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The Practical Art of Preserving

May 18, 2012 | Cathy Hansen

Learn to make canning part of your food strategy and keep the whole thing manageable, by year-round canning.

The Heirloom Tomato Club

May 18, 2012 | Nancy Falconer | Farming

How a couple of avid tomato lovers are helping preserve the amazing variety of their favourite heritage fruit.

A Cook’s Tour of Bolton

May 18, 2012 | Cecily Ross

Here, for the uninitiated, is Food In The Hills’ tour of Bolton’s gourmet highlights:

Kitchen Consequential

May 18, 2012 | Cecily Ross

It’s the little things that make the Fanzo kitchen special. But it’s the big things that make it great!

Putting Headwaters on the culinary map

May 18, 2012 | Cecily Ross

Headwaters is emerging as the hottest new culinary region in Canada!

Off the shelf

May 18, 2012 | Cecily Ross

Our roundup of fabulous quality items produced by local artisans.

Food for Thought

May 18, 2012 | Douglas G. Pearce

A battery consisting of a slice of boiled potato between two electrodes can power a small light for 20 hours, after which a new potato slice is inserted.

The morel index

May 18, 2012 | Cecily Ross

Morels should never be eaten raw as they contain small amounts of toxins that are removed by cooking. Even cooked morels can cause mild intoxication when consumed with alcohol.

Dan Needles: Wingfield’s Progress

Mar 24, 2012 | Jim McKee

Frustrated by the disappearance of Mono’s farm community, playwright Dan Needles created Walt Wingfield, a feckless ex-urbanite who champions the spirit of rural life and keeps the audience rolling ruefully in theatre aisles.

Spring at Lilactree Farm

Mar 23, 2012 | Brian Bixley | Leisure

An allée of ‘Profusion’ crabapples at Lilactree Farm in Mulmur.

Canoe North Adventures

Mar 23, 2012 | Nicola Ross | Leisure

Taylor Pace, Al Pace and Lin Ward of Hockley Valley operate Canoe North Adventures and have led 90 expeditions on 21 rivers in the NWT, Yukon and Nunavut.

Cory Trépanier’s Big Northern Dream

Mar 23, 2012 | Nicola Ross | Arts

“I can’t deny the thrill of knowing that I may be the first person ever to paint this view.”