This pandemic may be the death of me. Not because of any worries of infection, as I have been safely ensconced at home since March, without venturing out...
Tag - Food & Drink
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
International Beer Day
Well, this summer has been a bust. Here we are staring down the barrel of the Labour Day weekend, back to school, and fall is just around the corner...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Barbaresco To Go
I have still not worked up the courage for indoor dining at restaurants, but I have been keeping the COVID-19 blues at bay with regular takeout from my...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Put On The Red Light
Sting & The Police crooned eloquently in 1978 about falling in love with Roxanne, a lady working in the red light district of Paris. I confess that I...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Drawing a Blanc
The hot weather last week had me switching from red wines to chilled whites, kept in an ice bucket next to my patio chair so I could while away the weekend in...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
T-Bagging
Long time readers may recall me waxing poetic about the Reinheitsgebot, also known as the Bavarian Beer Purity Law of 1516, which decreed water, barley, and...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
BC Bourbon
Every country has their own style of whisk(e)y. Scotland has their single malts. Ireland triple-distills in column stills. Canada makes...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Dreamy Martini
National Martini Day has just recently passed us by, taking place on June 19 every year. In past years, I would usually get all gussied up in my fanciest...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Summertime Blues
We are rapidly approaching the month of July, the first truly good month for outdoor boozing in Alberta. June is sorta-ok for outdoor boozing, except for...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Best Of Burgundy
One of the things I did to pass the time during the long months of quarantine was binge-watch the new Star Trek series, starring Captain Picard as a...