This past March 27 was a day filled with both solemnity and mirth, as well as no small amount of whisky. For those not in the know, March 27 was the 11th...
Tag - Food & Drink
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Three Card Monte
Art, architecture, food, and wine. What’s not to love about Italy? From time immemorial, Italy has been spreading its culture across the world, dating...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
99 Troubles But A Monk Ain’t One
Spring has arrived in our fair province, and I have already enjoyed patio libations on a sunny weekend. The end of winter can mean many things, but the longer...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Bow River Flow
Chestermere and the Bow River have a long history. Way back in the 1880s, the Canadian Pacific Railway wanted to irrigate the land between Calgary and...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Irish Ales Are Smiling
Another St. Paddy’s Day has passed us by. The local drinking establishments saw the annual surge of drunken revellers dressed as leprechauns, and green...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Stout Season
The month of March supposedly contains the first day of spring, but you would never know it from the weather outside. This is the time of year that still feels...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Gose Riders in the Sky
What a time to be alive. I recall the bleak days when Alberta craft breweries could be counted on the fingers of one hand, when macrobrews ruled the earth...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Prince of Pinot
Faithful readers will recall that my favourite Canadian wine region is the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, prized for its big and bold red wines, thanks...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Rockin’ Rioja
February is Rioja month in Alberta. Yes, the whole month. If living in a world where a wine region can claim their own month is wrong, then I don’t...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Do the DEW
Saint Patrick’s Day is only a month away, which means the time to start preparing is now! Rather than suffer through another crowded pub filled with...