This work by Terence Cheung is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Some last minute holiday shopping and try as I might, can’t avoid the mall.
Here’s the strategy, says my wife. We’ll get up early, go somewhere for breakfast, and hit the stores before throngs of shoppers choke the aisles.
I like it. It’s worked for us in the past. And there’s no better motivator for me to get up early than breakfast.
In our household, early is a relative term. We manage to leave the house just before 11.
Living where we do, there’s a handful of choices for breakfast. Stella’s, Falafal Place, Bernstein’s Deli.
Right down the road from the house, we decide on Bernstein’s.
I’m excited. I remember that Marion Warhaft gave it a good review not too long ago. Like Falafal Place, it’s one of a handful of diners where you can still get that old-school deli-style experience.
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Vesuvio's main floor dining area
When Mount Vesuvious erupted in 79 AD it devastated the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculanium.
But from the ashes it grew again to become home to more than half a million people. Today the rich volcanic soils are ripe with vegetable farms, orchards and vineyards.
So perhaps it was prophetic when the original owners decided to name their south Osborne restaurant for Italy’s infamous mountain.
Vesuvio did a fair business but for many years experienced tremors of impending failure.
I’d first visited almost six years ago. Their chicken tetrazini was well executed and I reveled in the generous portions of home made tirimisu offered at the finish. But service became increasingly inattentive and slow, food became sloppy, seats went unfilled.
But Vesuvio was reborn. Under the care of Adam Pimentel it has returned to the Winnipeg food scene with eruptive force.
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Flavours holiday issue
There are a couple of reasons I eagerly anticipate my visits to the LC.
First, I love just wandering the aisles, looking for new products to try. Second, seeing whether the latest issues of two top-notch, complimentary food magazines have come out–Flavours and Ciao!
The holiday issue of Flavours Magazine hit the shelves this week, marking its fifth year in circulation. As well as gorgeous food photography, the mag also features some solid food writing.
I particularly enjoy Stephen Beaumont’s Get Into Beer column where he talks about brewskis with all the sophistication and intelligence of a wine sommelier. Speaking of which, Mireille Sauvé brings her expert palate to page in Get Into Wine. This time it’s all about blends.
And Winnipeg chef Alex Svenne of Bistro 7 1/4 demystifies delectable dishes (and throws you a few recipes) in his column Mise en Place. In fact, as I write this, I have just been denied a reservation at B7.25. Gotta book way in advance, obviously. That’s three strikes. C’mon bud…time to expand. I’m dying to get in there.
There’s also a fascinating, if brief, article about oil by editor in chief Brandon Boone. It finally cleared up some nagging questions I had about refined vs. cold-pressed processing.
You’ll also find regular features that put the spotlight on new and noteworthy chefs, and profiles new hang-outs.
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Too Many Cooks by Anthony Falbo
Too much wine, limited ingredients, one dull knife and too many cooks in the kitchen.
A recipe for disaster?
Think again. It was a riotous night that led to the best vegetarian quesadillas I’ve ever had.
Of course they were the only vegetarian quesadillas I’ve ever had, but they were darn good quesadillas at that!
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