Fifty Shades of Sustainable Seafood Chowder

It was high tide last night at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York hotel as thirteen of Ontario’s best chefs went ladle to ladle during the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown. The issues that continue to trouble our marine environment played a supporting role...

An Ocean Wise Sustainable Seafood Chowder Chow Down

Tonight, at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York, some of Ontario’s best Ocean Wise chefs battle it out to become the 2012 Chowder Chowdown Champion. The chefs are all participating in this remarkable Toronto event, as a means to call attention to the fact that overfishing...

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Is a Honey of a Place

It was a fast day of honey seeeking drop-ins at BEEGrrl on Dundas West.  I shared a honey flight tasting with Sayyad.  He found me through my membership with the  Ontario Beekeeping Association www.ontariobee.com , as he was in persuit of  a local urban flavour....

Honey Party With My Urban Beekeeping Colony

Country bees went up against city bees this weekend at the home of fellow urban beekeepers: Melissa Berney and Shawn Caza.   The invitation to participate in a “honey party” came earlier in the week and it turned out to be sweeter than ever imagined.  In attendance...

ROYAL HONEY at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

  The annual Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (RAWF) brings hundreds of breeders, growers, exhibitors and a handful of beekeepers to Toronto, Ontario’s Exhibition Place from November 2 through to November 11, 2012. The fair offers a rare opportunity for...