Volume 2 Number 7

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Volume 2, Number 7 – July 30, 2008

Inside: Food special: Sunnivue Farm, Bud Lake B&B, local farmers’ markets, Not So Pro beach volleyball, Five Fun Days, and more.

  • Harvest Apple Pie with Cheddar Crust
    Apples partner well with cheddar and here the cheese is built right into the crust. For another variation, use your favourite crust recipe and top with apple crisp topping. From Ontario Apple Growers. Serves six.   Cheddar Crust: 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup vegetable shortening 1/4 cup cold butter (cut into small pieces) 1 3/4 cups old cheddar cheese 5 to 6 tbsp ice water Apple ...
  • Food, glorious local food
    View from the Strip By Casey Lessard Erryn Shephard of F.I.N.E. asked me the other day what I like to eat. I struggle to respond, but here goes. I love pizza and fries, a good burger, pasta, Indian-style food, burritos, and chocolate. Lots of chocolate. One catch, though. I’m vegan, which means I don’t eat animal products. So ...
  • I would walk 100 miles
    Alternative View By Angela Michielsen Somewhere between 1500 and 3000 miles (or 2400 to 4800 km) is the average distance your food has travelled to land on your plate (Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University). And the numbers are climbing. In our modern era, these may not seem astonishing because we have come to accept ...
  • A whole new way to buy the farm
    Adoption of land trust concept earns local farm distinction from Ontario government Sunnivue Farm 27093 New Ontario Road, Ailsa Craig Photos and story by Casey Lessard One of Ontario’s most innovative farms is a short drive east of Parkhill, down a dirt road off Highway 7. Sunnivue Farm recently won a Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence for creating ...
  • Life without Brian – Bud Lake B&B
    “I have to share this place.” Deb Krizmanich met her husband Brian Bestard six years ago when she was living in Tavistock and he was living in St. Marys. It was the second marriage for both. Brian died last year of a heart attack, one year after moving into their log home a few kilometres east ...
  • Cooking local, seasonal fare
    Photos and story by Casey Lessard If you’re thinking of eating local food, but don’t feel like cooking, the seven area restaurants that are dining partners with the Grand Bend Farmers’ Market can help. The farmers’ market’s Simply in Season dining partnership is halfway through its second year, and diners can enjoy a meal including seasonal items ...
  • Food feature – Forest Hill Orchard
    Forest Hill Orchard Owners: Ron & Melody Arnhold Where: Pinery Flea & Farmers’ Market While they carry a whole variety of produce, this time of year is prime time for their harvest apple, the Lodi. “It’s the old-time favourite harvest apple. It’s fantastic because people can make applesauce and they don’t have to peel it. They boil it down and all ...
  • Food feature – Bayfield Berry
    Bayfield Berry Owner: Marlene O’Brien Where: Grand Bend Farmers’ Market and Pinery Flea & Farmers’ Market Bayfield Berry has a variety of produce, but their specialty is berries, and they carry one unique to this region of Ontario. Saskatoon berries were imported from Saskatchewan and are grown at their farm northeast of Bayfield. “Saskatoon berries are between a blueberry and a ...
  • Food feature – Smoky Hollow Farms
    Smoky Hollow Farms Owner: Joan Brady Where: Grand Bend Farmers’ Market Brady is one of the members of the original steering committee for the Grand Bend Farmers’ Market. A former full-time hog farmer, she sold her 125 acre, 90 sow farm outside of Dashwood and now owns a five-acre plot northeast of Grand Bend. “We didn’t see a lot of hope ...
  • Food feature – Mumsie’s Garden
    Mumsie’s Garden Owner: Mark Moskal Where: Pinery Flea Market Moskal grows heirloom tomatoes on 1/8 acre east of Ailsa Craig. His products are featured at many London boutique restaurants, and they can hit your plate, too. “I’m a city boy and I worked in finance. I didn’t know anything about growing anything. I met my wife and moved out here, and ...
  • Mookie-Mania hits the Bend
    By Casey Lessard One of this year’s Canadian Idol’s top eight finalists has a close connection to Grand Bend, and his relatives who live here hope you’ll send your votes his way. Mookie Morris has spent many summers in Grand Bend, and he was recently in town for his cousin’s wedding, where he jammed with his ...
  • You’ll love I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
    I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Until August 30 Playhouse II Tickets: 519-238-6000 By Casey Lessard Anyone looking for a good summer comedy that resonates will want to see I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, playing now at the Huron Country Playhouse II. “There’s a little gem in every scene,” says Kristin Galer, who plays one of the two ...
  • Over the top fun
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Until August 9 Huron Country Playhouse Tickets: 519-238-6000 A con within a con within a con, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is over the top with big songs and big fun on a big stage. A blend of two movies (Scoundrels and Bedtime Story) and old-time musical theatre, the Playhouse version is full of great big stuff. “The show ...
  • Shut your mouth and eat your supper! Oh, mom!
    Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Shut your mouth and eat your supper! How often have you heard that said, and when you stop to think about it, can you really do that? What the heck were our mothers thinking? I remember my father saying, “If you put the food on your plate, you have to eat it.” My ...
  • Remembering the early days in Huron Park
    Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard The air force had recently moved out of Huron Park when we moved from London in April 1968. There were very few tenants in the community, so when five of us army guys moved in, we had our choice of houses. Gradually, as time passed, word got around and the houses ...
  • Savouring the great blue heron’s majesty
    Living in Balance By Jenipher Appleton Childhood memory. Three Mile Lake, Muskoka. Early morning mist. Lake a sheet of glass. Heron skims the surface and lands in the reeds. Stands erect. “Squawk!” Algonquin Park. Summer 2007. Pioneer Logging Exhibit trail. Heron at water’s edge. Lightning strike of daggerlike bill. Scores a catch. Moments later a telltale Pisces bulge ...
  • Serving up local food on the world wide web
    Technically Speaking By Tamara Nicola Next time you are having a hard time deciding what’s for dinner, turn to the internet for some great ideas.  Time Magazine recently featured one of my favourite recipe sites in their 50 best websites list, www.opensourcefood.com.  This site really gets your cravings going.  Their motto is “Amazing recipes, delicious food and ...
  • Things to do July 30 to August 12, 2008
    Community/Charity Every Tuesday 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Bingo Every Friday 5 to 7 p.m. – Grand Bend Legion Meat Draw Wednesday, July 30 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Gill St. parking lot, Grand Bend Grand Bend Farmers’ Market Tuesday, August 5 to 7 Grand Bend Youth Centre Wet and Wild Week. Bring along a white t-shirt on Tues. as we will be doing Tie-Dye ...
  • August 3 – Rubber Duck Race at Christine’s in Port Franks
    Christine’s Marina, Bar & Grill Port Franks August 3, 1:30 p.m. Live entertainment and prizes Event supports the Northville Fire department. For more details, contact Christine’s at 519-243-3636.