Savour Winnipeg

Water.  As Winnipeggers, we have a love/hate relationship with the stuff.  It’s a basic necessity for life, one of our most abundant natural resources and a source of power, revenue, and recreation.  And, with the arrival of spring, if you’re like me, you’re up to your baseboards in it right about now. But 890 million [...]

Tuesday, March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day.  Although rooted in the spiritual mythology of Ireland, it has since become a world-wide phenomenon where thousands of cities simultaneously celebrate their Irish culture by holding parades, festivals and dying rivers, beer and food green. Winnipeg is no exception and St. Paddy’s has become a milestone moment in [...]

That’s a tagline at Nutrition 2009, a website created in partnership with the Dietitians of Canada and Dairy Farmers of Canada. At the core, it captures what I think is a pretty healthy attitude towards food. If you eat a balanced diet that follows Canada’s Food Guide for Healthy Eating, and get 30 minutes of [...]

Sometimes I’m too busy (read: lazy) to make something at home, and even hauling myself out to a place that lets you  pick-up is more effort than I can bear. That pretty much relegates me to either not eating (perish the thought) or the tired old standbys–Pizza and Chinese food.  Well how about sushi, roti, [...]