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Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 1 Gallery in Warkworth to report on a transition contents & ad index FROM in the world of antiques. Konrad Ejbich chides the LCBO THE EDITOR re their recent computer generated melt Fall 2019 down. Hopefully this will be resolved before Thanksgiving, and Michael Pinkus visits Lighthall, Broken Stone and TerraCello art wineries in extended interviews. Priya Rao y last note ended with a plea for talks to sommelier Jennifer Huether for Kingston Royal Rugs 6 sunshine and it seems the powers advice on food and wine pairings and is given Winker's Nook 16 a vegan recipe for Shepard’s Pie. Sandor Mthat be heard my request. Now is it Considering Abstract Art Part II 30 too much to ask for some long sunny spells Johnson previews the Judgement of Kingston as we slowly slide into fall? where County wines will compete with those Meet the Makers 38 Welcome to our ripe fall issue which of New Zealand. Art Seen 48 is bursting at the seams with all manner of Meet the Makers features the The Kingston Portrait Prize 68 good things. We have a full harvest of recipes, creative couple Mitchell Elliot and Dale Evans, two from Anna Olson, one from Seasons in he a metal worker and Dale a seamstress, culture Napanee, which graces the front page, and whose talents combine in Napanee’s Simply another from Alexander Ojan. Angela Hawn Elegant. shares a recipe for a very special birthday cake I thought we might dip a toe into A Visit to Simply Eclectic 12 and Josie Newman has been on her bike to the political arena, inviting John Arkelian, Canning, Freezing, Dehydrating 20 have lunch at the Pastry Peddler and acquired a former member of Canada’s diplomatic O'Hara Mill Homestead 26 their Squash and Coconut soup recipe. Lindy service to address the stand off betweenBowen Therapy 40 Mechefske delivers an encyclopaedic survey Canada and China. Is a local magazineGrandma's Cake 42 inevitably parochial, or does it have a role of sources of good local foods in and around On the World Stage 64 Kingston and beyond. Herma’s continue to in the wider context? Please pass on your Great Reads 74 show us how to entertain in fall with style. thoughts. Welcome to new contributor In the visual arts Hri Neil discussesLove it or List it 76 Sam Lamont who will be focusingthe Kingston on Portrait Prize, Canada’s leadingLast Bite 80 interior design. Sam gets off to a good start portrait painting competition coming up in administering a serious kick in the pants to Gananoque and eports r on further artistic food complacent design choices, encouraging a developments in The County, and I continue more adventurous approach, especially to my humble efforts to explain abstract art to From Seasons Fine Food Napanee 21 Aunt Tillie’s cast off furniture. Caroline Williams non believers. has been busy visiting Simply Eclectic near Now I need to make a start on Roast Butternut Squash Risotto 21 Deseronto and Winker’s Nook and the Nook bringing in the winter wood. Apologies forMillbrook's Café Society 24 mentioning the ‘w’ word.E Herma’s Feature 44 Jeff Mark Reynolds The Tale of Uncle Chester's Hot Sauce 46 Local Foods Kingston and Beyond 58 contributors Lucky Birthday Breaskfast Eats 60 Anna's Kitchen 70 wine Konrad Ejbich Anna Olson Josie Newman Privatization Talk Heats Up 18 On Being Judgemental 28 Michael Pinkus Interviews 50 Lillie Normille Marcia Masino Priya Rao Mastering the Art of Wine and Food Pairing 54 special features Angela Hawn Michael Pinkus Lindy Mechefske Belleville 4 Warkworth 14 Bloomfield 22 Quinte West 35 Hri Neil Sharon Harrison Port Hope 56 Bowmanville 62
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yond; yond; s the ”. A io and be o Canadians, within Ontar within Canadians, o With With two more locations in Toronto, he e in his DNA; the very juice running through through running juice very the DNA; his in e now now people, building trust, providing them imports and sells a wide selection of Oriental rugs and their preservation deep. runs rugs t o k o the rugs as “art on the floor he is the only business covering an area from heritage storefront building, his love for antique Niagara-on-the-Lake to Brockville, reaching north and south. The Mount Pleasant location deals with for eighteen years, the last few from a charming 1890s charming a from few last the years, eighteen for antique and rare pieces, some a hundred years old, efers t efers tives, tives, all of which accurately depict this gentleman and business, has a long-standing reputation. Serving Kingston Serving reputation. long-standing a has business, ele, ele, getting t Princess Princess Street, David Bakhshi, the face and the heart of the y rugs and carpets ar founder and owner of Kingston Royal Rugs on Kingston’s of Kingston and owner Royalon Kingston’s Rugs founder Bakhshi, who r his veins, he lives and breathes a profession of which he is immensely proud, proud, immensely is he which of profession a breathes and lives he veins, his important, client every is only Not time. over wavered never has that one and but every transaction must understanding; treating each be and every one of his completed customers–past, present with the upmost care and You might sa might You and future–as if they were his own kin. Call him old fashioned, diligent number of adjec any or the traditional values of his craft, but look beyond and there is dedication a and charm, genuine loyalty. a It doesn’t happen by chance; a lifetime of building a client with what they need, ensures the business is built upon a solid foundation, friends. become returning customers where “I am fascinated by the history and how geography of where they they are are made, years, made, still and the after rugs are so surviving many and years, people are maybe enjoying hundreds them,” said of
or a chosen few, finding career,a one that can be but described work, must as be anything celebrated as an
achievement. achievement. Having been a immersed craft, a culture, in and a lifestyle that comes from a place of tradition doesn’t happen to many in a lifetime, and it doesn’t happen by accident. David Bakhshi acknowledges the opportunities that present themselves daily, knowing he was put here to fulfill a passion, so much more. a commitment and F art art
others three or even four hundred years than making a new carpet. “With old. “It looks like a museum; they are restoration, you have to exactly follow spectacular quality, one-of-a kind pieces the steps of how they made it a hundred you won’t see anything like it in Canada years ago, two hundred years ago, or or North America, it’s phenomenal,” he even three hundred years ago, whatever says. His clientele comprises collectors, they may be.” and institutions and organizations, such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, the City of Working with the rugs, whether it’s Toronto, and several museums. restoring, repairing, cleaning or buying, the process gives him a sense of purpose, Restoring old and antique rugs means the a sense of place, a sense of history, and textiles can live on, sometimes with the is where his heart lies, but he notes that same family, perhaps in a different home, you have to love it. “Your heart has to be for another three or four generations. in it; if your heart is not in it, you won’t While restoration and repair are a big get what you want.” For Bakhshi, an part of what Bakhshi does, his business immigrant from Iran, he speaks fondly also involves appraising and selling of Canada, the country he has proudly rugs, carpets, and textiles, each of whichcalled home for a quarter of a century. is hand-picked by the master, where His profession means love, passion, and perhaps as many as twenty thousand pleasure all coming together in one have passed through his hands in hisplace, where he bonds with each piece lifetime. “I have done so many specialhe handles. “I go out of my way to give restoration pieces in different places and a boost to the person who made it and countries, including Rome, Italy and for is no longer in this life,” he says. Bakhshi a collector in France.” he adds. “There immediately connects to the soul of the have been spectacular and magnificent rug maker to feel and experience the full pieces, very unique tapestries, rare flavour of each creation. pieces, and I have done many jobs for high-end dealers and collectors.” Having spent a lifetime working at a profession he refers to as a hobby, as a “A rug has to speak to me before I fourth generation family business, having purchase it, and each one is individual mastered his trade since he was twelve and one-of-a-kind,” Bakhshi explains years-old, Bakhshi will tell you it’s in his Working with the that each rug is “unique in its design, and blood. “I haven’t done anything else in rugs, whether it’s colour palette; it has the history, and an my life other than carpets,” he says, “I don’t identification of the tribe, or the country restoring, repairing, know what any other job feelse as lik or the city where it was created.” He cleaning or buying, has the skill and experience to look at a that’s all I know.” His work encompasses the process gives him rug and identify the country, the region cleaning, restoration, repair, appraisals, and often the maker from the way the dyeing wools, designing, and buying a sense of purpose, wool has been dyed or by the choice and selling. “It gives me joy, pleasure, a sense of place, a of colours used, which can be specific energy when you look at the rug, and I look at it as representing the soul of the sense of history, and to a certain family, or the clue may lay in the materials used, or the design and person who made it and it sticks with is where his heart lies, technique. “The rug is an identification me.” He feels good energy in the pieces, but he notes that you of the family; how they made it, and recognizing their beauty and senses a you can basically tell from the quality communication with the rugs. “Every have to love it. and the design and the technique how house I go to, if there are handmade they were making it,” said Bakhshi. “It rugs, it’s like I am having a family friend in is like a signature, the signature of the this house and I am communicating with family.” Rugs are imported from Iran the carpet.”E and Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, Turkey and Morocco, and occasionally Kingston Royal Rugs China. Interestingly, he explains how 214 Princess Street, Kingston, ON rug restoration is a more difficult process 613.531.8222 • royalantiquerugs.ca
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Within the barn, serenely illuminated by shafts of sunlight is a vast collection of memorabilia, mementoes and collectibles: a veritable feast for nostalgia buff s. Almost big enough to get lost in, the barn positively teems with carefully composed beautifully colour themed displays that, in their own right, deserve admiration.
Days of yore burst into life as one’s eye meanders around the merchandise remembering articles and items from childhood or childhood visits to one’s grandparents. It is perhaps only in the living presence of history one realizes how much one has totally forgotten. Simply Eclectic, off ers a trip down Memory Lane for all and certainly lives up to its name.
Check it out and see if nostalgia is what it used to be. Simply Eclectic will be open from 10 to 4 pm every Saturday and Sunday during November, after that Diana will not be open again till Mother’s Day and Victoria Day weekends. To keep things simple all transactions are cash only.
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permanent resident. You do not want to without a visit to metaphorhome’s designer Warkwt miss this event. collection of accessories and furnishings and Village Pantry can provide everything or f Orchard Hills Country Townhomes will your new kitchen and an excellent selection Falling for Warkworth make the move to Warkworth a whole lot of artisanal cheeses. Winker’s Nook and easier with homes available from early next the Nook Gallery now offer bespoke hand arkworth’s seductive mix of history year. What could be better? Warkworth’s painted antique furniture perfect for your and bespoke retailers has been distinctly different retailers conveniently home. Frantic Farms is a haven of the hand Wattracting visitors for many years. on the doorstep and a golf course justmade over with uniquely hand blown glass and Some stay for a few hours, some for days orthe way. Work off a post Centre & Main ceramics for everyday use and decorative weeks and some just move right in. Indeedchocolate indulgence at Warkworth Golf purposes. E many of the current business owners who Club. Your new home will be incomplete have brought their energy and talents to Warkworth hail from bigger cities and this is responsible for creating such a cosmopolitan atmosphere in the Northumberland Hills countryside.
A crucial element of Warkworth’s enduring charm is the Ah! Centre and its frequently changing series of art and heritage themed exhibitions. The next show will be Jessica Hein running from 20 September. A further date for everyone’s diaries is 16 November when the Ah! Centre presents its annual fundraiser hosted by Wakworth’s own Jeanne Beker, yet another visitor who became a
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Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 15 art Winker’s Nook Adventures in Wood in Warkworth Winker’s Nook and the Nook Gallery Found on Main Street Warkworth, Winker's Nook and The Nook Gallery are owned by Lana Turner and her husband Gordon Mills. Lana runs the businesses with the help of a dedicated band of employees.
