Tag - Food & Drink

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Better Red Than Dead

This pandemic may be the death of me.  Not because of any worries of infection, as I have been safely ensconced at home since March, without venturing out...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

International Beer Day

Well, this summer has been a bust.  Here we are staring down the barrel of the Labour Day weekend, back to school, and fall is just around the corner...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Barbaresco To Go

I have still not worked up the courage for indoor dining at restaurants, but I have been keeping the COVID-19 blues at bay with regular takeout from my...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Put On The Red Light

Sting & The Police crooned eloquently in 1978 about falling in love with Roxanne, a lady working in the red light district of Paris.  I confess that I...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Drawing a Blanc

The hot weather last week had me switching from red wines to chilled whites, kept in an ice bucket next to my patio chair so I could while away the weekend in...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

T-Bagging

Long time readers may recall me waxing poetic about the Reinheitsgebot, also known as the Bavarian Beer Purity Law of 1516, which decreed water, barley, and...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

BC Bourbon

Every country has their own style of whisk(e)y.  Scotland has their single malts.  Ireland triple-distills in column stills.  Canada makes...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Dreamy Martini

National Martini Day has just recently passed us by, taking place on June 19 every year.  In past years, I would usually get all gussied up in my fanciest...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Summertime Blues

We are rapidly approaching the month of July, the first truly good month for outdoor boozing in Alberta.  June is sorta-ok for outdoor boozing, except for...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Best Of Burgundy

One of the things I did to pass the time during the long months of quarantine was binge-watch the new Star Trek series, starring Captain Picard as a...


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