Whiskey Wrap Up
So many great whisky cocktail recipes were submitted, so I wanted to share them with everyone else. We had:
Whiskey Live Ticket Winner!
Thanks to all who submitted cocktail recipes. I tried a lot of them and it was hard to decide who was the winner, but then I had a submission that made me almost split my pants laughing. Obviously, I had to go with that submission, even though I wasn’t actually able to run through the [...]
Free Tickets to Whiskey Live!
I am pre-empting Foodie-finds Fridays because I just received two free tickets to the 3rd annual Whiskey Live show at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It takes place next Friday Oct 24th, from 7-10 pm, and I want you all to have the opportunity to take a crack at getting these babies in your hot [...]
Clingen Crowned Canadian Cocktail Queen
The 2008 Grey Goose competition for best Canadian drink ended in Toronto, Ontario when Renata Clingen from the Rushton Restaurant was named best mixologist. Semifinalists were chosen from Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal to compete in the Arbiter of Cool national final held in Vancouver, B.C. last Tuesday. Renata claimed the title of Best Mixologist [...]
The Great Canadian Beer Festival
When you think of Victoria, B.C., do tea and crumpets come to mind? Well, think again. Victoria is home to the Ale Trail, a connect-the-dots tour of the best craft breweries in the area. You can take a day and drive from brewery to ale house yourself or have a guided tour so you can [...]
Does a Cosmo Pack a Punch?
In this week’s question Karen asks me: In your May 2008 issue there is a recipe for Pitcher Cosmopolitans, on page 140. I started making this last night but was aghast at the proportions of vodka/liqueur to cranberry juice. One and three-quarters cups of alcohol to one half cup juice – yikes! Also, if I [...]
Gin
This past weekend, Toronto hosted the fifth annual drink show at the Exhibition Place. There was a lot of promo going on in the city so Canadian Living took advantage and had Plymouth Gin give us a private seminar in the test kitchen. Plymouth is the oldest working distillery in England, in operation since 1793, [...]
Villa Sandi Wine Cellars
Another tidbit about the wine cellars at Villa Sandi. The Villa itself is a Palladian villa dating back to 1622. It is located in the middle of wine country in the heart of the Province of Treviso. Wine production has been going on here since before the Villa was built. The cellars, running underground below [...]
Sparkling Wine at Villa Sandi
The villa I’m visiting is part of the Villa Sandi Estate. They are one of the largest producers of Prosecco and Grappa in the region. I am treated to a tour of the cellars and the production facility. It turns out they not only make prosecco but they also are making champagne style wines. This [...]
Canadian Wine Awards
The Canadian Wine Awards were created by Wine Access magazine to promote the burgeoning Canadian wine industry. The awards are especially significant because only wines that are one hundred percent Canadian grown, fermented and bottled are eligible to participate. Many made in Canada wines are actually
