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A PARTICULARLY PERNICIOUS PARTNERSHIP

By Jim Walker on May 23, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

YOU CAN’T WIN ‘EM ALL!

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on May 16, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

KEY TO LOVE

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on May 9, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

MARVELLOUS MONKFISH

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on May 2, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

CELEBRATING THE ROCK

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on April 25, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE … LCBO WAREHOUSE

By Jim Walker on April 18, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A PARTICULARLY PERNICIOUS PARTNERSHIP

By Jim Walker on May 23, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Helen Keller once remarked, “Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” That’s what our wine scribe Jim Walker thought when he decided to take on a partner.

YOU CAN’T WIN ‘EM ALL!

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on May 16, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A trifle is to be the official pudding for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee after winning a UK competition to find a new dessert, beating out my brilliant Jubilee Mess.

KEY TO LOVE

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on May 9, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Nope! This is not an advice column about your romantic status. It’s the story of how I decided I needed a new career and came up with the idea of becoming a […]

MARVELLOUS MONKFISH

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on May 2, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Monkfish fillets freeze well, so I always have some on hand for an emergency. Today we have unexpected guests and I’m going to offer them this tender fish that tastes a bit […]

CELEBRATING THE ROCK

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on April 25, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

On St. George’s Day, a holiday in Newfoundland, let’s reflect on the island’s heritage and some iconic images from The Rock, including John Cabot’s ship, The Matthew, cod and fish cakes.

SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE … LCBO WAREHOUSE

By Jim Walker on April 18, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

There are those who think that a wine agent’s life is a great big bowl of cherries – slurping the finest wines, visiting exotic locales and dining in utter splendor. But nature […]

MY ARIES LADIES

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on April 11, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Three (out of four) of the most important women in my life are Aries, the Zodiac’s sign of the ram, with birthdays in April.

A BETTER BATTER DISH

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on April 4, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

If the Brits can put bangers in Yorkshire pudding and call it toad-in-the-hole what shall I call green veggies in Yorkshire pudding? Frog-in-the-hole?

SPAIN’S SPICY SALTY SPUDS

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on March 28, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Half a century ago my folks upped sticks from fashionable London and decamped to then unfashionable Gran Canaria in the Spanish autonomous region of the Canary Islands. The food was delectable.

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER PIE

By Nigel Napier-Andrews on March 21, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Spring leeks have shown up at the market and I am desperate for their sweet, oniony flavour… so chicken and leek pie in single serving dishes.

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A PARTICULARLY PERNICIOUS PARTNERSHIP

SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE … LCBO WAREHOUSE

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