The small glass tumbler leaves a wet ring behind on the dark wooden desk as he picks it up. He thinks to himself — If an ice cube clinks inside a glass of rye and no one is around to hear it, am I even drinking?
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It was a Sunday, and I found myself sitting in a wooden pew, inside a church with bright red hymnals perfectly spaced apart on the shelf in front of me. I looked up and saw beautiful wooden beams, multicoloured stained glass, and black and white hymn numbers on the wall, waiting their turns to be sung. But there would be no worship here today, nor any talk of spirituality. Or so I thought until Les Stroud began to share his life lessons.
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Combining film, photography, and writing, Working for Food tells the story of the cycle of the food system, the seasons, and the people in the food industry in Ottawa through unique portraits of 6 people, photographed by 6 photographers, and filmed by one passionate filmmaker.
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Morgan gets off the elevator and enters the office. Dressed in his tracksuit, he’s sweaty and frantic from searching all night for Dr. L. She wasn’t in the apartment, and The American Girl Cafe is only doing curbside pickup.
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Mandi Lunan, owner of Auntie Loo’s Treats, is a woman of many tastes and talents. She loves a certain vintage aesthetic, especially in music, has been known to write a zine or two, and has played in bands by the names of The Wankers and Pianosaurus Rex. At first glance, she is a tough activist chick with the tattoos to match. What might surprise you about her, however, are her sweet-as-whoopie-pie smiles, her love and compassion for animals, and the small-town charm she brings to everything she does.
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"Welcome to my home." Executive Chef Jesse Bell says that this is his intended message each time a customer visits The Albion Rooms for food, drink, and hospitality.
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Dr. Patrick Heagney never thought he would be opening a new dental office at the age of 57. He never thought his arts-inclined daughters would be so heavily involved in his dental practice. He never thought he would be modernizing his office and becoming an expert in fire insurance. An early morning call in the summer of 2004 changed all that.
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The more I heard, the more Burlington, Vermont conjured up visions of my visit to Berkeley, California, or what I thought Portland, Oregon might be like — a haven of craft beers, entrepreneurs, farm-to-table cuisine, hippies, and beautiful scenery.
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My experience making poi at Waipā in August 2011 truly defined connecting through food -- everywhere I turned there was a lively conversation, a hardworking soul cleaning up, and a group of helping hands cooking, cleaning, and sharing.
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Jacqueline Jolliffe is a music lover, a teacher, a world traveler, an activist, a gardener, and a volunteer. She’s also a self-taught chef, a self-described “learning sponge,” and a driven entrepreneur. Although, you may know her best simply as the “Soup Lady.”
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They say you can’t go home again, but sometimes a journey leads you right back to where you began for a reason.
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Given the nature of the sport with its sense of camaraderie, risk-taking nature, and opportunity for creative expression, it should be of no surprise that some of Ottawa’s talented chefs also know their way around a skate park.
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As I looked around me, I thought, “this is the good stuff.” People eating, drinking, and connecting. Friends meeting up for bowls of pasta, girlfriends chatting over cocktails, games being played, people on dates, bartenders and chefs sharing jokes behind the bar -- this was way better than any planned outing or attraction I would visit in this famous city.
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