– by Lara Gladych – This is the first in a six-part series of profiles featuring some of the Saanich Peninsula’s wonderful restaurants and pubs. Sarah Matchett, owner of the Surly Mermaid, is bubbly and personable, and I feel as though I’ve known her for ages. I’m at the restaurant the afternoon before they launch […]
Peninsula Restaurant Profile: The Surly Mermaid
– by Carolyn Herriot – If you had the good fortune to harvest bumper crops of tomatoes this year, I am pretty sure that you are looking at loads of end-of-the-season green tomatoes right now and wondering what to do with them. Here are three of my favourite green tomato recipes, starting with the iconic
Garden to Table: Green Tomatoes Anyone?
The idea of coming together with friends and family during the holiday season to share a fresh cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate creates a warm feeling inside us all. The Village of Saanichton takes the festive season gathering experience one step further by bringing the entire community together with their 11th annual “Saanichton
– by Steve Sheppard – Being heavily involved in the coffee scene, I often get phone calls from local roasters to come over and sample a new exotic roast they want to share, or see some new piece of technology they think nobody else has … yet. You can imagine my intrigue when I got
Smell the Coffee: Cask Conditioned Roasted Coffee
2014 was the inaugural year for the brewery; you have gone from a self-built tasting room, selling out of your first beer completely, to already having produced nine beers within the year. How will you continue competing successfully in the rapidly growing craft beer market? The challenges presented by the explosion of growth in the
Can We Talk: Sue Hodgson Talks with Category 12 Brewing
