DOWN BY THE RIVER: GETTING (RE-)ACQUAINTED WITH EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE SUMMER FESTIVAL
INTERVIEW WITH SPENCER SHEWEN & JON RALSTON BY CHRIS TIESSEN; PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN & RIVERFEST ELORA SUMMER’S HERE – WHICH MEANS T…
BOTTOMS UP: STAYING HYDRATED IN THE LIBATION DISTRICT OF LONDON’S OLD EAST VILLAGE (OEV)
PREAMBLE & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN It’s Tuesday. Middle of May. Just past eleven in the morning. And when my TOQUE Partner Cai and I pull…
BEYOND BRICKS & MORTAR: HOW HIP DEVELOPMENTS IS BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE HUMAN SPIRIT
INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT HIGGINS BY CHRIS TIESSEN; PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN Scott Higgins THERE ARE FEW REGIONAL INITIATIVES THAT HAVE RECEIVED AS M…
IT TAKES A VILLAGE:HOW AJOA MINTAH IS BUILDING AN ICE CREAM EMPIRE
WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘Ice cream for breakfast is a good thing, right?’, I ask to no one in particular as Ajoa tops the waffle …
PLACEMAKING AS CHANGEMAKING: SHINING A LIGHT ON QUEBEC STREET IN DOWNTOWN GUELPH:
PREAMBLE & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘CULTURES AND CLIMATES DIFFER ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT PEOPLE ARE THE SAME. THEY’LL GATHER IN PUBLIC IF…
THE NEW GUARD: TASTING WHAT STRATFORD HAS ON OFFER:
WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘The last time we saw you was when you were in for pizza,’ Abra, our server, tells Cai and me as she guides us…
MEMORIES OF HOME: DISCOVERING THE ‘DUMPLING TRAIL’ IN LONDON’S OLD EAST VILLAGEMEMORIES OF HOME:
PREAMBLE & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘The pierogies are my mom’s recipe,’ Barb tells me as I bite into the potato- and meat-stuffed Polish culin…
UNCOVERING WELLINGTON COUNTY: SILVER FOX DISTILLERY:
WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN When Lisa and Mark Townsend opened Silver Fox Distillery in the small town of Arthur just over three years…
THE CHANGEMAKERS
WE’VE NEVER DONE ONE OF THESE BEFORE: AN ISSUE DEVOTED TO OUR REGION’S 'CHANGEMAKERS'. FRANKLY, WE’VE NEVER REALLY FELT THE NEED. AFTER ALL, THE TOQUE…
THE NEW GUARD: TASTING WHAT STRATFORD HAS ON OFFER
WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘The last time we saw you was when youwere in for pizza,’ Abra, our server, tells Cai and me as she guide…
A CONSUMMATE HOST: DANA SHORTT & HER ENTREPRENEURIAL BENT
WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN Remember that scene from Ratatouille – the animated film about little Chef Remy who (despite all odds) pu…
FANS OF FERMENTATION: LIFTING THE HOOD AT KJ URBAN WINE & CRAFT BEER SUPPLIES
LIFTING THE HOOD AT KJ URBAN WINE & CRAFT BEER SUPPLIES WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘We harvested these this morning,’ J…