Savour Winnipeg

Looks like the city’s tightening the purse strings. Instead getting a copy of the Fall 2011 Winnipeg Leisure Guide, I got a flyer advertising its launch on August 29. I guess I should be happy for the trees, carbon footprint etc, but dammit…I like flyers. I like holding something in my hand, turning down a [...]

The 9th annual Flatlanders Beer Festival ran at the Convention Centre on September 8 & 9. If you’ve never been it’s a second to none opportunity to try over a hundred beers and related products (cider for instance) from 25 countries. And unlike the Winnipeg Wine Festival, all the packaged products are available at the [...]

Ahhh…Pulled Pork. The mere mention of the word sets the taste buds tingling, evoking sweet recollections of those tender morsels of meat, that delightful smoke, that sweet, yet tart and spicy sauce. I can’t get enough of the stuff. On a bun. On a pizza with pineapple. Over noodles. As a poutine topping or burger [...]

Whether it’s making amazing pulled pork, home-made jerky or simply adding a new dimension of subtle smoke flavour to some of your grilling go tos, a smoke pouch is a barbequer’s best friend. Let’s cover a few ground rules of building a smoke pouch. First of all, wood selection. Always, always, always use hard-wood. The [...]

Folklorama is in full swing! It’s already one of the quickest and fun ways to experience the range of incredible ethnic food we enjoy right here in Winnipeg, but now it’s even easier! The interactive Folklorama app for iPhone makes it easy to look up pavilion information, get GPS directions, peruse the VIP World Tours, [...]

We had an awesome time working with Drew Kozub, remote host of Breakfast Television and I have to give a huge shout out to Pay Chen who helped hook this up. Although at home viewers only saw four, two-minute segments and a couple of teasers, we spent from 5:30 am (ouch) to just gone 8:00 [...]

Last month I partnered with a good friend and fellow foraging fan Barret Miller to launch Savour Winnipeg Experiences. Founder of Channel Canyon Consulting and an outdoor educator at FortWhyte Alive, we tested the proverbial waters with a Fantastic Forest Forage: an introduction to wild edibles and foraging techniques. We were joined by chefs eager [...]

Savour Winnipeg reader Jim was wondering about this mushroom he found growing on a dead ash tree on his property. Mushroom identification is one of the most requested topics on the blog. With all this fuss about fungus, I thought the response might be helpful to others looking for info. First of all, thanks for [...]

Have you ever wondered what grows in the forests and wetlands of Winnipeg and is good to eat? Maybe you’re just curious about what wild food tastes like. Or perhaps you’ve wondered if you could survive in the wild if you had to find your own food. Savour Winnipeg has partnered with outdoor educator and [...]

Barring the blip in an otherwise wonderful spring, the warm weather reminds us that wedding season is right around the corner. This month’s column is inspired by a regular reader, and soon to be betrothed, Row. He writes: “I am a relative newcomer to all things wine-related. I consider myself to be a beer-drinker, but [...]