RT6 – To Burlington, VT

Posted by Maureen on Jul 29, 2012 in Featured Slider, Restaurants, Road Trip, Travel | 1 comment Got up this morning to another gorgeous summer day. Got a walk in, spent some time with my kitties and hit the road around 11 am. The pale summer sky has a pinky-gold wash. Ahhhh…nothing like the open road  – very uplifting to a spirit with wanderlust. We pass cottagers returning home, colourful kayaks strapped to roofs, hawks wheeling over late July corn, the ever-changing...
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Dish #6: Favourite Pickled Peppers

Posted by Rob on Aug 19, 2011 in Merchants, Products | 0 comments On a road trip throughout the US Southwest we picked up a delicacy offered in places where hot peppers were a common addition to peoples’ table – Bread and butter pickled jalapenos. These are sliced jalapenos, pickles with bread and butter pickle brine with pickle spices and sliced onion. They are sweet, have only mild to moderate heat and became instantly addictive. We sourced them...
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The Dish #5: Pickles

Posted by Rob on May 11, 2011 in Products | 0 comments There’s something disarming about a hand drawn, home-printed label on a locally grown and made food product. It’s what originally attracted us to bread and butter pickles from The Pickle Patch. on a recent, regular Saturday drop-in at Piggy Market. The label was roughly torn and held on to a mason jar by a rubber band. The Pickle Patch is a local (Dalkeith, ON) provider of...
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Night-time nosh: Spitzer’s Corner

Posted by Maureen on Apr 9, 2011 in Restaurants, Travel | 0 comments A mid-evening nosh at the corner gastropub.
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Katz’s Deli NYC

Posted by Rob and Maureen on Apr 9, 2011 in Restaurants, Travel | Comments Off We visit the definitive New York deli. Loud, bustling, and very tasty.
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