Welcome home to Tidingsmag.com. Room for recipes, wine and drinks. The best that life has to offer. With tons of tasting notes, food matching and easy-to-follow recipes, we may even be tops in North America. So if you are in the mood for witty, informative food and wine writing, then subscribe to Tidings today. http://tidingsmag.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:32:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tidingsmag.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://tidingsmag.com Welcome home to Tidingsmag.com. Room for recipes, wine and drinks. The best that life has to offer. With tons of tasting notes, food matching and easy-to-follow recipes, we may even be tops in North America. So if you are in the mood for witty, informative food and wine writing, then subscribe to Tidings today. http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/travel/a-wine-and-food-tour-of-the-central-okanagan-valley.html Excellent paired with crystal blue lakes Great wine, exquisite food and breathtaking views can’t help but leave you wanting more. Enjoy a wide range of delicious and decadent products at Summerland Sweets. Their mouth-watering fruit jelly candy is made with real Okanagan fruit, and their intensely flavoured jams contain 20%... Magazine - Travel Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:27:36 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/bon-vivant/bottle-temp-wine-geeks.html When my husband brings home a bottle of red wine, he won’t let a corkscrew near it until it’s had a few hours to reach room temperature. Do we really have to wait that long? Your husband must be a real history buff, because his wine-serving techniques are right out of the 1900s. That said, let’s... Magazine - Bon Vivant Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/drinks/drinks/slightly-decanted.html Nightlife fanatics in search of something new will be well rewarded next September 18 when The Decanted Series will be officially launched at the Cabaret Lion D’Or, in Montreal: evenings simultaneously celebrating good wine and good music – through wine tasting activities animated by a renowned sommelier and a... Drinks - Drinks Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:14:29 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/eats/eats/canfood.html In the September 1912 issue of Empire magazine, Frank Schloesser describes the cuisine of our young country, then less than fifty years old, as follows: “When one comes to Canada, one is on somewhat delicate ground, for leaving aside the splendid traditions of good French bourgeois cookery in the province of Quebec, Canadian food may roughly... Eats - Eats Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/travel/a-wine-and-food-tour-of-the-south-okanagan-valley.html The South Okanagan is the type of trip you measure in experiences, not kilometres. There’s something for everybody at Tickleberry’s Gourmet Specialists. With over 65 flavours of ice cream, they’re sure to have your favourite, and even a few others you might want to try too. However, they also have delicious... Magazine - Travel Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:49:45 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/travel/take-a-trip.html The names of Coyote’s Run, Frogpond, Flat Rock, Ridegepoint, Palatine and Hidden Bench don’t (yet) trip lightly off wine lovers’ tongues like Inniskillin, Peller Estate and Château des Charmes. They are some of the small farm and estate wineries that exist in the shadows of the traditional behemoth producers with bulging budgets. They are what the French refer... Magazine - Travel Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/drinks/drinks/tea-party.html Apart from sipping while solving life’s problems, tea has many uses. Any American historian will tell you dumping tea into a harbour is a great way to start a revolution. Fortune-tellers swear the swirl of leaves in the bottom of a cup hold the secrets of your destiny. Ask a chef and you may be... Drinks - Drinks Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/drinks/drinks/evry-day-is-valentine-s.html February isn't the only month for sentimental celebration. Every day can be Valentine's Day. You are even forgiven for splashing red hearts and pink blush all over the place. During the festival of perfect love, marriage or just a pas de deux, the same principle applies to drinks. They are allowed to be pink and pretty... Drinks - Drinks Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/bon-vivant/celebrity-wine-pizza-craze.html Is it me or does every has-been celebrity seem to have a line of wines named after them nowadays? Why so surprised? Celebrities are as good as superheroes — able to leap onto any marketing opportunity in a single bound. Surely if they can blend their own cologne, design clothes and create salad dressing, then thinking they... Magazine - Bon Vivant Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/drinks/drinks/loose-leaf-primer.html Most of us think that tea probably grows in those perforated bags. Not so. Loose leaf tea is making a huge come back in recent years as tea shops open around almost every corner. Here is a primer done by Le Gourmet TV.com (http://legourmettv.com), to help brew the perfect cup.... Drinks - Drinks Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:53:23 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/travel/a-wine-and-food-tour-of-the-north-okanagan-valley.html Might we recommend rolling hills with your Chardonnay? Discover the Okanagan and explore the heart of award-winning British Columbian winemaking. Carmelis Goat Cheese Artisan (http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/SightsActivitiesEvents/GourmetDining/SpecialtyFoodProducers/ThompsonOkanagan.htm?Lev1=7 campaign=foodwine08 media=advertorial referrer=tidingsmag cta=can code=WTMA CMPID=BAC-Wine08Advert) is a family-run boutique dairy that produces over 20 different varieties of delicious goat cheeses using 100% goat’s milk.... Magazine - Travel Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:19:48 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/drinks/drinks/stranger-than.html “The Korova Milkbar was a milk-plus mesto… what they sold there was milk plus something else. They had no licence for selling liquor, but there was no law yet against prodding some of the new veshches which they used to put into the old moloko, so you could peet it with vellocet or synthemesc or... Drinks - Drinks Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/wine/features/curves-of-the-bottle.html On October 14, 1997, Natalie Skeldon entered the world naked. As adult-movie star Savanna Sampson, Natalie has spent the last eight years of her life in front of the cameras in the same condition. It is not because of her legs or her body that she is being featured in Tidings, though, but as a... Wine - Features Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/feeds/wine-feeds/bud-break.html Have you ever wondered what actually happens in the vineyard? Matt Speck from Henry of Pelham, in Niagara, talks