Monthly Archives : June 2020

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND


Terra Rossa returns to its original roots Chef Dave Mottershall is excited. After eight years, he’s returning to a familiar spot and food service concept in downtown Charlottetown, opening up Terra Rossa as PEI’s first “grocerant”. In the simplest of definitions, a grocerant is simply a cross between a grocer and a restaurant. In 2012, Mottershall and fellow chef John…

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Butcher & Butcher is a source for PEI meats //photo credit: Cheryl Young/Salty

WHEN LOCAL IS BEST


Small scale butcheries and meat producers finding markets beyond PEI FOREWORD: The following article was written and submitted to Salty back in March when it was still possible to walk into any shop without regarding every other human being and touchable surface as a potential disease vector. If the pandemic has any silver lining, it’s that it has made visible…

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Kate Mumford stands behind a giant pumpkin she grew //photo credit: Rob Mumford

THE EDIBLE GARDEN


Some vegetables can be more than food In addition to providing nutritious healthy food, veggies can provide other things to you. Some people like to try different things and after a few years of gardening, there are always more options to try. One gardening option is giant vegetables. This is just a fascinating speciality within the gardening “family”. Producing these…

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