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ollecting furniture has been the couple’s joint Cpassion for over twenty five years to such an extent that buying beautiful furniture has often replaced taking a vacation. With an eye to future possibilities, they try and acquire pieces that will work with a variety of decorating styles. A love of wood and solid construction fuels their appetite, be it pine, maple, cherry, butternut, mahogany or black walnut, it must be well made. Pieces attracting their interest may not necessarily be ‘antiques,’ by the official definition, (which is over one hundred years or the bonfire can be given the opportunity to the client’s requirements and therefore old), as they place greater value on the quality to provide useful service for another fitting perfectly with their décor. of design and craftsmanship rather than hundred years or even longer. Compare obsessing over the precise vintage. that to big box store flat pack alternatives.In the near future lessons will be offered on Using a Canadian made voc free clay based an individual and group basis, and patrons paint which is virtually odourless allows will have the opportunity to work on their With baby boomers downsizing there is a Lana and her staff to carry out all the painting own piece in a sympathetic environment large quantity of antique wood furniture in the store: you can actually see your with help and encouragement available if available now but unfortunately the piece progress stage by stage to the final and when needed. traditional market has shrunk. The finished market product. All the work is carried is changing and therefore Lana out and entirely by hand. Depending on the Drop in to Winker’s Nook and the Nook Gordon’s business is responding to technique these employed and the finish required, Gallery in Main Street, Warkworth and developments by switching focus a at littleleast two coats of paint are applied and explore Lana’s love of wood in action. Enjoy a and moving into refinishing andoften hand several more, then it may be sealed warm atmosphere and the authentic charm painting furniture. with a tinted or natural wax which will of Lana and Gordon’s beautiful collection sharpen up the details, or varnished with a of antiques, pre-loved and refinished The business is eco-friendly. Refinishing fine water based top coat for further protection. furniture, one of a kind country home furniture to appeal to a younger market is a The outcome is a fully functional well made and cottage décor that will add character pretty cool form of recycling: quality pieces charming piece of furniture that could easily to any home. E that might otherwise end up in the landfill last another lifetime, specifically paint ed winkersnook.com
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The liquor monopoly claims to support local wineries, but it’s all talk. Only twenty percent of bottles in the Canadian wine section are VQA, Privatization which means they are made using locally Talk Heats Up grown grapes.
By Konrad Ejbich
magine this: the only place you can legally international brands of lager and beer and Although Ontarians pay the operating costs shop for shoes is a government owned wines saw steep declines in sales. and salaries of the LCBO, no one at the liquor Ichain of stores called the Footwear Control board would respond to my questions about Board of Ontario. Canadian products suffered, too. With the cost of the new system, either projected widespread shortages in the monopoly’s or real. Just this: One day, the FCBO decides to switch to a province wide distribution system of over new warehousing and distribution system. six hundred stores, many domestic wineries, “The introduction of our new Warehouse Suddenly, in the middle of the summer micro-breweries and craft distilleries have Management System (WMS) at our Durham shoe sale season, many of the fashionable lost sales. Retail Service Centre is a critical system French and Italian dress shoes you love are upgrade to help us serve customers better unavailable. Adidas and Nike are also out Consumers unable to buy the oducts pr and more efficiently. Updating legacy of stock in some cities. Birkenstock sales they prefer have no qualms about switching systems is a requirement for major are down by fifty percent. Meanwhile,brands to get the bottles they ultimately retailers and as with any major technology manufacturers are backed up with sandals, need. Even if a favourite wine is not in stock, implementation there were impacts – some sneakers and stilettos they cannot get o int they will not leave the store empty-handed. anticipated and some unexpected.” stores and they are losing sales and valuable market share. “No Rosehall Run Chardonnay available Impacts? Not shortages; not lost sales and today? Dang! I’ll just pick up this other wine disappointed customers; not screw-ups. Preposterous? Impacts? for tonight’s dinner.” Well, that’s precisely the present day scenario And to my question about when the system Sale lost. at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the might be back on track: only one stop shop where Ontarians can buy Producers, suppliers and agents, hampered in liquor, wine and beer. “Significant progress is being made daily and their ability to speak publicly, quietly seethed we are confident that delivery schedules will A great deal of ink has been spilled over to head office clerks and store managers. be back on track by the Civic long weekend.” the LCBO’s latest fiasco. This spring, a new They can’t and won’t raise a public ruckus for warehousing and distribution management fear of liquor board reprisals against anyone Once that statement was made public, even system was installed in order to streamline in the trade who brings attention to the the liquor board’s own employees started the movement of alcoholic beverages omfr monopoly’s bumbling and incompetence. shaking their heads in disbelief. producers around the globe o t consumers throughout the province. Apt comparisons have been drawn to the Warren (Smokey) Thomas, president of the Phoenix payroll disaster the federal Liberal Ontario Public Service Employees Union Instead, it was a massive screw-up, and many government continues to face, but there is publicly said LCBO president George Soleas stores were left with empty shelves. Major one important difference, secrecy. would have to “pull a rabbit out of a hat”
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So much for Premier Ford’s promises about financial transparency, about having governments govern and business people do business, or about supporting Ontario farmers and local industries.
Domestic wineries, first and foremost, produce wines for local drinkers. Sadly, the vast majority of the drinking world has yet to discover Ontario wine.
If there’s anywhere wineries should be able to sell their products freely, it is in their home markets, without their own government trying to undermine them by promoting foreign competitors.
Many of our estate wineries are, in essence, family farms. In Prince Edward County alone, there may be as many as thirty or more, working extremely hard all year round, to make a decent product for the Canadian public to drink and enjoy.
The liquor monopoly claims to support local wineries, but it’s all talk. Only twenty percent of bottles in the Canadian wine section are VQA, which means they are made using locally grown grapes. The other eighty THE percent are produced using foreign bulk wine by corporations that own very little CAPE COD vineyard acreage.
The money-grubbing monopoly would Cleanest rather promote foreign wine than encourage Wood Stove in local producers. the World Of all the Vintages catalogues produced during the year, only the September issue features a significant release of Ontario wines. Ontario wineries pay for that promotion, not the LCBO. What the Ontario industry giveth, the LCBO taketh away.
But there’s one area in which local producers get equal treatment with foreign vendors. LCBO category managers treat Ontario winemakers with as much disdain as they treat wine producers from other countries. THE COUNTY’S LARGEST SHOWROOM Ask any winemaker to talk “off the record” 124 MAIN ST. PICTON about what it’s like to do business with the 613.476.9259 www.countyfireplace.ca LCBO. And prepare to get an earful. E
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to sometimes toning down the main menu, however, in order to appeal to a broader variety of people.
The huge selection of baked items, such as date squares and Hello Dollys, are a composite of recipes from his and Bell's families. “Both our families were big on baking, and it shows with our desserts,” says Hall. “Most desserts at The Pastry Peddler are twice the size they would be elsewhere!”
In addition to running the restaurant, Hall and Bell do a lot of private catering. In fact, it accounts for about half of their business. When they cater to weddings and other private events, an extended choice of Millbrook’s Café Society intriguing appetizers are served which are By Joise Newman only rarely seen on the restaurant's menu.
he Pastry Peddler Cafe, an eclectic the prestigious Stratford Chefs School “Parties have a big choice of appetizers. One bistro-like eatery on the main street close to thirty years ago, has worked in of my favourites is the pork and black bean Tof Millbrook, offers its onspatr exactly various restaurants in Stratford, Ottawa, burger with ginger jam. Crab cakes with what the name implies – pastry and bicycles. Peterborough, Lindsay, and Cobourg. sriracha aioli are popular, too.” Over twenty Although pastries are his specialty, he is dips and appetizers grace the catering menu, Housed in a charming two storey yellow brick adept at cooking main dishes too, and including cornmeal crusted chicken satay building erected in the 1880s, the wood- studied at Sir Sanford Fleming College in with a chili dip, and Korean beef skewers panelled cafe and open-concept kitchen Peterborough. Bell has always worked at accompanied with hoisin, as well as salads occupy the first floor, while a vintage bicycle the front of the house, greeting people andand desserts. shop, called Frog Cycle, takes up the second serving tables. Now they have engaged two floor. Collectable bicycles, some decades other cooks and a baker. Hall prides himself on the popularity of their old, are displayed on the walls downstairs hors d'oeuvres and desserts, which are also while many retrofitted bikes and those in for “Our menu is eclectic and we try to use local sold at the 4th Line Theatre where they host repair are located on the top floor. ingredients whenever possible. We strive to Festival Fridays selling pies, strudels, and be modern in our approach but I like classics brownies to theatre-goers. Co-owner Colin Hall is a trained pastry chef with a twist, too,” says Hall. One such is his and avid cyclist. The Pastry Peddler attracts a macaroni and cheese topped with herb The restaurant is well-known and regarded in wide range of patrons, from locals who want potato chip crumble, and beer and cayenne the local community. “We've been told we're to support neighbourhood businesses o t in the cream sauce. Another is quiche, the hub of Millbrook,” states Bell. Dropping cyclists from far flung places all across North served daily in several of varieties, with a in at any time of day usually reveals a diverse America. superbly flaky pastry that is a delightful taste clientele ranging from struggling artists experience. to tourists to business people and locals. Now a big fish in the small pond of Millbrook, There is always the ork w of a local artist the Pastry Peddler has gained great stature Previously a cook in a Thai restaurant, on display along the walls of the cafe, and since its humble beginnings in 2009 on the many of Hall's dishes seem influenced by sometimes books by local writers are sold at opposite side of the street. Hall and business that experience, such as the summer Pad the front of the store. There are monthly jazz partner Deanna Bell started the original Thai salad, served cold with chicken or dinners, where musicians from surrounding Pastry Peddler because both of them had shrimp, tamarind vinaigrette and a cane communities, such as Warkworth, come to “baking in their blood.” “We began by selling or brown sugar sweetener. Or the ear- y entertain two seatings of guests who enjoy baked goods at the farmer's market in round gluten-free butter chicken nachos, a three-course prix fixe dinner with music. Peterborough. Soon we needed somewhere a delicious warming dish of creamy garam And to that substantial roster of events, bigger.” The current location opened in 2015 masala chicken served on aged cheddar- Ladies’ Nights have recently been added. and serves a full menu changing seasonally, baked tortilla chips and completed by in addition to a selection of baked goods, cilantro and sour cream. Many of his soups“There's a huge community of local cyclists drinks, and alcohol. have flamboyant ingredients and pack a who frequently come out to the cafe, real taste punch, try the roast pepper andincluding the Millbrook Mountain Bike Club,” Hall, who was trained as a pastry chef at raspberry soup with herb cream. He admitsadds Hall. E
24 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 food
u ernut S uash oconut Soup Method
1. oat s uash cubes ith olive oil, salt Ingredients: and pepper and roast at 350F for 30-40 minutes. 1 x medium onion peeled and diced 2. Heat a large pan over a medium heat. 4 x cloves garlic finely shredded dd bu er and olive oil and allo to 1 x large butternut squash, peeled, melt. seeded and cubed 3. Add onion, carrot, ginger and garlic 1 x large carrot, peeled and diced and saut un l ragrant and so ened ¼ cup grated ginger root appox 10 mins s r to combine. 1 x litre coconut milk 4. dd roasted s uash cubes, bro n 1 x litre chicken or vegetable stock sugar, sambal olek, Dijon mustard, mix 3 tablespoons brown sugar or together and cook or 10 mins, s rring maple syrup re uently. 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 5. Add stock and coconut milk, bring to 1 tablespoon sambal olek a boil and then simmer for 20 mins or (chili garlic paste) un l ork tender. ½ bunch cilantro washed and 6. dd chopped cilantro, s r to chopped combine. 2 tablespoons butter and olive oil, 7. Remove from heat and blend with salt and pepper. immersion blender un l smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
Next year an expansion is planned which will add a patio with three four-seat tables. To view menus or a list of events, visit www.pastrypeddler.ca
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O’Har Mil Homestea Ste in Bac Tim
BY SHARON HARRISON hat was pioneer life like in the early thrill of a working mill and the romanceTownship. of a The decision came as word spread 1800s in rural eastern Ontario? covered bridge. that new lands for settlement had been WHow did folks live, how did they made available by the British government. earn a living, and what did they do forThis fun? treasure and its eventful history began Step back in time with the O’Hara family,with the O’Hara family, and involved a trip The O’Hara Mill Homestead and where a visit to the O’Hara Mill Homesteadacross the Atlantic and new beginnings. The Conservation Area, a registered charitable and Conservation Area will include a historyyear was 1789. At just twenty years of age, organization, is run solely by volunteers. lesson and a taste of nature at its finest. Patrick O’Hara left Londonderry in Ireland for Dave Little, board member with the O'Hara Conveniently located in Madoc, half-way the Americas, where five years on he married Volunteers Association, is known as ‘father between Ottawa and Toronto close to Cynthia Prindle – she just 15. Enter James O’Hara’ to many according to chairman Rod Highway 7, and seventy kilometres fromO’Hara, one of their nine children, who in Woods. “He has been the driving force in Peterborough, the eighty five acre property1823 with his wife Mary and four year old bringing O'Hara to life.” Originally owned embraces a simpler time, and includes thedaughter Elizabeth, set up home in Madoc by Quinte Conservation, Little says the site
26 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 whereby the group had complete control Remarkably, O’Hara Mill Homestead has culture of the management and operation of the never charged admission fees, accepting historic farm,” said Little, who clarified that only donations. “We want families to feel the Conservation Area still owns the site and that no matter how big they are or how pays the taxes on it. “From quite modest many children they have, that they can beginnings, we restored the sawmill, we afford to come and enjoy it,” says Little. He built a new dam and a covered bridge, and credits the rural sense of fellowship and the we built several farm buildings to add to strong feeling of community for ensuring the site.” Materials for some of these werethe Association is successful in its mission. reclaimed from 1800s barns. Neighbours are always there to lend a hand, “Whenever I need help in any way Little has been there from the beginning it’s always there: it’s that old farm concept as he led the group through the initial two of neighbours helping neighbours.” With years of negotiations. With nineteen years of around twenty thousand visitors annually, Homestead volunteering under his belt, he Little explains how they have tried to avoid describes himself as a “continual presence” commercialism, ensuring the site remains where he shows up at least five days a week, very much the way it would have been in every week. He happily admits’Hara O the 1800s. “Every week, I have two or three Mill Homestead is his full time retirement people say they really enjoy the serenity here passion, and calls himself lucky because not everyone in retirement has a chance to play such a valuable role in their community.
