November 1, 2016
You’ve probably had it before. It might even be in your fridge right now: those gorgeous stripes of pink and white, and scrumptious flavour just waiting to be served up. I’m talking about pork belly.“This cheaper cut is about way more than just bacon,” according to Chris van Ouwerkerk, owner of Butcher & Butcher in Charlottetown. Pork belly is most…
November 1, 2016
Eats PEI sat down with Cathy McInnis, owner of The Thoughtful Squash, to learn more about the unique restaurant that has recently relocated to downtown Charlottetown. The History When Cathy McInnis set to work planning her dream restaurant she had very definite ideas. “I knew I wanted to be in town and have the first really savvy, vegetarian restaurant that…
November 1, 2016
“A cubicle job would crush my soul. Not everyone is wired to do those kinds of jobs. . . I get to see the sun rise every morning. I love being my own boss.” Andy Rayner knew that he was meant to be a fisherman. Growing up fishing certainly influenced his career path; “When I lived in other provinces or…
November 1, 2016
Through its pared down style of making and serving food, The Polehouse Cafe actualizes the lifestyle young couple, Leif Hammarlund and Dominique Daoust have been seeking to create. Located in the heart of Cardigan,The Polehouse Cafe serves up a soul-satisfying meal to anyone passing through the threshold of its host venue: the picturesque, decommissioned train station that houses the Cardigan…
November 1, 2016
Charlottetown’s Urban Beehive Project marks first milestone. If you have a vivid imagination, you might initially mistake the two unique structures at the far edge of the Legacy Garden for alien pods. Upon closer inspection, you’ll see the hexagon-inspired structures are of this world and offer an essential function in food production as dwellings for nature’s most revered pollinators, bees.…
November 1, 2016
“Isaiah’s first words were ‘hot’ and ‘cook’, you know, besides ‘Mama’ and ‘Papa’,” explains my friend, Douglas Keefe, as we claim the last two seats at Seoul Food on a cloudy Friday lunch hour. For the past few weeks, I’d been seeing pictures of beautifully plated food dishes popping up in my Facebook feed tagged ‘Father Son Cooking Adventures’,…
November 1, 2016
Generosity keeps Tyne Valley’s Caring Cupboard stocked Tyne Valley is home to PEI’s newest food bank, an expansion of the West Prince Caring Cupboard, with locations already in Bloomfield, Tignish, and Alberton. Christian members of the community approached the Caring Cupboard Board to establish a closer location. “If you can’t afford food, how are you going to afford gas to…
November 1, 2016
After four years of cooking up a storm in Twillingate, Newfoundland – Chef Megan Beairsto is back on the scene in Summerside, Prince Edward Island with a fresh twist on some of her grandmother’s best recipes and some modern creations of her own. I had a chance to catch up with her and learn more about the award-winning restaurant, OpenEats,…
November 1, 2016
With the abundance of produce on PEI this time of year, the effort to preserve and store vegetables for the winter has already begun. When looking at the many preserving methods, the health benefits of fermentation deserve attention. Fermentation involves breaking down food using microorganisms. Quite often these microbes naturally occur, as is the case with sauerkraut; the microbes on…
November 1, 2016
Everything you wanted to know about charcuterie but were afraid to ask The BioFoodTech in Charlottetown is offering an introductory workshop on charcuterie (cured meats) in late November, led by Ontario’s premier artisanal butcher and meat curer, Mike McKenzie.The two-day program is geared at smaller scale existing and new artisan entrepreneurs. Chefs and anyone else curious about curing and interested…