Food For Thought

This month Christa meets with Pat Robertson of Robertson Estate and shares one of his favourite recipes - Poulet au Vinaigre.

Christa provides us with an awesome pie recipe and discusses why it''s one of her favourite desserts. Perfect timing with fall and Thanksgiving coming up!

Mark Butcher shares his barbecue secrets!

Ever wonder who was behind the amazing bread you enjoy from Loaf? Enter Arek.

A local cheese fanatic opens up shop - Le Grand Fromage and its story.

This month Christa Moffat shares a story of celebrations with friends in a mountain town, and a party table - Moussaka!

The eight years that my family ran a small inn and French restaurant in Mont Tremblant, Quebec were instrumental in creating who we all are today. I worked in the restaurant business for many years afterward while travelling around Canada looking for a place to call home and have always loved food and cooking.

Every summer we would get all the neighbours together for a potluck dinner and corn roast. We would fill the front yard with borrowed tables and every one would bring their own chair. My sister and I would pick wildflowers and place them in glass jars for the tables. These gatherings were a celebration of summer and its wonderful bounty of fresh local food. It was in preparation for one of these parties that my mother taught me how to make peach pie- my favourite of all pies.

The three years we spent as a family living in the Bahamas were full of diverse and pleasurable food experiences. Banana and avocado trees grew in the yard of our first home in Freeport. Avocados grow so big they can feed a whole table of guests. My mother would pick them warm from the tree to make “pear sandwiches” - mashed avocado on toast with salt and pepper.