Preaching Market Fresh
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Food Guy Mtl. It is the second in our series of week-long guest posts from bloggers we like. The Food Guy is super passionate about eating. He’s been into our...
View ArticleLes clichés de l’alimentation
Editor’s note: Our third in this series of guest posts features Ariane Carpentier of Épicurbaine. Ariane est une étudiante du cégep. Compte tenu qu’elle est encore aux études, elle adore découvrir des...
View ArticleSeven golden rules for treading lightly with our food choices
Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in our week-long guest post series. We conclude with one of our favourite bloggers, Amanda Strong of Mindful Table BIO: Amanda Strong is a freelance writer...
View ArticleIci et Here: 52 weeks, 52 posts from 52 people on the interplay of food, life...
We are excited to announce a new blog project called Ici et Here (www.iciethere.com). Check out this short clip from Jackson explaining it. It should launch in mid-late October. If you cannot see this...
View ArticleThe Yellow Page Mountain
Does anyone actually use the print version of the Yellow Pages anymore? We haven’t – except maybe as a doorstop – for years. You probably haven’t either. They sure are thick with tonnes of ads, and...
View ArticleShaking things up
We presented to the SAJE committee yesterday. The presentation was for a grant. It went OK, and we’ll know in two weeks. Though cash is the lifeblood of any business – especially a new one – and...
View ArticleIn Real Life
Jackson here. We love most things digital. In fact, as we’ve said ad nauseum, the digital marketing channel has been a boon to us. In 2010, there is little doubt that digital and “real life” are one...
View ArticleJardins Glenorra – winter baskets
Our friends at Jardins Glenorra in Ormstown want to use our store as a dropoff point for their organic winter produce baskets. The response in-store has been great. In fact, there are only 14 spots...
View ArticleThe power of print
Jackson here. Chris Anderson, the man behind Wired and ‘The Long Tail’, really likes declaring things ‘dead’. Awhile back he said print media was dead. Then he said the internet was dead. Anderson’s...
View ArticleThe Liquor License Lesson
We got a liquor license for our terrasse a few weeks ago. This means people can now enjoy some wine, locally made beer or spiked lemonade with their lunch (it’s a restaurant license so patrons have to...
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