about the spring bud break and how important last years weather is for this year's crop. Powered by Le Gourmet TV (http://legourmet.tv). Feeds - Wine Feeds Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:48:14 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/features/buon-giorno.html “I only have four days.” This is what was going through my mind as I touched down in Pescara on the east coast of central Italy. Though only two hours’ drive from Rome, Pescara and the rest of Abruzzo lies pleasantly ignored by the hordes of tourists busying themselves in... Magazine - Features Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/travel/a-wine-and-food-tour-of-vancouver-island.html Don’t be surprised if you slow to “island time” during your tour and find it difficult to leave. Famous fruit wines in a laidback farm setting is what Marley Farm Winery (http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/SightsActivitiesEvents/ArtsCulturalHistoricalExperiences/WineriesVineyards/VancouverIsland.htm?Lev1=7 campaign=foodwine08 media=advertorial referrer=tidingsmag cta=can code=WTMA CMPID=BAC-Wine08Advert) is all about. Try their small lot “Ewe Hoo” Pinot Noir, which... Magazine - Travel Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:32:08 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/final-word/a-modern-tragedy.html Water is the major component of the human body — and the same is true for grapes. The pH of your stomach acid is about the same as the pH of wine (which is why wine is good for your digestion). So it may not be too much of a stretch to suggest that... Magazine - Final Word Mon, 26 May 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/features/a-family-affair.html By day, Elena Faita-Venditelli runs one of the most original hardware stores you’re likely to come across: the Quincaillerie Dante, a family-owned Montreal institution that caters to gourmands on one side of the shop and to tradition-minded hunters on the other. A place that harks back to a time when people still made food from... Magazine - Features Tue, 20 May 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/travel/a-wine-and-food-tour-of-the-fraser-valley.html The Fraser Valley is a great place to lose yourself in a culinary adventure. The Fort Wine Company is known for its premium fruit and berry wines. Their flagship red cranberry wine is divine, but true connoisseurs sing the praises of their white cranberry wine. Sip in the Fort’s old-fashioned saloon-style... Magazine - Travel Tue, 06 May 2008 16:50:59 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/wine/new-world/snapshots.html “A Katyusha rocket will take out forty vines.” That is just one of the hazards Avi Feldstein, winemaker for Israel’s Segal wines, has to deal with — along with the deer, wild boar and grouse that devour his grapes. We are standing in the Dovev vineyard, in the Upper Galilee, within sight of a former Hezbollah outpost.... Wine - New World Sun, 04 May 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/wine/features/whine-list.html Some are massive. Of biblical proportions. Others are almost flat — as slim as a sheaf of parchment. Some offer an evening of endless pleasure, while many can be glossed over in only a single glance. If you’re lucky, you may find an example that borders on a work of art, carefully tended to and... Wine - Features Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/bon-vivant/go-with-them.html What’s your notion of the ideal comfort food? I asked a few friends and answers were pretty much the same: warm, soothing, and, yes ... comforting food. There seems to be a real hunger for comfort foods and, for the most part, the basic list of familiar classics probably has not changed in decades.... Magazine - Bon Vivant Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/eats/eats/fruit-fantastic.html It’s easy to be dismayed by the stuff people are eating these days. Junk-food consumption is reaching epidemic proportions, but folks who eat their fruits and veggies are hearing lots of bad news about what’s in (or on) the imported produce on the market. China and California have recently been tarred with that brush, leaving... Eats - Eats Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/travel/eating-napa-from-the-inside-out.html For most foodies, a pilgrimage to experience the culinary mastery of chef Thomas Keller at Napa’s French Laundry is an at-least-once-in-a-lifetime necessity. But for many, at a minimum of $300 per head, once is about all they can afford. But while the French Laundry may be the penultimate in fine dining, not having the opportunity... Magazine - Travel Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:40:04 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/magazine/bon-vivant/tannin-trouble-cali-chablis.html I’m new to wine and am still having trouble coming to grips with what tannins are and where they come from. Can you help? Though I wasn’t much of a chemistry student (too much time spent with a calculator and not enough with a Bunsen burner), tannins are pretty straightforward. If you’ve ever taken a... Magazine - Bon Vivant Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/eats/eats/branching-out.html When it comes to Tuscany’s “liquid gold,” Carpineto has olive it. Long held in high esteem for its superb quality vino, Tuscany’s Carpineto winery has recently begun mining a different type of “liquid gold” from the soils around Gaville, Chianciano e Montepulciano and Gavorrano. Three distinctive single-grove olive oils are now being marketed as part... Eats - Eats Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/eats/eats/the-dark-side.html Although money doesn’t grow on trees, chocolate does. Named Theobroma (which translates as “food of the gods”) by Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus, cacao trees do more than thrive in tropical climates and nurture pods the size of papayas that are full of seeds. They live deep in the minds of all gourmets. The seeds, or beans,... Eats - Eats Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/eats/bouquet-garni/mangia-italia.html A family legend has it that I invented Aglio Olio. This was back in the early 1960s when most kids were eating bologna sandwiches with processed cheese on white bread. Eats - Bouquet Garni Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/eats/eats/great-new-recipes.html Tidingsmag.com now has over 50 recipes in 30 different categories. Visit the Tidings Eats (recipes/) section and you'll be able to search your favorite ingredients and cooking styles. Eat up! Eats - Eats Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:22:12 +0100 http://tidingsmag.com/eats/eats/that-s-life.html When you’re a food writer, it’s sort of embarrassing to get caught loading a frozen dinner into the microwave. Such was the case when an angry mob of colleagues descended on me in the company cafeteria while I was reading the directions on the back of a Lean Cuisine box. “I thought you were a... Eats - Eats Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:18:12 +0100