“When I saw this place at the point of being abandoned and the absolute beauty of it and the absolute potential of it, I wanted to do something related to farming and this opportunity almost just jumped out at me.” The O’Hara’s remained in Madoc for four generations. They are considered one of the founding families in the Madoc area, and likely the first settlers in the township, which also saw the first white childn borin May O’Hara Mill Homestead & 1826. Becoming a prosperous farming family thanks to the sawmill, they built the first onserva on rea school house in the township and were very 638 Mill Road, Madoc, ON involved establishing the Methodist church. oharamill.ca “They appear to have been very learned, because they left many photos, letters and journals,” said Little. “I just marvel at how and the naturalness, the sense that ew are in many records we have of them, considering an authentic pioneer farm.” they came here with nothing.” Enjoyed by all who come, especially families, With around ten buildings on site, some visitors hail from many countries, but Little was a pioneer farm, bought in 1955 by the original and some restored, others more says the Irish that come are reminded of Conservation Authority, mainly because recently constructed, visitors to the O’Hara home and have a real sense of belonging. they wanted to preserve the historic water Mill Homestead and Conservation Area O’Hara Mill Homestead and Conservation powered sawmill on the property. Between can experience a one room schoolhouse,Area grounds and trails are open year round, the mid 50s and 2000, the mill and the drive sheds, blacksmith’s shop, log house,with buildings open Victoria Day weekend property suffered hard times and as funds carpenter’s shop and carriage house, allto Labour Day weekend. Guided tours and dried up the site fell into disrepair. redolent of the period. And there is major also events take place during the summer the O’Hara Museum House, Visitors’ Centre season, with smaller events, activities and The O’Hara Volunteers Association put and heritage gardens to be explored. Seven demonstrations throughout the year, together a unique proposal that would allow walking trails of various lengths up to including Heritage Day, Christmas, Family them to take over the running of the property, almost two kilometres offer experiences of Day, and a maple syrup event in March, done and ultimately save it. “After considerable old growth forests, stacked stone walls and the pioneer way, just as the O’Hara’s would negotiations, a legal agreement was signed marshes to be enjoyed. have had. E
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learning about ruminants, Peter Jackson On Being movies, and rugby. However, make no mistake. This isn’t a sporting match. Event organizers Lubomyr Judgemental Luciuk and The Royal Winers are very serious about celebrating our region’s achievements. By Sandor Johnson The competition provides a fair forum to compare, contrast and whittle down the from Prince Edward County will be compared n 1976 in Paris, France “The Judgement offerings to the victorious - solely on the of Paris” wine competition challenged to New Zealand’s best! The event will take merits of each wine by a fair voting process. Ia group of French judges to two blind place on Saturday, November the 2nd, 2019 tasting comparisons of Bordeaux wines from from 3-6:30 p.m. Tickets are available now at Chris Whyman, Kingston’s Town Crier, France and Cabernet Sauvignon wines from www.judgementofkingston.ca but will not dressed in attire that looks like he went last long. A group of wine experts including California. In each category a Californian shopping at Forever 1841, will officially Tony A wine hammered the best French selections. spler, Michael Godel, Jennifer Huether, open the event with cries so loud, you’ll This shocking result summarily had the Melissa Pulvermacher, (and myself, as Master think that you were standing on the set of Ceremonies) will blind taste wine sourced French authorities sending the judges to the of CNN and Donald Trump just won the guillotine “tout suite” and, forthwith, beset an from the heart of Prince Edward County, 2020 election. Dr. Kim Meathrel, a local entire nation to fret over their crepes while versus “The Shire” to determine what wine is plastic surgeon, and graduate of the angrily chain smoking Gauloises. It was a the very best. (Or what wine pairs best with University of California Davis winemakers’ a broken marriage and a TV dinner.) rout that neither the elitist French, nor the program, Certified Sommelier by the
bombastic Americans forgot. And thus a Court of Master Sommeliers, and owner of new era of “New World” wine was born. vent promises to be a fun-filled The e Decantress Wine and Spirits Education, will afternoon of tast es and an eful sheep jok also grace the event. She will help facilitate Fast forward forty-three years to Kingston, education comparing both wine regions to the wine judging and, we’re hoping, will Ontario for the fourth annual “Judgement further your oenological knowledge about also provide nose jobs for anyone of K erside ingston” competition at the wat things like, say, how to grow Pinot Noir wine unfortunately sniffing anything pungently Residence Inn by Marriott where Pinot Noirs popsicles in -20C whilst simultaneously grimy, maybe made by Frodo Baggins’ new winery ‘Tea Bagg Estates.’
Every year the Judgement of Kingston attracts hundreds of folks who want to see what it’s like not to drink alone. So grab your ticket while there’s still some left. Sit down, relax, and watch the pleasant bliss of your neighbour sniffing the most delicate of the world’s reds. Or, if the expression reminds you of the guy in that movie opening the Ark of the Covenant, maybe a not-so- delicate red.
You’re never too old to experience an afternoon punctuated by total bliss, sheer error t and complete mediocrity - all within minutes of each other! And no, I’m not referring to an unfortunate incident at summer camp. I’m talking about the Judgement of Kingston. See for yourself if your wine scoring expertise matches that of the judges and members of the audience or if you’re ‘The People vs Larry Flynt.’ Either way, it’s an oenophile rollercoaster thrill ride and a great afternoon to brighten up an otherwise dreary November Saturday. Trust me. I’ve been there.
So come on out! And you be the Judge.E
28 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 29 art
By Jeff Keary
n the earlier part of this article I hoped to lay the groundwork to show that the Iorigin of abstract art is an entirely logical extension of previous developments, and all one needs to agree with that interpretation is a greater understanding of art history. In a momentary lapse I failed to recognize Paul Cézanne’s use of space and how that facilitated the development of Cubism and I should also have mentioned the contribution of Fauvism, in liberating colour from subject. Further, I should have acknowledged Hilma af Klint as one of the pioneers of abstract painting, whose work is only recently garnering the recognition it so clearly deserves. Despite these minor sins of omission, I believe I have demonstrated how painting, in its different and continuously changing forms, reflects its society and how over time painting has been liberated from an obsession with external subject matter, taking the opportunity to become primarily concerned with paint and the painted surface itself. I also documented the change in the artist’s status from being a servant to clients’ whims, to someone recognized and valued for his or her individual endeavours.
Cultural traffic between the US and Europe expanded following the burgeoning economy of the former. Wealthy Americans looked to Europe to source fine art with which to decorate their elaborate houses and many of their artists visited Europe to keep up with developments and returned home with these new ideas. Successful exhibitions of Impressionism were held in Boston and New York further whetting the appetite for European painting, which ironically, served to better secure its reputation in Europe. Until then sales mpressionists of I paintings were hard to come by. (A topical historical note: the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act was repealed in 1909, which previously had imposed punitive tariffs on imported works of art less than twenty years old.)
In 1913 an exhibition of contemporary European art, mounted by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, took place in the armory of the sixty-ninth regiment of the National Guard, becoming known forever
30 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 art after as The Armory Show. Introducing a What abstract art was essentially responsible strokes, etc. etc. The subject of a work is the bemused American public to the latest in for was to change the focus of painting on process of its creation. European art and to recent works by the to what painting alone could uniquely do. organising painters and sculptors, it was a Realism had encouraged perspective and “Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most huge success in terms of numbers with over representation of illusory space. Abstract art difficult. It demands that you know how seventy-five thousand visitors, even though employs the painting itself to focus on the to draw well, that you have a heightened the public reaction was not too dissimilar painting, being a flat surface, of a particular sensitivity for composition and for colours, to that of the first Impressionist exhibition shape, painted with pigment in a particular and that you be a true poet. This last is in France and is epitomized by Theodore way. As I suggested in part one, the subject essential.” Wassily Kandinsky. Roosevelt’s back handed comment. of painting became the paint itself and its various methods of application…the brush “There are no rules. That is how art is born, “It is vitally necessary to move forward and may not have been abandoned, but there how breakthroughs happen. So go against shake off the dead hand of the reactionaries; followed an explosion of opportunity with the rules or ignore the rules. That is what and yet we have to face the fact there is…a artists' equipment now supplemented by invention is about.” Helen Frankenthaler lunatic fringe…especially in the rooms all manner of other tools and devices, from devoted to the Cubists and the But does this mean that any Futurists, or Near Impressionists. series of random squiggles Take the picture which for some and splodges of paint should reason is called A Naked Man be considered a high t ar Going Down Stairs. There is form? Of course it does in my bathroom a really good not. As in all areas of life, the Navajo rug, which on any cream rises to the top. When proper interpretation of Cubist we look back at the work of theory, is a far more satisfactory the early abstract artists, we and decorative picture.” (He are looking at the work of was actually referring to Marcel acknowledged masters. We Duchamp’s Nude Descending a are looking at work where Staircase.) a clear and logical artistic Beth James. Courtesy 2gallery. Beth James.
development can be seen… As Hitler rose to power and the seeds of the next painting the cultural climate changed, are often to be found in the many artists described by Hitler, most recently created piece. “as incompetents, cheats, and We see intelligence at work, madmen,” began to leave for guided by intuition as people the United States taking their explore the unknown. non conformist views with them. Hitler held an exhibition People seem to have difficulty of approved art in 1937 accepting abstract painting’s alongside which ran the famous purely formal values, often exhibition of “Degenerate Art.” feeling they need to attach To this day it remains the most aftermath 01 Untitled - drips: configurations, themselves securely to a highly attended exhibition of all narrative that they believe time, though how many people is found in representational visited entirely of their own scrapers and masking tape to spray guns. painting. By way of comparison let’s take a volition is a fair question. Paint can be poured, dripped, overlaid or look at The Hay Wain by John Constable and sprayed and techniques can be combined. see if we deconstruct that myth and yet still Into the fertile ground of the United States Sand can be added to the paint or it can be make a case for common ground. Often dropped the seeds of an artistic revolution Courtesy • Right: Oeno Gallery. thrown over wet paint for texture. Paint also dismissed as bucolic nostalgia, this work is where European ideas met a little less resistance due to a lack of ossified cultural can be removed to reveal the under surface. in fact a great feat of painting. Most likely structures such as the Académie Royal Slavish adherence to a rectangular form is the composition is essentially bogus…it de Peinture et de Sculpture or the Royal abandoned. Abstract art asserts the validity represents an old farm cart pulled by three Academy in the UK. In 1936, to move things of a two dimensional surface where formal horses in a pond and the only reasonable properties come to prominence, texture, explanation for this is thought to be perhaps forward, the American Abstract Artists (Detail) Milly Ristvedt. established aneponymous association to fly gestures, rhythm, marks, and scale. Newcooling the horses or perhaps the metal tires the flag for abstract art with the specific aim effects are cultivated. These paintings are onto the cart’s wheels. It is perfectly possible of countering the perception that abstract be looked at and not into. The subject ofhowever the to interpret the subject as simply a Increments work is what you see…colour, shapes, brushpictorial device around which the painting art was solely a European concept. Left:
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view, we have a putatively representational work which functions in essentially the same manner as an abstract painting.
