The fact that restaurant dining and travel has changed over the past couple of years is an ever-present part of our lives. That coulda/woulda/shoulda feeling washes over me when I think of the places I didn’t visit because I thought: there is always next time. Well, the sting of this thought is only soothed when I pick up a cookbook to vicariously enjoy whatever I’ve missed. One of the cookbooks published this year, Bite House: Cooking on Cape Breton Island by Bryan Picard, offers the home cook a way to enjoy this renowned restaurant Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Bite House”
After moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia — a beautiful maritime city in the heart of Atlantic Canada — almost a decade ago, I have come to love this place like no other. There is a certain magic living by the sea and, before coming here, I assumed a homogeneousness in the culture and cuisine. One of the things I’ve learned is that there is much more to the menu here than just seafood (although if you ask my family from “out west,” lobster is always 
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