Food
A passion for tea
As a boy growing up in Yorkshire, England, Kevin Gascoyne, like many Britons, was raised sipping copious cups of tea.
So it isn’t a stretch to understand how he got hooked on everything about tea, especially Darjeeling, the strong full-bodied black tea grown in India’s province of the same name in the foothills of the Himalayas. READ
NHL Alumni and Diamond Estates launch wines inspired by game
Tom Green has helped create the perfect wine for hockey fans. The NHL Alumni Association and Diamond Estates Wines, and Spirits Ltd., launched Hat Trick Red and Hat Trick White on Monday at the Hockey Hall of Fame. READ
Summer in January
The classic breakfast staple, the grapefruit, is the fruit of January and I’m all about this big yellow ball of tanginess these days. Yellow, pink and ruby red varieties are regally sitting in the produce aisle beckoning me. Greedily, I pick up one, two, three — okay, maybe more than I can count on one hand. READ
Cookbook authors help you put the power of legumes into your diet
If you have decided that 2012 is the year to include more beans in your diet, you may want to consider perusing Spilling the Beans, a cookbook written by Calgary based food writer Julie Van Rosendaal and her long time friend, Sue Duncan. READ
Get the holiday mix right
I began getting into the Holidays spirits a little early this year by going to Jasper Park Lodge’s annual Christmas in November event. There I attended a session hosted by mixologist Micah Dew. READ