Let’s make a further comparison, this time with music, which is aotally t abstract form. Tchaikovsky can be our example. He wrote six symphonies and several concertos which have no program and quite a lot of ballet music which does. But musically there is no difference between either and one can enjo y the ballet music in the knowledge, or in total ignorance of what is depicted. My point is revolves. A technically accurate sky, (so supported by the fact that Tchaikovsky later accurate a weather forecast could be made!), made the musical accompaniment to the is combined with wild gestural marks in the ballets into suites suitable for independent trees, leaves are not painted individually, but performance. are suggested by swathes of roughly applied textured paint, probably over painted We need to think of abstract painting as a with thin veils of paint in a different tone. language. A language we do not speak or Scumbling two colours of paint together in necessarily yet understand. My Chinese is a one brush over a bright green undercoat
Top Left: little lacking, totally non-existent actually, but creates ‘grass.’ Red tones are liberally obviously that does not devalue Mandarin or distributed about the work which attracts Cantonese…the problem lies with me. Untitled - drips: centreUntitled origin 02 (Detail) the eye and encourages exploration…it is highly unlikely that the red under the horses’ And this is the essential problem…to properly halters is actually descriptive…I would understand abstract painting requires work. suggest it is a pictorial device. Thus, in my Since the separation of designing and making in the industrial revolution, we all have tended to know more and more about less and less…to the point where we are S 22OG all experts in our own microscopic field. It follows therefore that other abstract painters will know more about abstract painting
Beth James.Beth 2gallery. Grey Courtesy Play. Grid • Middle: Gallery. of Oeno Courtesy Ristvedt. Milly than anyone else…they are after all working with a similar language. Unfortunately this sounds precious if not downright elitist, yet we would have no difficulty conceding that dentists probably know more about dentistry than your average Joe, and can we not all agree that the arcane mysteries of indoor plumbing are only capable of being understood by plumbers?
If one wants to comprehend abstract art one
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Part three of Considering Abstract Art 32O K S E - K , O will appear in our Winter T S 10 .. 6.. ~ T +F E ‘ 8.. issue and looks at abstract . 22. ~ O G S painting in Canada.
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Why would Meet the Makers someone who Dale Evans and Mitchell Elliott loves gourmet Fabric and Wrought Iron United burgers , awesome By Christine Peets corned beef or ale Evans has a passion for fashion that started when she was twelve cuban Dyears old. Recently she has turned sandwiches, that passion into a business with her Simply Elegant Boutique in Downtown Napanee. unique poutines, “I was always the one making the dresses for everyone in my family—wedding dresses, classic pub prom dresses and so on,” Dale says. “I loved stylestyst experimenting with fabric and would design the dresses myself, or I would adapt a pattern, favourites, adding something new.” local wines , 13 Dale now makes custom designed pieces of beers on tap, clothing or other fashion items by reusing and repurposing fabric. For example, she’s amazing live made a one of a kind handbag from a pair music , of leather pants. A customer will bring her a much loved item and Dale’s inspiration finds wonderful a further opportunity for it, or she will use the serviceservice and an fabric and accessories to make something good team as they respect each other as completely new. artisans, and appreciate each other’s talents. always inviting They are also very supportive of the fact that atmosphere She studied fine art, but set her devotion their work is often very demanding of time. to sewing aside for many years as a In addition to making clothes, Dale makes cross the road? consequence of having a demanding careercustom jewellery and spends long hours in the corporate world. Until her husbanddeciding on what else she will stock in the Mitchell Elliott encouraged her to open store a other than her own designs. store and showcase her work, she thought she’d lost her interest. Fortunately the store“I still love fine art, and so I look to fashion To get to the rekindled her enthusiasm, and she andto express that love of fine art. I especially Acoustic Grill, Mitchell also found that while theyery had lovev natural fabrics like cotton, silk, lace, and different interests and skills they could work wool. Their simplicity makes them elegant at that's why! together to make something unique. the same time, and I bring in special articles made from those fabrics,” says Dale. "It’s “Mitchell is an excellent draftsman,” Dale the same with the jewellery: I love natural says. "He has a small machine shop where materials and am excited to see how they he designs wrought iron pieces for my shop, can be shaped into different things.” among many other things.” Mitchell’s work takes many forms. He’s made 172 Main St Picton Their work has brought them together everything from simple hooks to elaborate 613476288776 many times. Mitchell built Dale’s cutting and fences with his wrought iron work. In sewing table for her home studio and often addition to the metal working business, he is acousticgrill.caacousticgrill.ca works with her on designs. He also advises a tool and die maker by trade. her on the technical details she might need for a pattern. Dale lends her artistic eye to “The tooling business gave me the skills for Mitchell’s work and she says they make a what I’d now call blacksmithing,” explains
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art Mitchell. “It combines three different " disciplines: the machinist removes the material, the welder adds material, the blacksmith moves material. By making the steel in different ways, I move the material to where I want it to be.” If I can design something Over the past fifteen years or so since beginning his business, Mitchell has or repair something in my perfected being a precision designer and machine shop, I will, and he will design pieces following a customer’s customers are usually very satisfied with what I come up with. I always vision or he will create a design based on his seem to be busy. interpretation of the customer’s desires. With what he calls his “limited space,” and with just a small selection of tools at his studio, he can work miracles in metal. Dale confirms that Mitchell has made pieces for her shop based on" just a rough “If I can design something or repair something idea and a few conversations. “He’s made in my machine shop, I will, and customers are special equipment for the store and unique usually very satisfied with what I come up mannequins upon which to display the with. I always seem to be busy. “ clothes. Also, he made my shop desk look particularly attractive. That was a joint project: I did the sewing and he did theon ir work.”
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Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 39 culture Bowen Therapy
By Katherine Morton
o you have a 'puzzle' issue where only the symptoms are being treated and not the root cause? Bowen Therapy might make the difference to get you Dback to full health. Thomas Ambrose Bowen (1916-1982) began to develop his technique in the 1950s in Geelong, Australia after observing that certain moves on the body resulted in beneficial outcomes. Now, Bowen Therapy is in worldwide use. Recalls Oswald Rentsch, “Tom was always conscious of tissue tension and was continually assessing with his fingers… I can still see him positioning his hands, assessing with his fingers…deftly and effectively performing the ‘moves’. ”
Bowen is a hands-on holistic modality that treats the body as a whole without referral to How can Bowen a named disease. Some of the chronic and acute injury or illness conditions that clients help you? have presented with are, but not limited to: whiplash, concussions, neck, shoulder, back, and 1 knee pain, sciatic issues, plantar fasciitis, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel, migraines, sports injuries, stress, pelvic problems, TMJ issues and more. Hockey players, firefighters, dancers, horseback riders, yoga instructors, triathlon runners, will all benefit from being in balance.
Consider your body's fascial system as a sort of telephone network. The switchboard makes An analogy of specific connections between two points so that messages are transmitted and received how Bowen correctly. If part of that network breaks down, messages can't get through properly. If the fascia is stuck or shifted in a particular area, it's not going to work as intended and may result 2 works: in pain, or restriction of movement, and other issues. Bowen addresses the fascia and helps to repair the connection so that the message can get through to the correct destination, restoring systems to their proper function.
Treatment depends on how acute or chronic the condition: it could take just a few What is involved treatments, or months, or years to remove the layers of dysfunction. For first time clients in a session? the recommendation is to come to three or four sessions weekly, if no other modalities are 3 involved. This will ensure the Bowen is effective for your condition. After each treatment, we talk about your progress and will determine what your needs are. Eventually, your appointments will become less frequent, as long as the body is retaining the new pattern which is giving relief to your condition.
It is always a good idea to treat your body like you would your vehicle. Maintaining your car helps to make it last and the same concept should apply to your body. You only have one body, so why not look after it and enjoy life to its fullest?
Bowen is a hands-on therapy that communicates with the central nervous system. Taking What is Bowen into account the attachment sites for the dura mater, the object is to achieve tonal symmetry 4 Therapy? of 'tension' or 'tone' on either side of the body. The desired result is to manifest a state of the structural integrity, so that healing and regulation may result. Bowen removes layers of dysfunction, like peeling an onion. Exercise, diet, and relieving stressors only help to increase the effect Bowen may have on the body. Bowen follows the belief that structure and function share a reciprocal relationship, and the body operates as a single integrated, interrelated unit.
Different assessment techniques guide us to the areas of concern where we can perform a more targeted therapeutic intervention. We learn to have tactile recognition of the texture and tone of the tissues. At this point, we go from assessment mode to treatment mode.
