchen | Jul 27, 2012 | Good Food, Good Wine
It’s almost August, the month I am most nostalgic for when the midwinter doldrums hit. August is when summer is really SUMMER. It’s hot and the sunlight is angled and more golden, bleaching the landscape a bit yellow, like a faded Polaroid from my 70s childhood....
by kitchenwenchen | Jun 29, 2012 | Good Food, Good Wine
My father always describes our family as “cold-weather people. We can’t deal with heat”. Truer words were never spoken. I apologize to every guest who ever visits The Good Earth and has to watch the beads of sweat roll down my brow as I wax rhapsodic about our...
