This article was originally written in February 2020 to be published in the March/April 2020 issue of MENU Mag. As restaurants reopen and staff comes back to work, rebuilding a team that is...
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At Chain Yard, Halifax’s first urban cidery, brainstorming for new products and ciders happens in an unusual locale. “This building is actually an old bank,” explains operations manager Mike Lim. “The office where...
READ MOREApples are iconic—their ripening heralds the arrival of the autumn season. The smell of warm pies wafts from ovens and farmers market stands while fresh-picked varietals plucked from the bushel are at their...
READ MOREThe popularity of plant-based diets is on the rise. But most consumers and restaurant industry workers don’t realize that many wines aren’t suitable for those following vegan lifestyles. On a crisp fall evening...
READ MORELike many of us, Eric Brass at one time treated tequila as a “close your eyes, plug your nose and hope for the best” experience. But that all changed after he went to...
READ MORE“Canadian whisky is the most innovative, most creative, most adaptable style of whisky today.” – Don Livermore, J.P. Wiser’s On the southern shores of the Detroit River sits a 150-year-old red-brick building with...
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