Cockney Butchers, Tuscan Nonas, & The Canadian Wilderness: Inspirations for a Sunday Pasta Dinner

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Cockney Butchers, Tuscan Nonas, & The Canadian Wilderness: Inspirations for a Sunday Pasta Dinner

Pasta tastes like home. Humble, honest and unable to be rushed, hand rolled pasta is a labour of love meant to bring people together around the table for conversation to pass the time. Few can deny the pleasures of the meticulously formed shapes that are subtly resistant to chewing, glistening in an emulsion of butter and cheese, or a hearty, slowly simmered Ragu.

READ TIME 11 MIN 30 SEC

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Skewers, Lighter Fluid & Cheap Wine: The origins of our backyard entertaining traditions

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Skewers, Lighter Fluid & Cheap Wine: The origins of our backyard entertaining traditions

Rule number 1: Never touch another man’s grill. The backyard grill is a territory only big enough for one person to sear, season, flip and brush with a cold beverage in hand. Sure, there’s room for others to approach the grill to keep your gracious grill master/host company and chat saucy details of the love employed in preparing the marinades, skewers and rubs hours, if not days before you arrived. But while you’re told not to venture too close to another man’s grill because it’s his territory and you risk bringing his grilling prowess into question, it’s not always the testosterone smoke screen you perceive it to be…

READ TIME: 9 MIN 38 SEC

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