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Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 41 culture Grandma's Cake Regardless of flavour, I knew just what I’d be wishing for when it came time to blow out the candles. By Angela Hawn
utumn always approaches as some asked. I could tell by the look on her face Grandma’s absence began to sink in. kind of seasonal grand finale, e lik the question was a serious one. Who doesn’t Athe rapid-fire poppety-pop flash of love a birthday party? “Perhaps we could make a cake in her colours layered one on top of another at the honour anyway,” suggested my husband in end of a fabulous fireworks show. All those “Darling, I don’t think Grandma knows the nick of time, just as I was about to join lovely autumn leaves, both on the ground what month it is or even, that her birthday the sobbing brigade myself. “I’m pretty sure and still stubbornly clinging to branches: is coming up in a few weeks,” I told her Grandma’s favourite was chocolate.” it’s Mother Nature’s farewell, for now, until gently, thinking of how my poor mom, in one she digs herself out from underneath all the of our recent hospital-bedside conversations, “It was not,” corrected the youngest with a snow sure to come our way soon. had asked me just how old she was and, snap. “You know Grandma liked plain things. when I’d given her the answer, had denied Chocolate’s your favourite cake.” But this September, as summer temperatures it. It made me laugh at the time, though it start to cool in the evenings and the sun also caused some tears on the long drive “Ah, how could I forget that?” admitted my goes to bed earlier and earlier, I find myself home. That same day, she had asked me husband, winking at me. Were we both reflecting on more permanent goodbyes. twice if I’d seen my dad (long since gone) and thinking how my mother would be equal After more than thirty years, my husband inquired why I’d brought a cat with me and parts annoyed and amused at her son-in- is preparing to retire from a job he enjoys,what it was doing sitting on the shelf behind law’s attempt to weasel in on a good thing? and although he clearly looks forward to my head. Needless to say, there was no cat, something new, he also realizes he will miss no shelf, and, to the best of m y knowledge, “How about a plain vanilla cake with plain the old and the familiar. my dad hadn’t paid any visits recently either. vanilla frosting?” I offered and was surprised at the united enthusiastic response, At the other end of life’s spectrum, my At other times she seemed almost her old especially given the fact chocolate reigns beloved elder daughter wiles away the last self, though you could tell the effort left her supreme as everyone’s favourite flavour in full summer she’ll spend with us, as she exhausted. She’d comment on the score this particular house. prepares to move into her own apartment of a hockey game, especially if her beloved two and a half hours away. And my mom,Maple Leafs won. She’d ask after my kids, “We could even put candles on it and make oh, my mom: the person I usually turn to inthough sometimes she got a little mixed a wish,” said my oldest, and we all agreed. hopes of expressing a little sadness about this up and thought me still a kid myself, far too last truly tumultuous, household-changing young to be mom to two nearly full-grown Birthday cakes for dead people. Maybe not event and getting a little sympathy in return, daughters. Mostly she told us all how she something done everyday, but in our case, has recently gone on a very permanent felt about us, with multiple expressions of “I just the ticket. Who cares if we’d all rather journey of her own, having passed away a love you.” have chocolate and Grandma wouldn’t little earlier in the year. have given a toss if we’d caved to our own When my mom eventually left for whatever yearnings and swapped a light cake for a To give her credit, she was almost ninety,place she’s headed next, my fifteen year old dark one? had suffered a massive stroke and hung on daughter was obviously sad, but also, clearly for weeks (and eventually months) longer disappointed. Even my older daughter Regardless of flavour, I knew just what I’d than her doctor had thought she might. expressed some surprise. be wishing for when it came time to blow Throughout it all, her family held vigil, out the candles. In our family, we observe determined she not be alone when her “Ah, I thought she would at least have one the tradition of keeping one’s wish secret. departure happened, all the while trying more birthday,” she said, her eyes welling So I’m not telling. But I do know my mom very hard not to raise our hopes when she up at the thought of no more birthday cards left this world so loved, her family decided seemed in the midst of a series of small, but sent Grandma’s way. to throw her a birthday party even after she determined, rallies. was gone, and it wasn’t just an excuse to eat “I thought she was trying to make it to cake. Her time on this earth ended in the full “Do you think Grandma is trying to make ninety,” sighed my younger daughter, also knowledge she was truly loved and it really it to her birthday?” our younger daughter beginning to cry as the permanence of doesn’t get much better than that. E
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Magical fall dinner parties and cozy nights are just around the corner. Take advantage of the crisp, cool weather and colourful foliage by embracing friends and family as you gather around a beautifully set table. At Herma’s, we have all the the foods and home décor you'll need. So light the candles and set the table!
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of technical and production facilities with which they can bring their product to market. It could be you with that old crumpled family recipe sitting at the back of a drawer: here it could be the start of a whole new enterprise.
True Saffron, Andy’s Original, Cressey Mustard and many more niche products started life here. Another entrepreneur making a name for himself is Mark Reynolds with his Uncle Chester’s range of hot sauces, which are available in three levels, hot, hotter and blow your mind. Mark developed these sauces from a generations old family recipe originating from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Over twenty-five years in the making, the encouragement of friends, family and a succession of satisfied dinner party guests determined Mark to suggest to his wife Angel, “That is was time to add artisan, small batch, hot pepper sauce maker to my resume!” As luck would have it, a product marketing event at Trent Port Marina introduced him to the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Center and there then followed an exciting fourteen month period where Angel and Mark refined and perfected the recipe which now provides escalating levels of heat and uncompromising flavour.
Mark Reynolds “Without the support, knowledge and experience of the staff at the Agri-Food Venture Centre we would not be where we are The Tale of Uncle Chester’s Hot Sauce today,” the couple cheerfully acknowledge. “This was our first experience of food production and there were many challenges ituated on Purdy Road parallel to Highway 401 just a little north of to overcome, which we did with the help and advice of the staff.” Colborne village centre, a mysterious angular, metal clad building Now Uncle Chester’s Hot Sauce is entering a second successful Sis to be found. Not a hint of what happens inside is betrayed year and coming to a plate near you. Ban bland cuisine and visit by the exterior. Even the name, Ontario Agri-Food Venture Center, is Uncle Chester for the cure! opaque. Just what is an agri-food venture one might ask? Delving deeper reveals the purpose is the promotion of added value If you are nurturing a potentially great “foodie” idea, don’t opportunities for fruit and vegetable growers, but don’t get the idea that its hesitate to contact the Agri-Food Venture Center where they appeal is limited to farmers; “foodies” and entrepreneurs, or anyone with an can assist with everything from marketing to manufacturing to embryonic idea will find encouragement, help and support and all manner storage and distribution. E
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46 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 47 “We wanted to open a shop that allowed us open that allowed a shop to “We wanted our love handmade, of the love our explore to of an appreciation and of making things, were We in Canada. craft, fine excellent craft, New Craftsman The by and awed inspired, the UK looking scour shop in London…they makers.” and for the best and finest crafters
n the summer issue of Grapevine I focused on the new kids of Grapevinen the summer issue I focused on 2Gallerythe block in Picton and their beautiful new space on new InMain Bloomfield’s highlight Street. issue I want to this player in the craft arena. Guildworks, located at 346 Main Street at 346 Main located Street Guildworks, in the craft arena. player back coach house set renovated a freshly Bloomfield occupies the iconic multimedia spot, due to and is easy to the street, from artist glass installation Seeing Anderson of renowned Red by Claire Along with more lawn. Glass which adorns the front Vine Studio Guildworks carries inside, Vine functional Studio glass pieces by textiles, mixed and fibre fine craft as ceramics, in media as diverse craftspeople by and artists executed all from media and wood, Canada. across
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The Guildworks gallery space. Ceramic flower vases, Andrea Pillar. Ceramic bowl, Bernadette Pratt. Grey Matter Collection scarf, Amy French. Yellow Grid Play. Milly Ristvedt. Courtesy Oeno. art art
Along with their focus on presenting craft next time you are visiting Prince Edward and artworks for sale, owners Karen Bell County or Kingston. Milly began her career and Guy de Carteret will also be offering in Toronto in 1964, following training under workshops by craftspeople addressing Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of different techniques. “As a dabbler in various Art. At the young age of 24, Ristvedt had her craft forms with a background in art, it's work featured in the Centennial Exhibition important to me that personal creativity at the Art Gallery of Ontario and shown at the National Gallery of Canada and her work began to be exhibited both nationally and internationally. Soon after, Ristvedt began painting larger scale work, and orking w alongside Jack Bush in a shared studio. The 2019 Maker's Hand is getting a total Her work was make over! This year the Maker's Hand is reviewed favourably celebrating its 16th year of bringing fine by international art artisan-made works to the Quinte region. publications including Named by the Ontario Craft Council, as the Art in America. best craft show in Eastern Ontario, it has taken a new and exciting step, moving to a Ristvedt's abstract, larger, airier, and more accessible location in acrylic canvases are the Wellington Lehigh Centre. There will be held in private, more space, an ATM, plenty of parking and corporate and public great food, not o t mention more room for collections including exceptional craft! the Art Gallery of Ontario, the usée M Additional space will provide room for many d’art contemporain new creative and professional artisans to join de Montréal, Harvard the old favourites that have built up loyal University, and the followings over the years. In fact, the show Boston Museum of will have over sixty percent new artists, both Fine Arts. In 2012 emerging and established, from Quebec to is explored, nurtured and appreciated. So Ristvedt was awarded the Queen's Diamond South Eastern Ontario, from Prince Edward there will be workshops where people - you Jubilee Medal. County to Peterborough. Everything is - can explore a craft or come to appreciate totally handmade and of the highest an old art form, learning directly from some Milly is being honoured with a retrospective caliber. Participants are selected for their of Canada's best artists and makers. In Prince of her work – Between Chance and Order at exemplary creative work: discover wearable Edward County, art, food and wine are at the Franks Gallery at the Agnes Etherington art from up-cycled materials to unstructured the heart of the community and we want Art Centre in Kingston from the 24th of knitwear, stunning accessories and jewellery, Guildworks to be a place where the art of August to 1st of December. She continues exciting ceramics, intriguing basketry, fine craft is alive, where curiosity, a love for art to produce new work from her studio in woodwork, and beautiful leather items. and 'making' things becomes a personal Tamworth, Ontario. journey that feeds the soul. Because a local This is the antidote to big box shopping. Get shop is for life.” If you don’t have a chance to catch up close and personal…meet the artisans the exhibition in Kingston, Ristvedt is who are passionate about their craft and art So whether you are looking to learn from a commercially represented exclusively by and share in the handcrafted experience. A master craftsperson or an artist, or are simply Oeno Gallery in Prince Edward County. handmade object is one of the best and most looking for that perfect piece for your home They loaned three important pieces tothoughtful gifts one can give or receive and or to give as a gift, Guildworks is definitely the Agnes Etherington show and carry there a is no better value for your money than worth a visit! fantastic selection of work from various buying and supporting Canadian fine craft. periods of her career. You can visit OenoThe Maker’s Hand is held on the November If you read part one or part two of our special Gallery at 2274 County Road 1, Bloomfield,1, 2 & 3 at the Wellington Lehigh Centre. Visit feature on Abstract painting, then you may ON if you would like to add one of Ristvedt’s their website to see the works and for further want to check out Milly Ristvedt’s work the paintings to your collection. information. themakershand.com E
Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 49 wine Michael Pinkus Interviews
This month we’re going to be asking some of the same questions to our subjects (because everyone loves an origin story…just ask Marvel) but then we’re going to dive a little deeper because this time I’ve been given the space to ask a fifth and even a sixth question, inquiring minds want to know.
Glenn Symons Lighthall Winery Q: Where does your passion for wine come from? Glenn Symons of Lighthall, whose wines sell out almost as fast as he can make them… I have been collecting wines since it case in point, he once sold out of a Pinot Gris was legal for me to do so. I’m especially before he had time to label them all…but he passionate about all Pinot varietals. During also creates sparkling wines, Pinot Noir and my 8 year stint in Ottawa, I was fortunate to is getting his feet wet with Chardonnay…a be in a position to complete a Sommelier’s grape with which he is finally hitting his certificate, wherey m general knowledge stride, with the release of the 2017 version of wines increased exponentially. But my which is a must pick up the next time you passion for making wine comes from my are by the winery, if it is still available, that is. previous chemistry related profession as a pharmacist, I have always been super Q: What brought you to the County? intrigued about all things fermented.
