The All You Need is Cheese Express
Hop on our express bus to Fox Hill Cheese House and enjoy a visit to Nova Scotia’s most prominent Fromagerie. This is a great opportunity to enjoy tastings of both local and award-winning cheese from across Canada, curated by Canadian Cheese Grand Prix Chairman, Phil Bélanger. Local artisanal beers and ciders will accompany the cheeses.…
Read MoreCelebrating Place in Authoring Cookbooks w/ Chef Craig Flinn (Chives Canadian Bistro, 2 Doors Down) & Simon Thibault
Chef Craig Flinn is a highly regarded chef and entrepreneur (Chives Canadian Bistro, 2 Doors Down), but he is also one of Canada’s most prolific cookbook authors with four current titles to his name and another on the way. His cookbooks help give food regional context, and help capture a sense of place along with…
Read MoreUrban Farming Program: 3 Acres in Detroit, Homeward, Hands in the Dirt, Green Bronx Machine, ReDane, Grass Water Cows, Brooklyn Farmer
3 Acres in Detroit What do you do when your city is broke, its citizenry is underpaid and undernourished, and its youth have next to no support? You farm. France/USA, 2014, 12 minutes Director Nora Mandray Distributor Detroit Je T’Aime Homeward Community is more than a watchword for these organic oregano farmers in Mexico. It…
Read MoreRabbit Nose-to-Tail with Chef Mark Gray (Brooklyn Warehouse)
Watch out, Thumper! Revered Halifax chef, Mark Gray of Brooklyn Warehouse, takes us on a complete rabbit nose-to-tail adventure. No part of this dynamic little beast will be wasted in this workshop, from braised liver pate, to stuffed hind legs, to demi glace and stocks from the bones, to confit of the forelegs. Mark Gray…
Read MoreThe All You Need is Cheese Express
Hop on our express bus to Fox Hill Cheese House and enjoy a visit to Nova Scotia’s most prominent Fromagerie. This is a great opportunity to enjoy tastings of both local and award-winning cheese from across Canada, curated by Canadian Cheese Grand Prix Chairman, Phil Bélanger. Local artisanal beers and ciders will accompany the cheeses.…
Read MoreWhich Wine With Your Cheese?
Seasoned sommeliers from Bishop’s Cellar will lead this seminar on what wines to have with the ultimate cheese plate. They will circumnavigate the globe with wines to show you some strategic choices you can make when pairing wine and award-winning Canadian cheese. Canadian Cheese Grand Prix Chairman, Phil Belanger, will provide commentary and tasting notes…
Read MoreThe Family Farm w/Daylily Fritters
The Family Farm In homage to 2014’s International Year of Family Farm project, The Family Farm shares the stories of families working on farms across Canada, including several from right here in Atlantic Canada. Each story clearly demonstrates the crucial role family farms play and the importance of where our food comes from. Canada, 2014,…
Read MoreThe Bubbles Bus
All aboard the bubbles bus! It’s time to drink in the beautiful Gaspareau Valley, literally. This tour will feature three tastings per vineyard at two of the region’s finest purveyors of traditional method sparkling wines–L’Acadie Vineyards and Benjamin Bridge. All rounded out by a little taste of food from Front and Central’s Chef Dave Smart.…
Read MoreBrasserie Romantique w/Death by Omelette
Brasserie Romantique (Brasserie Romantiek) This film has everything a romantic foodie could want: romance and food. And lots of it. Brasserie Romantique shows the inner workings of a busy restaurant on Valentine’s Day, complicated by the return of the owner’s long lost lover and a dining room full of characters with their own drama. Belgium,…
Read MoreDinner with Chef Connie DeSousa (Charcut) & Chef Renee Lavallee (The Feisty Chef)
This dinner is inspired by the film Brasserie Romantique. Generous wine pairings with every course, taxes and gratuities included. Connie DeSousa Dubbed the Primal Ballerina – for her years of formal dance training juxtaposed with her meat-centric culinary mastery – Connie DeSousa is one of Canada’s Top Chefs having starred as a finalist in the…
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