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Capital Dining has had a facelift!

Welcome, dear readers, to the new and improved Capital Dining site!  I am a good eater; less accomplished with things digital, and so am deeply grateful to James, Stephen and the wonderful Vanessa for all they have done to help me [...]

South Shore, Nova Scotia

South Shore, Nova Scotia

For Taste & Travel Magazine, Winter, 2012 We arrive at Peggys Cove at dusk. On the eastern point of St Margaret’s Bay, this fishing village, population 46, is one of Nova Scotia’s busiest attractions. But we are alone here. The bus [...]

Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market

Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market

For Taste & Travel Magazine, Winter, 2012 The Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market Its history is long and contentious, as all rich histories tend to be, but today the Halifax Farmers’ Market, the oldest continuously run market in North America, counts [...]

Ottawa’s Brilliant Backyard

For the summer issue of Taste & Travel, a wintry tale of a cold capital… and of its edible bounty. UPDATE: you will note that the restaurant Sweetgrass, referenced below, has closed. Chef Warren Sutherland is now at the SmoQue [...]