FOOD: Root Vegetables

There can't be any other time of year when root vegetables seem such a necessary addition to any lunch or dinner, their down-to-earth comfort and sustenance, bringing you back to your Sunday dinner roots, enjoying hot stew on a cool autumn night.

WINE: Holiday Bottles

Some days I wonder where the year has gone, it seems like only yesterday I was cobbling together my holiday list of wines. Ah, yes the holiday wines, that collection of libations you give away as gifts or serve up to guests when they come over for dinner or the holiday open house.

The Lord Nelson

The Lord Nelson Seafood & Steakhouse has been serving the Golden Horseshoe area since 1974, providing an atmosphere of elegance and comfort.  Taking pride in serving only the best quality meats and fresh seafoods with an extensive wine list to add to your palate, menu favourites include appetizers like the …

Indian Spiced Red Lentil Soup

– courtesy Foodland Ontario/Ontario.ca/foodland Indian Spiced Red Lentil SoupSweet potato adds a touch of sweetness and balances the warm spices while the red lentils provide fibre. Serves four. 1 tbsp vegetable oil1 Ontario onion, chopped2 cloves Ontario garlic, minced2 tsp grated fresh gingerroot1 tsp ground cumin1 tsp ground coriander seed1/2 …

LOCAL FLAVOUR: Plank Restobar

Everything at Oakville's Plank Restaurant is made in house. Everything includes the cumber vodka infusion for cocktails, pizza dough, poutine gravy, and all condiments including the “butt kicking ketchup,” so proclaims chef and co-owner Gordon Goss.

Turning local spuds into spirits

It all started with a trip to Prince Edward Island. Ken Beattie, a fourth-generation potato farmer, and his wife Liz stumbled across a potato distillery and decided this could be a new venture for their own farm, located in Alliston, Ontario.