I was excited to be part of the burgeoning Q: What are the grape varieties you like industry in Prince Edward County. Originally, to work with? Which would you like to I thought about moving to New Zealand, work with but can't? France or PEC…but family constraints combined with the opportunity to be part I absolutely came to PEC for Pinot Noir, of the emerging wine industry in PEC was as previously stated I’m passionate about match made in heaven; but my absolute too exciting to pass up! The timing of my all things Pinot, but since I’ve been herepassion for Lighthall is traditional method exit from my previous profession and the my priorities have changed towards blanc de blanc sparkling. As for the grapes availability of Lighthall Vineyards in 2008 was Chardonnay, the fact that both shine with I wish I could work, with my top three for me a sign, so I jumped at the chance. this combination of climate and soil is awould be: Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvedre,
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I was excited to be part of the burgeoning industry in Prince Edward County. Originally, I thought about moving to New Zealand, France or PEC…but family constraints combined with the opportunity to be part of the emerging LET US KNOW WHEN AND WHERE wine industry in PEC was AND WE WILL BE THERE! too exciting to pass up! PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY WINE TOURS BUSINESS MEETINGS • AIRPORT SERVICE CONFERENCES • SPECIAL EVENT WEDDINGS SPORTING EVENTS EXECUTIVE SEDANS, SUV, VANS AND VINTAGE VEHICLES FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS 1138 Birchall Way, Kingston On K7M 9A1 613-384-8412 executrans.ca however, clearly, none of those varietals else that I would want to be doing aside from Tim Kuepfer Broken Stone Winery would ripen properly in The County. the wine business . I suppose, if pushed, I might focus on artisanal cheese production, Broken Stone wine is the brainchild and Q: What was the wine that got you something we added to the winery over the project of Tim Kuepfer and his wife Micheline, interested in wine and what were the last six years. who ellt an interesting story relating to the circumstances of its consumption? name of the winery; plus Tim is showing Q: What's behind the name Lighthall? great aptitude and promise with his Pinot The one wine that cemented my love for Gris that retains a hint of colour, creating a wine was the one served the head table There are two distinct stories relating to rosé experience that is pure magic in the at my wedding, a 1935 Chateau Cheval the name Lighthall. Firstly, I have to say glass. Blanc…it was so intense and well-rounded, that the vineyard is named for the road it COMPLETELY blew me away. Fortunately, on which it is located. How the road was Q: What brought you to the County? for me, the wine didn’t strike a chord with named however, is interesting. I was told anyone else at the table, and I was able to that during prohibition, a certain Captain I spent my early childhood on a farm and ha ve drink the majority of the bottle by myself! Lighthall frequented the road which runs many warm and fuzzy memories of those I’ve also had an eye-opening wine from towards Lake Ontario to deliver hooch to times. When we stumbled on the hayfields Alsace…a Pinot Gris of all things, from Zind- waiting boats, hence the name. I like this that would become Broken Stone Winery, Humbrecht, that I shared with winemaker story in relation to the vineyard being here, Micheline and I thought it would be great friends at a post-harvest BBQ a few years as homage to the old Captain. However, it to have a foothold in The Country where our back; since that experience, I have strived seems more likely that it was named after young daughters could build some of their to find Pinot Gris in an attempt to make thattwo well known sisters who lived on this own growing-up-in-the-country memories. style of uber rich unctuous Pinot Gris - so far road, with the surname Lighthall; though I the struggle continues! still have not been able to ascertain why they Q: Where does your passion for wine were so well known and for what. come from? Q: If you were not in the wine business what would you be doing? I love the process of growing grapevines from 308 Lighthall Road, Milford, ON K0K 2P0 dead looking canes in the spring to luscious Currently I simply cannot imagine anything 613.767.9155 • [email protected] fruit bearing vines in the fall. The wine is
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Tony Auciello TerraCello Winery
They used to call James Brown, “The hardest working man in show business.” In The County that moniker could easily go to Tony Auciello, who not only followed his dream to start a winery here, but also created a pizza experience that is second to none. You’ll believe you are in a pizzeria somewhere in Italy…his outdoor restaurant often sells out of pizza by 3pm on a Saturday… a delicious by-product of that wonderful Q: If you were not in the wine business and if you’re one of the lucky ones who agricultural process. what would you be doing? gets to try it you’ll know why…Tony is making the BEST pizza in The County… Q: What are the grape varieties you like Before the wine bug bit I was a sales the absolute BEST. to work with? executive selling software and financial data to institutional investors which, I might still Q: What brought you to the County? I enjoy working with Pinot Noir and Pinot be doing, but by the time I made the full Gris. They are so responsive to a winemaker’s time transition to the winery, I was more It was a mix of fate and serendipity. actions. For example: when you are working than ready for a career change. I have found In 2003 after going to Italy to visit my grandfather's land, that was once an with Pinot Noir if you just look at it the wrong it a lot easier to get people to try some wine orchard and vineyard, I quickly realized way it will taste different. than it is to get them to try your financial data. that at twenty three years of age, and with no financial backing, little Q: What got you interested in wine and Q: Where does the name Broken Stone equipment, and no father to guide me, what got you passionate in its making? come from? my dreams would have to wait, but then my mother, Franka, came home I first I became interested in growing We looked for a name that would keep us from a trip to The County and told me grapes; then I started studying winesrooted and always remind us where our wine it was gorgeous and to take a drive out and winemaking. The wine that sparkedcomes from. First, from vines struggling in there. Instantly, I fell in love with it, the this interest relates back to The County,the Imarvelous rock-strewn Hillier clay loam people, and unique terroir. remember tasting Stanner’s Pinot Gris at a soils of Prince Edward County; but second, Winery Sales Symposium at Niagara College. and probably the more genuine reason Q: Where does your passion for It was so crisp, fresh, and flinty, and that’s could be that if a normal person starts a wine come from? when I knew that County Pinot Gris could be winery they will soon feel stone broke, I just something really special. reversed it for effect. At the tender age of six, I can recall crushing grapes with my father and just loving the smells, tastes and sounds. I Broken Stone Winery, 524 Closson Road, Hillier, Ontario K0K 2J0 grew to understand that wine, like life, 343-600-3993 • [email protected] • [email protected] takes time. What you put in is what
52 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 wine you get out. Wine is literally the lifeblood of an Italian household. It's sacred. The act of making it, the act of sharing it with friends and family, it reconnects me to my childhood and to my teens when I began drinking wine.
Q: What are the grape varieties you like to work with? Which would you like to work with but can't?
I love working with Cabernet Franc because of the challenge of achieving a good product, preventing vegetative characteristics, and using judicious barrel aging to balance the tannins and acidity to round it out. It's a wine Q: What is a Master Pizzaoilo, what are that from the vineyard to the bottle, needs the qualifications and how do you extra attention to get it just right. I have become one? never worked with Primitivo but would love the opportunity to get my hands dirty with it. To be a master pizzaiolo, you must firstly Having Pugliese blood, I still have the dream have a minimum of five years pizza making Q: TerraCello means Earth and Sky - what to one day plant and vinify this on my land in experience, now I have twenty three! You is the significance of these to the name of Anzano di Puglia, the original homestead of have to own your own establishment and your winery? my grandfather and father. be able to provide all things pertaining to the pizza experience. You should have I believe that to produce outstanding wines Q: What was the wine that got you formal training as well, courses are offered with unique characteristics, the land and interested in wine and what were the throughout the world. Neopolitan pizza the sky are the palate for crafting the wine circumstances of its consumption? making has very strict guidelines from maker’s art. They provide the tangible Naples Italy: the Caputo type flour, theelements of life that are then used by the The first wine that I can clearly recall drinking Vesuvian San Marzano tomatoes, the Fior diartist to create their drinkable art. When both is La Fontana di Papa. I was 14. My dad Latte cheese from the Campania region ofare in balance, the wines become a reflection brought a bottle home. t wasI rare for him Italy. Basically you cannot cut any corners. of each year and will shine like a beautiful to spend money on wine since we made our Yourdough ferments for thirty six hours. You Raphael blue sky that we often have here in own. It was a white wine, so well balanced, work sixteen hour shifts in front of a nine bucolic Prince Edward County. E a bright acidity, with clean citrus undertones, hundred degree oven, and you have to be and so mouth wateringly good. That was the able to make everything by hand including TerraCello Winery, day I fell in love with wine. Today, there is the dough balls without even the use of a 2436 County Rd 1, Bloomfield ON a fountain in front of my winery with a sign bench scraper or cutter. It's a dedication, K0K 1G0. (Just East of Wilson Rd) saying La Fontana di Papa, which celebrates like acquiring a black belt in Karate. There that day and also commemorates the man are stages and levels and they can only be To book your stay at the winery house who made it all possible. gainedwith time, experience and har d work. “La Toscana” email countyvacations.com
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red curry cod on our summer front cover, and that’s because it tastes as good as it P Hop looks, so don’t delay, make a reservation. The Acanthus leaf symbolizes immortality. Enjoy Port Hope this Fall Acanthus Interiors in Port Hope recently changed ownership to Lawrence and Donna ake a trip to Port Hope and enjoy Londry, and they continue the legacy of meeting the people who run these a successful 26-year, full service design Tunique businesses, often out of historic and home décor store, in the community. buildings that contribute so much to PortAcanthus offers custom window coverings, Hope’s special atmosphere carpets and carry over thirty thousand different fabrics for upholstery and custom Sugar Dust Bakery has established a fabulous applications. Want to know what’s hot Addin Beaut T Ever C ner reputation for creative cake making, be in the design world? Drop in and ask… O Your Hom it cakes for weddings, birthdays or other wall paper is back! In addition, Acanthus special occasions. Sugar Dust Bakery brings Canadian Made Furniture, features Canadian made furniture, bedding, Bedding, Custom Drapery and a dose of daily sweetness to Port Hope with lighting, art works, mirrors and home accents. Blinds, Lighting Fixtures, Carpeting Carmela and George’s freshly made scones See their amazing selection of Maison and Area Rugs, Upholstery, and treats: do I hear Mary Poppins and her Berger and Michel Design Works - all of this Wallpaper and Decorative Art “spoonful of sugar making the world go to help you create spaces you want to live Home Décor & Design Services round?” But cakes are not the whole story. and entertain in! When you are visiting Port Hope, Sugar Dust Bakery can provide you with a great lunch A welcome newcomer to Port Hope’s and a refreshing drink. Firm favourites with vibrant high street scene is the Thrill of the visitors and residents are paninis, wraps Find, an intimate bricks and mortar store 46 John Street, Port Hope, ON and grilled sandwiches which are served located at 136 Walton Street. It’s a women’s 905-885-8648 • acanthusinteriors.ca accompanied with a side of coleslaw, made [email protected] gently used designer clothing etailer r following an old European recipe handed stocking fashions and accessories from the down through generations of George’s fifties to the present day, without designer restaurants and coffee shops you will find family…try the taste of European history. prices. Yes that’s right Chanel, Dior, Gucci yourself pondering the question, “What if and Prada at accessible prices. The name we relocated to Port Hope.” Moving out of How to describe Dwellissimo? That is a reflects the joyful feeling of finding that the city confers many advantages, and yet challenge: not quite antique shop, not quite perfect something. As Carrie Bradshaw Toronto remains only an hour away. The art gallery, not quite museum. Let’s try a best person to answer that question is Lee curated collection of classic Canadian made suggests, explore designer dresses, Caswell of Bosley Real Estate, a native of designer furniture and tastefully repurposed handbags, purses and, “Spend your money Port Hope he has an intimate and extensive industrial objects adorned with unique soft where you can see it…in your wardrobe.” knowledge of the area which he would be furnishings, designer lighting, a portion of only too happy to share with you.E vintage audio and of course some vinyl and a Inuit Fine Art Gallery is the first art gallery in smattering of fine art and sculpture all woven Port Hope devoted to Inuit art and sculpture. together with Carrol and Rob’s dry sense of The gallery features stonecuts, stencils, humour. Dwellissimo is where you will find lithographs and etchings. The prints are those things that you didn’t even know you not commercial reproductions, but rather were looking for. Make sure the Dwellissimo are individually produced by each artist in Take a trip to Port Hope experience is on your agenda. strictly limited editions of only fifty. Further, fifty percent of all sales is returned back to and enjoy meeting the The chefs at The Social are real chefs, not support the artists’ Co-operative in Cape people who run these line cooks and prepare everything from Dorset, Nunavut. Much of the subject matter unique businesses, often scratch with excellent local ingredients. Their addresses aspects of daily life, Inuit culture, commitment to local supports as many as mythology and the land and animals of the out of historic buildings nine nearby farms and one breeder of ducks. Canadian Arctic. Visit Inuit Fine Art Gallery that contribute so much Opening in 2014 The Social has established and consider starting your own collection to Port Hope’s special a reputation as a firm favourite with Port of prints from Canada’s oldest professional Hope denizens and visitors alike…take the printmaking studio. atmosphere opportunity to enjoy the alfresco dining experience on the patio while you can. Beware it starts with just one visit. After There’s a reason why we used The Social’s touring round Port Hope’s fine retailers,
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You might start by picking up some local greens or berries or free-range eggs; perhaps some raw honey; or local, pastured, free range meat. Maybe you meet the farmer or apiarist and have a chat The thing about eating about the weather, the state of the world, or what on earth to make for dinner. And then, just like that, you find yourself eating better, feeling better, and being more connected to your local community.
locally is that once you begin, But supporting local food endeavours does more than pay personal dividends. It creates stronger local economies; improves regional food security; reduces packaging; reduces our carbon footprint; and it just starts to spiral in the improves our long-term health prospects. Exploring local food options is not just good for us – it’s one best possible sort of way. of the most meaningful and fundamental ways we can reconnect with Mother Earth. Start off small and get hooked! Save this list of local food providers in the Napanee, Kingston, Gananoque and surrounding areas, and watch for future similar articles on other locales to follow.
