Our wine correspondent discovers that getting there is no longer “half the fun.”
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DINING IN STYLE IN NOTL
While his colleague Jim dines in style in the south of France, Nigel experiences an exemplary dinner in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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Our neighbourhood in Niagara-on-the-Lake is surrounded by history. Every street bears a reminder of Canada’s roots.
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Sometimes a hearty bowl of soup and a simple sandwich is enough for a meal, especially when one is dining alone.
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Nigel’s fourth cookbook, Simplifood: Amazing food, simply prepared is now widely available online after publishing glitches are finally resolved.
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Everywhere one looks in England the golden daffodils are dancing in the breeze.
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The spring cannot be too far away, can it? Meanwhile, winter veggies are in abundance and these recipes are two of my best.
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When I was writing The Graveyard of Good Ideas, I came across a stash of forgotten recipes. Banana bread was one of them. I called it the “world’s best” then and it still is.
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Our wine scribe Jim Walker and his long-suffering wife Hélène have developed a deep affection for southern France.
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Five years ago, we stood at the Storskog Border Station, just outside Kirkenes, Norway, on the border with Russia, little imagining that this isolated crossing would one day be the last open gateway between Putin’s empire and Europe.
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