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… March 20, 2023
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… February 9, 2023
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… January 9, 2023
THE GUELPH FARMERS’ MARKET: ANIMATING THE CORE WITH DELICIOUS COMMUNITY WORDS BY DANI KUEPFER; PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN If you know anything about me – which you probably don’t – you would know I am a diehard Guelp… January 9, 2023
OUR FOOD FUTURE: WORKING TOWARDS A CIRCULAR FOOD ECONOMY WORDS BY CHRIS TIESSEN (WITH OUR FOOD FUTURE, REIMAGINE FOOD); PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN It’s late afternoon – almost five o’clock – on a Wedne… January 9, 2023
A FISTFUL OF FLAVOUR: SHINING A LIGHT ON FIVE OF DOWNTOWN GUELPH’S FOODIE FAVOURITES PREAMBLE & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN I’VE CALLED DOWNTOWN GUELPH HOME FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES NOW. MOVED HERE FROM KITCHENER FOR A PHD AND –… January 9, 2023
THREE’S COMPANY: DIVING IN TO KITCHENER’S COLOURFUL BREWERY SCENE THREE’S COMPANY: WORDS BY DANI KUEPFER; PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN SURE, SUMMER’S OVER – THE WARM PATIO NIGHTS ARE BEHIND US, THE LONG WEEKENDS SQUEEZED OF THEIR… January 9, 2023
NOT YOUR MOTHER’S MARKET: DIVING INTO THE ‘HARVEST HOEDOWN’ AT ST JACOBS FARMERS’ MARKET PREAMBLE & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘This is like a scene out of ‘Yellowstone’,’ I exclaim to my TOQUE Partner, Cai Sepulis, as we wade th… January 9, 2023
BEYOND THE FAMILIAR: GETTING A TASTE FOR #DTK’S UNCUT CULINARY GEMS PREAMBLE & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN WHEN IT COMES TO DINING OUT IN THE REGION, WE’RE ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE USUAL SUSPECTS. YOU KNOW TH… January 9, 2023
JILL SADLER’S S&V UPTOWN: A SITE OF LAID BACK SOPHISTICATION WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘I think I’m going to have to come back for a second visit,’ I tell Jill before I take the last bite of beef t… January 9, 2023
PASSION, HARD WORK AND ASPIRATION: DISTILLING SPRING MILL’S INAUGURAL WHISKY RELEASE WORDS AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN As John deftly lifts the copper whiskey thief by its chain from the small round hole at the top of the virgin… January 9, 2023
AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: MARVELING AT KEYSTONE HOSPITALITY’S FOODIE EMPIRE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: MARVELING AT KEYSTONE HOSPITALITY’S FOODIE EMPIRE WORDS & PHOTOS BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘The recipe for tha… August 9, 2022