LOCALFARMS
Brass Point Farm, Seeley’s Bay. blueberries, seasonal veggies, & pumpkins. Open mid- Patchwork Gardens, Battersea. Elderberries available in 2020. Stay tuned! June ‘til autumn. Certified organic farm offering both CSA and produce sold at many local outlets. Burt’s Greenhouses, Odessa. Garlic Fields Garden Market and Gourmet Foods, Annuals, perennials, seasonal veggies, sweet potatoes, South Frontenac. Paulridge Berry Farm, Napanee. and greens through winter Garlic growers and caterers. Family farm. Pre-picked and pick your own strawberries, raspberries, peas and beans. Corn Acres, Lyndhurst. The Hive & Hearthstone, Napanee. Sweet corn and seasonal veggies. Farmgate sales at Raw, unpasteurized honey & honey products. Seasonal Roots Down Farm, Near Seeley’s Bay. Wendy's Country Market. veggies. Watch for artisan breads from new outdoor Small, family run organic farm offering CSA full and half wood-fired oven. shares and produce at local markets. Doublejay Farms, Howe Island. Organic, grass-fed beef through regenerative Ironwood Organics, Gananoque. Root Radical CSA Farm, Gananoque. agriculture. Organic cereal crops, veggies, & flowers. Seasonal sales CSA shares and pop-up shares. Delivery to Kingston at Memorial Centre & Gananoque Farmers’ Markets. area locations. Enright Cattle Company, Tweed. Organic red fife flour at the Delta Mill. Fourth generation family-run beef farm. Delivery to Salt of the Earth Farm, Kingston. Kingston. Lemoine Point Farmer, Kingston. Veggie CSA produce with Kingston delivery options; Grass fed, free range meats; eggs; seasonal veggies. and pork, beef, eggs, and firewood available seasonally. Fat Chance Farmstead, Harrowsmith. Farmgate sales. Certified organic strawberries and vegetables. Food Sonset Farm, Inverary. box program. (The) Kitchen Garden, Wilton. Certified organic farm offering milk, pastured pork, lard, Small scale biodynamic veggie farm. grass-fed beef, spelt kernels and flour, seasonal veggies, Fat of the Land Farm, Elgin. Market offerings and CSA shares available at the farm eggs. Grass-fed beef, pasture raised pork and poultry. Various Memorial Centre Farmers’ Market. pick ups including the Memorial Centre Farmers' Sugar Hill Farm, Sunbury. Market. Maple Ridge Farm, Sydenham. Family farm offering grass-fed, certified organic Black Pastured grass-fed beef, pork and chicken. Free range Angus beef, lamb, Red Tamworth pork, chickens, Firefly Lane Farms, Stirling. eggs, raw honey and homemade meals. Family farm. turkeys, Muscovy ducks, Guinea fowl, maple syrup, Free range eggs, free range chicken, turkey and goat Sydenham. honey, and firewood. meat delivered to Kingston. Mensen Farm, Delta. Sun Harvest Greenhouses, Glenburnie. Forman Farms, Seeley’s Bay. Family farm selling asparagus, strawberries, raspberries, Greenhouse tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce from Hydroponic tomatoes, mini cucumbers and eggplant; corn, potatoes, maple syrup, turkeys and more at the April to November; and other seasonal veggies. lettuce, herbs and other seasonal veggies. Memorial Centre Farmers’ Market and farmgate store. Topsy Farms, Amherst Island. Freedom Farm, Battersea. Milk House Farm and Dairy, Smiths Falls. Family run farm offering lamb, young mutton, honey Small scale organic farm with CSA and stall at the Husband & wife team producing raw sheep's milk and woollen products. Memorial Centre Farmers’ Market. cheeses, grass-fed lamb, and all-natural wool products. Waddell Apple Orchard and Bakery, Kingston. Fruition Berry Farms, Kingston. Ontario Water Buffalo Company, Stirling. Pick your own and ready picked apples, apple cider, Pick your own or pre-picked strawberries, raspberries, Water buffalo meat, milk, soap, cheese, and gelato. baked items, jams, and pumpkins.
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SMALL INDEPENDENT LOCAL FOOD STORES FARMERS' MARKETS
Bella Bistro Market, Kingston. tomatoes; Topsy Farms wool blankets & sheepskins; Gananoque Farmers’ Market, Gananoque. Homemade sourdough bread, sandwiches & baked local, seasonal produce. Thursdays 4pm - 7pm from June to October. goods; takeaway prepared meals made on site; and local food related gifts. Old Fine Farm Foods, Kingston. Greater Napanee Hometown Market, Conservation Produce from their own farm & others, plants, ice Park. Saturdays, June 1 - September 28, 9am – 2pm. Glenburnie Grocery, Glenburnie. cream, homemade bakery goods, ready made meals, Regular and occasional vendors. Old fashioned grocery story with a focus on a wide and more. range of local products. Kingston Public Market, Market Square, Kingston. Tara Natural Foods, Kingston. Tues, Thurs, Sat, Apr – Nov. (The) Grocery Basket, 2 Locations, Kingston. Local seasonal fruits & veggies; grains; honey, maple Featuring local cheese, meat, honey, breads, veggies, syrup, meats, cheeses, baked goods, prepared & frozen Memorial Centre Farmers’ Market, Kingston. fruit, milk, baked goods, and more. meals. Sundays, year-round with occasional night markets. 100% producer-run market. E Limestone Organic Creamery Ltd., Elginburg. Wendy’s Country Market, Lyndhurst. Certified organic, family-run dairy farm with store front Organic, locally grown & raised seasonal produce, eggs, Save this list of local food providers sales of organic milk and dairy products and much & meat; cheese, baked goods & meals. more. in the Napanee, Kingston, Gananoque Wilton Cheese Factory, Wilton. Local Family Farms, Verona. Family-run cheesemaking operation which first began and surrounding areas Beef, pork, & poultry from Perry Farms; Sun Harvest operation as a farmers’ co-operative in 1867.
Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 59 o thday thday ns. Your ns. Your cular shaped t cultural belief that y buns or cinnamon y golden cereals cradled in y golden cereals ed multi- eason to pile your bir pile your eason to , hone ns are referred to as sun sig to referred ns are don’t don’t know why breakfast foods so resemble many colour the and beloved form, sun but in they side up eggs sunny and welcoming do: warm with yolks that spread like sunshine on your plate when you break into them, foods shaped like gold coins bring prosperity bring coins gold like shaped foods those who eat them? to Think of and butter sunshine of pats with shimmering heaped stacks golden flowing cascades of syrupon round of waffles. pancakes Choosesunflower Glory muffins seed Morning inviting inviting yellow frittatas, rancheros, breakfast pizzas, omelets, toasted quiches, huevos bagels, doughnuts, muffins, biscuits and my favourite, crunch of chilled milk.bowls These foods are especially desirable on your birthday morning plate because that is the day the sun returns to the same place in the sky as the day upon which you were born. That’s why when you read your horoscope the sig birthday is considered considered are that foods eat to so as Year, New your individual fortunate reflects theYear. eating lucky at New foods traditionalidea of cir luckySymbolic are foods represent represent continuity. Eating them on your upcoming the of completion invites birthday symbolism insurance like food It’s your year. policy because to eat them is an action that coming full circle. represents Their golden the yellow sun, an colours ancient protection represent universal and symbol well-being. of enough of If a that’s r not breakfast breakfast plate with sunny food, how about the time honour flavored baked goods because ingredients have they sacred to cinnamon, sunflower. Citrus fruits, peaches the and sun: pineapples are further options. Bottom honey, line, if it is sunshine yellow, golden, orange special day want it on your you and round plate. breakfast Did I mention you now have a reason great to new have birthday cake for breakfast? Why wait until celebration starts later at sunrise. Why not in start the day the traditional 18th century German the day, your I By Marcia L. Masino food food
way? On Kinderfeste childrencan offer a fortune to each eater. predictive power because awoke to a fully lit birthday cakeAnother option is to create an essentially, they are seeds. Seed at the breakfast table. Back old-fashioned in fortune teller cake symbolism includes ideas such the day the poor kid had to waitcomplete with charms baked in. as life energy, divine power and all day until the candlesned bur In medieval England, birthday the ability to foresee the future down in order to have a slice! At cakes were baked with coins because the seed contains within least nowadays we can eat the and thimbles placed in the mix.it, the past, present, and future. cake immediately after blowing If you got a coin you would out the candles. be rich that year, however theThe seed is life itself and they thimble meant an unmarried have been used to foretell The Sun and the Moon are state forever! the future for many centuries. always intertwined symbolically. Grains, especially corn, golden They work in tandem as a yin Easy Birthday Brunch or and sacred to the sun, have and yang. Most food historians Breakfast for a Group forecasting traditions based believe that the birthday cake’s on the formation of patterns. appearance and symbolism with Special Guest Ceres, Goddess of Cereals. Usually, the procedure is to throw originated in Greece and was some grains onto a white surface baked round to symbolize a full and then interpret the images Your cereal bowl of whole grains moon. I have also read that the created, think ink blot test and whether they be oats, wheat, first Grecian cakes were crescent tea leaf reading. Another version corn, barley, sorghum, rye, millet, shaped and made with honey, is to drop grains into a bowl of amaranth, rice, buckwheat, or to represent wealth. A full moon water: the floating ones represent chia are all from the family of represents new life just like a positive and those sinking are cereals named after Ceres. birthday, negative. A yes or no question is answered by the highest count. The Greeks were also the firstCeres, the Roman goddess of to write “Happy Birthday” on a harvest, grains and agriculture With a nod to Ceres and the cake in edible writing. If theis usually depicted as a mature multitude of cereals on your piece of cake with the writing woman holding sheaves of grain. grocery shelf, why serve just is eaten, the person will ingest Symbolic associations with one? Why not choose a variety the positive power of the phrase Ceres and grain are prosperity, of healthy cereals and create a and receive magical protection sustenance, marriage, fertility, breakfast cereal bar? Perhaps against unwanted forces. So, and harvest. Some cultures allow your guests to make their write big! even believe that rice has a soul. own concoctions? Cereal equates with thriving and Of course, you can stack the deck the promise of a positive future. It’s an opportunity to share and ensure your good luck with with friends and family without treats baked with gold coins Grains and cereal are the fruits lots of work. Choose your best buried inside, as did the ancient of the grass family. In agronomy large bowls and fill them with a Greeks and Romans. This way seeds or fruits are grains. Grains variety of different cereals. Have when you share your cake you were once believed to have individual smaller sized bowls food
with an under plate for carrying. Place sleep with the entire sunflower under your yellow and orange fruits, bananas, peaches, pillow so obviously a smaller variety would golden raspberries and kiwi, nectarines be helpful. Considered the flower of loyalty Bowmanvi and yellow pears in the mix. Add a platter because day after day, it follows the sun, of honey and cinnamon pastries. Include from east to west. In some traditions, it is pitchers of milk. Grapefruit, pineapple, believed that slipping a bit of sunflower oil and orange juice are all the correct colour or some seeds into someone’s food or drink and once poured into glasses, repeat the will cause them to be loyal to you. circular theme. owmanville is very excited about the Okay, since we are discussing truth, I upcoming thirtieth anniversary of A round golden honey yellow, lemon, or realize that ingesting piles of pancakes BApplefest on Saturday, October 19th. orange birthday cake is the sunny ideal. won’t bring stacks of cash and even theThe event covers four city blocks along Main Placement of candles on the cake is an most elaborate breakfast birthday themed Street which will be closed to through traffic ancient Greek custom intended to replicate bash won’t signal Lady Luck that your and become an outdoor walking mall filled the powers of the fiery sun and ward mortgage is due and you need pennies with street vendors. off evil. People believed that the smoke from heaven. But how wonderful to would carry the birthday wishes upward to create a new breakfast themed birthday Applefest draws huge crowds from all the Gods in the heavens. That’s why it so tradition expressed through good luck across Ontario. This year the Municipality of important to blow out all the candles and food symbolism. Whether you are eating Clarington was awarded the 2019 Festivals make a wish. Succeeding in blowing out all solo and want to forge a new relationship and Events Ontario Community of the Year the candles in one breath guarantees no with culinary spirits or preparing a special Award for their fantastic festivals. Running bad mumbo-jumbo interference with your meal, it’s a memorable way to tell someone from 9 am till 5 pm the vent e offers free secret request. you wish them the best and that their parking and free admission. birthday breakfast has been prepared with Sunflower seed Morning Glory muffins or the intention to attract positive energy, Attendees will be wowed by the onsite breads are a great birthday grain choice. love, and abundance because meaningful handmade hot apple fritters, apple cider, In many folkloric traditions, sunflowers culinary gestures create great karma. apple crisp, apple pies, and other goodies. are sacred to the sun and planting them Bowmanville is very fortunate to be around your home and garden gives both Oomancy situated in one of Ontario’s largest apple protection and positive energy. It is also producing agricultural zones. All the local said that if you pick a sunflower at sunset, As symbols of rebirth and immortality, apple producers attend, offering the widest then wear it on your person, it will bring eggs are a great birthday breakfast choice. variety of fresh handpicked apples, ready you good luck the following day. Oomancy is an ancient divination method for you to take home and enjoy. Applefest consisting of placing an egg in a glass of offers a carnival, live music, pony rides, Sunflowers are often associated with truth, water and interpreting the forms it creates. jumping castle, duck pond, food, and ver o loyalty, and honesty. If you want to know In Nordic-style divination, only the white of one hundred artisans and crafters offering the truth about something, sleep with a theegg is used . An egg is carefully pierced high quality handmade goods. The Historic sunflower seed underour y pillow - and and the white is blown out into a clean Downtown Bowmanville businesses also the next day, before the sun goes down,glass of water. Left to sit until the next day, participate by offering their products and the truth should be revealed to you. I havethe white will have formed images which services outside their locations along Main taken the liberty of adjusting this tradition are interpreted in the manner of shape and Street. As well as the many restaurants and because originally you were supposed to pattern reading. E coffee shops located in Historic Downtown Bowmanville the street will be lined with a great selection of food trucks.
