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Eating The Best.
In November, I was asked – along with a slew of other food writers and bloggers – to give my two cents on what I thought were the best food trends happening in Halifax. I wrote: The best trend in this...
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Read Up On It For January 25th, 2013
Where else but on Passable’s Read Up On It would you find stories about girly drinks, etiquette on restaurant photo taking, toxic gas from burning cheese and ridiculously cute japanese girls eating?...
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Zen and the art of making stocks and broths.
Weekends are the times I feel the most ambitious. It’s where I make a list of all the dishes I want to make during the week, where I plan on out my meals. It’s where I feel I can justify being in a...
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Read Up On It For February 15th, 2013
Read Up On It didn’t happen last week, so we have a lot to catch up on. Valentine’s Day is over, and in honour of that, there will be no VD links in this collection of links. Or any VD of any kind....
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À la prochaine, mon cher Fid.
It was announced yesterday that Fid Resto will be closing this May. The Dresden Row eatery has been around 13 years and has been at the forefront of serving local and seasonal food, an idea that was...
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Read Up On It For March 1st, 2013
It’s time for a new month, and time for a new edition of Read Up On It. This week’s you’ll find stories about eating horse meat because you want to, the issues around languages that aren’t french in...
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Remembering Out Of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens
I hold a great deal of love in my heart for cookbooks. An open copy of Out Of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens If they’re good, they not only give us great dishes or great meals to remember, but they can give...
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Bien dans son assiette comes to Halifax.
It’s no secret that we here at Passable like to write about food. But we also like to talk about it. Tonight, I will be doing just that – in french no less – on Radio-Canada’s radio food show, “Bien...
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Read Up On It For April 12th, 2013
It’s been a couple weeks since the last Read Up On It, but it’s back with stories about berry treasure, butch peppers and bastardly words. Chiles in Port Of Spain, Trinidad Meat Monger/Farmer (and...
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Spring has sprung.
My partner Dave mentioned it in passing. “The chives have already started sprouting,” he said. Like it wasn’t a big deal. This is bigger than the days getting longer, or the temperature outside...
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Assis-toi, mon ami.
For the past few weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to contribute a weekly food series to Information Morning on CBC Radio. In the series, I’ve chatted with everyone from bloggers to bakers, coffee maniacs...
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A man worth his salt
Today’s edition of The Globe and Mail is heavy on the seasoning. I had the chance to speak with Geoff Hopgood from Hopgood’s Foodliner in Toronto on his love and dedication to that most humble of...
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The Return of Read Up On It
After a long hiatus over the spring and summer, this fall marks the return of Read Up On It to Passable! I have to admit I kind of missed doing the weekly digest of food-related...
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Read Up On It For October 4th, 2013
This week’s edition of Read Up On It contains roadkill, seeds, barbecue and Frito-pie. Tasty? Read below and find out. Image via Gawker/CNN It’s kind of too easy to be mean to Anthony Bourdain. I...
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Devour these films
If you’re a cinephile who gets excited by images of food up on the big screen, then you may want to stroll down to 2 Doors Down this Wednesday, October 9th, at 10 a.m. as Devour! The Food Film Fest,...
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Read Up On It for October 18th, 2013
The latest edition of Read Up On It talks about the possible negative effects of bacon (say it ain’t so!), yogurt cocktails (really?), and why everyone is talking about canadian cheese this week....
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You’re not just good, you’re golden
It is said that competition brings out the best in us. But when that competition is a culinary one, it’s the spectators (or tasters) who benefit. Last Thursday, eleven chefs brought their A game to the...
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A Feast For The Eyes
With the recent announcement of the program for Devour! The Food Film Fest a couple weeks ago, I though I might take the time to share a few of my favourite selections for this year’s upcoming...
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Read Up On It for November 1st, 2013
This week’s edition of Read Up On It is a real doozy. Food really was on everyone’s minds, lips, and computer screens this week. No, we’re not talking about Hallowe’en and its lovely candy explosion...
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Devouring the festivities
Devour! The Food Film Festival is on this week in Wolfville. As I have previously mentioned, I was lucky enough to be asked to be a programmer for this years’ crop of films. But before the screenings...
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