Savour Winnipeg

I’d almost forgotten when the call came. We’ll be meeting at the Southdale Mall McDonald’s at 1:00pm. It occurred to me I wouldn’t know how to identify them, but they were an unmistakable group. The telltale clipboards, cargo pants and wide-brimmed hats told me I’d found my people. The Manitoba Naturalists Society’s mushroom picking campaign [...]

Students returning to class at the University of Winnipeg this week will have even more food for thought. Replacing the long bemoaned Chartwells as campus food service provider, Diversity Food Services will feature affordable flavours from around the world on three locations including the main cafeteria in Riddell Hall, and a coffee shop and small [...]

  Get this…belly up to an unparalleled selection of beers from around the world, drink your fill, and the whole time you’re doing Manitoba kids (if not your liver) a huge favour. In short, that’s what the Flatlander’s Beer Festival is all about. Running September 16 – 18, Flatlander’s has been putting the fun in [...]

  Okay, it’s a pretty unofficial celebration, but no other food is as deserving.  September 5 is International Bacon Day. Bacon Day is held on the Saturday before Labor Day US (the first Monday of September, and according to http://internationalbaconday.blogspot.com last year was celebrated in the US, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, and the UK. [...]