Food Network Canada just published my article about Jo-Ann’s Deli, Market & Bake Shop on their site. I hope you get a chance to go check it out. What a fantastic day we had there! Their market was unbelievably beautiful. Wait until you see all the treats! Here is the one we sampled. I still […]
Lorraine’s Newfoundland Blueberry Grunt Recipe
Normally I like to start off with a pretty picture but this is the closest to a pretty picture I can get when it comes to the Maritime traditional dessert, blueberry grunt. Don’t believe me? So what is blueberry grunt exactly? Dumplings cooked in a blueberry syrup. Heaven! Seriously, I think this would make a […]
Food Network Article: Big Al’s Acadian Restaurant
You can now read my restaurant review of Big Al’s Acadian Restaurant on Food Network Canada‘s blog! This will make up for the recent blueberry festival fiasco, I hope. When you go to read the post, make sure to check out the life-size wooden carvings of the couple who are the famous and historical local giants. That […]
Blueberry Festival Blues
Photo courtesy Eric MacDonald On a beautiful weekend my friends and I piled into a car and began our Wild Blueberry Harvest Festival Odyssey in Truro, Nova Scotia. The plan was to have a fantastic lunch at Keggers Alehouse and finish with the famous Maritime dessert, Blueberry Grunt. When we got to Truro, Keggers Alehouse looked very […]