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Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 63 culture On the World Stage: Time for a More Assertive Canada? By John Arkelian
Recently I came across an article about Canada titled “The Country the World Forgot – Again.” It’s a paean to a nation that has long punched way above its weight by the Irish journalist Kevin Myers. And it makes a good point.
onsider Canada’s remarkable loyal friend and steadfast ally to its closest the crisis is over, to be well and truly ignored. contributions – in war (makingpartners, the United States and the United Canada is the perpetual wallflower that Ca hugely over-sized contributionKingdom. It is a founding member of two of stands on the edge of the hall, waiting for to the Allied cause in both Worldthe most Wars, successful and enduring defensive someone to come and ask her orf a dance. in Korea, and in Afghanistan); in alliancesnation- ever conceived: NATO and NORAD. A fire breaks out, she risks life and limb to building and compromise (somehowIt was actively involved in the creation of the rescue her fellow dance-goers, and suffers reconciling its two founding, U.N. and It proudly shares the world’s longest seriousinjuries. But when the hall is repaired originally antagonistic, linguistic groups,undefended border with its staunch friend, and the dancing resumes, there is Canada and, belatedly, its aboriginal peoples);the Unitedin States (whom, coincidentally, it the wallflower still, while those she once international affairs (Canada practically fought to a draw in the War of 1812). helped glamor ously cavort across the floor invented peacekeeping and long blithely neglecting her yet again…. [Canada] was its dominant player); in toleranceFor all its achievements and its mostly noble seemed to be a part of the old world, yet had (welcoming escaping slaves, and, almostnational character (there have been glaring an address in the new one, and that divided a century later, draft resisters frompast ourexceptions, like its ill-treatment of native- identity ensured that it never fully got the kin to the south, as well as Canadians refugees and its once closed doors to Jews gratitude it deserved.” and immigrants from every corner and others), this ‘brave and modest’ nation is of the world); in progressive causesgenerally unknown, overlooked, and taken Likewise the American-born Canadian (actively opposing such diverse evils asfor granted. Myers’ essay appeared in the novelist and poet Carol Shields wrote that, human trafficking, apartheid, gender British newspaper “The Daily Telegraph” in “Canada is… a country always dressed inequality, and land-mines); in arts andApril 2002, on the occasion of more deaths in its Sunday go-to-meeting clothes. A entertainment (with a long litany of of Canadian soldiers who were engaged in country you wouldn’t ask to dance a second prominent novelists, actors, musicians, protracted war-fighting in Afghanistan. Over waltz. Clean. Christian. Dull. Quiescent. artists, filmmakers, and comedians); seventeen years later, his point is as valid and But growing.” Canada has languished too and in science, technology, and timely as ever. And it’s not just that Canada is long as a wallflower. It’s time to stride the medicine (the polio vaccine, the remote obscure and overlooked on the world stage, world stage with greater authority, self- manipulator arms used on U.S. space it also continues to be ill-used by state and confidence, and readiness to push back shuttles and on the ernational int space corporate actors alike, as current troubles forcefully against those who threaten and station, cutting-edge refinements to – involving Chinese bullying and the latest abuse our goodwill and our core values. communication satellites and nuclear corporate betrayal (this time, by General Canada needs to be a little less self-effacing fission reactors, effective resource Motors) – illustrate. Myers put it this way: and a lot less ready to quietly take punches extraction and processing, agricultural without fighting back. In June 2016, innovation, and, less commendably, our “It seems that Canada’s historic mission is to President Barack Obama said, “The world role in developing the atomic bomb). come to the selfless aid both of its friends needs more Canada.” More to the point, it More than that, Canada has been a and of complete strangers, and then once needs a more assertive Canada.
64 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 then another Canadian – t one, first of China in confinement the with immediately, Our almost started retaliation. ‘punishment’ bidding severe master’s threatening “a U.S. and as its does us that dog” denigrating Canada, government insulting that media to Chinese close of representatives spectacle the arrest, had Wanzhou’s we Meng after days the In China’s by) investment regime?tyrannical (and with trade increasedthe on in hell-bent weWestare so why question: the begs That corporations. its or courts its either and state the between separation no and freedom, no democracy, no are There inalienable human rights in China; there contempt. is no human open inalienable in alone rights, let law, the of holds rule that regime a China, in regime core principles are alien to the undemocratic h C the of influence or purview the outside wholly diitain f h da the of administration is complet system before justice the nations, equal free In law. is the connections, political or e o o a te eet f u respective our political leaders of behest the at so, do we arrest not did Meng, nor did the United States request that Canada law. of rule the by governed country a in process legal a – that multi- in family’s houses her dollar of million one in living is and granted bail pending her extradition hearing legal process unfolding in Vancouver was (Meng The Huawei. giant telecom Chinese charges. 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(8) Canada should join its allies by prohibiting the involvement of Huawei in the building of new telecom infrastructure. That Enhance your outdoor firm is inextricably ® living area with a Rolltec subject to the whims Canada needs to be a little less self-effacing retractable awning! of a regime that is and a lot less ready to quietly take punches hostile to our core without fighting back. CALL ERIC CAMERON TODAY values and which poses a clear and 613.921.1350 present danger to our Editorial cartoons by they are constructing artificial islands in Michael de Adder national security. the western Pacific to bolster their unlawful ROLLTEC DEALER claims to international waters. China’s SINCE 2002 (9) For precisely the same reason, Canada goal of becoming the world’s dominant should prohibit all Chinese firms, be they power, financed by the industries the West We’l hav yo mad i th shad officially state-owned or not, from investing perversely transferred there in our quest awningsbelleville.ca (or otherwise operating) in strategically for lower labour costs, coupled with the critical sectors of our economy, like regime’s open hostility to the basic precepts resources, telecommunications, agriculture, of liberty, democracy, governmental high technology, and what’s left of our accountability, rule of law, and inalienable manufacturing sector. human rights, makes China our enemy. We should stop deluding ourselves that they (10) Canada and its allies have been far too areeither benign or our friend. The autocrats quiescent about mass detentions (involving in Beijing are fond of complaining that the a million or more Uighurs) for what is West wants to “keep China down” and to euphemistically dubbed “re-education” in thwart its “rise,” yet they daily provide us the restive western parts of China, areas in with ample reasons to do just that. which China’s control depends on armed force and which are predominantly inhabited Canada can be strong without being by non-ethnic-Chinese groups. Canada and overbearing; it can take meaningful counter- its allies should be loudly decrying the mass measures without indulging in mindless detentions and China’s other egregious escalation; it can exert its ‘soft power’ attacks on human rights. effectively, even in disputes with bigger, ostensibly more powerful, adversaries; (11) Canada should vigorously work with and we can be a model for our allies by its allies to counter military and industrial consistently placing our core values above espionage by China as well as its programs our trade and investment objectives – of cyber-aggression. principles must come before profit. With American leadership in disarray, the world China has made no secret of its ambition needs a more assertive Canada more than to achieve military, economic, and political ever – a Canada that does not shrink from dominance in the world. Among other the principle that ‘right makes might.’ things: they persist in the proposition that the nation of Taiwan rightfully belongs to “Let us have faith that right makes might, them; they aid and abet the dangerous rogue and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to regime in North Korea, they have appointed do our duty as we understand it.” an undemocratic ‘president for life,’ and Abraham Lincoln E
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The Kingston Portrait Prize
Support this important competition by visiting the exhibition of the thirty finalists' work this October 11 to 27 at the Firehall eatre in Gananoque, ON.
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ortrait making has been a part of Awards Pcivilization for hundreds of years. They were made to celebrate and The winner receives the $20,000 immortalize royalty and the wealthy, Kingston Prize, through a generous but people from all walks of life may donation from the Haynes Connell be a subject, either by commission Foundation. In addition, the or on the artist’s initiative. People’s Choice Prizes are awarded by a ballot of the attendees. Originally, portraits were flattering so as not to offend the commissioning Why Would Anybody Create a party; however, in recent times Portrait Prize? the emphasis has been on a more realistic depiction of the subject, The first national portrait prize or an expression of inner character was founded by J. F. Archibald, an through stylization, colour choices Australian, soon after formation or the expressiveness of mark- of Australia in 1921, and it quickly making. became a focus of patriotic pride for Australians and their achievements. The Kingston Prize is a Canada- wide competition for Canadian In 1980 the National Portrait Gallery in London, (UK), established a prize portrait painting and drawing. The to encourage younger artists. The competition is open to any Canadian competition was successful, and depicting a Canadian citizen or with new sponsorship in 1990 landed immigrant in a portrait based became the BP Portrait Award. on a real life encounter. The aim of The Kingston Prize is to encourage The Doug Moran Prize followed and reward the eation cr of in 1988 in Sydney. Moran was a contemporary portraits by Canadian businessman with a great dislike of artists, to promote Canadian artists modern art, and he set up a well- through competition, and over funded prize for traditional painting, time to develop an historical record in contrast with the expressionist of Canadians, by Canadians. Each mid-century Archibald Prize exhibition becomes a fascinating exhibitions. snapshot of a cross-section of our country’s life. A distinguished Dating from 2005, The Kingston panel of judges determines the Prize, is the most recent. During a thirty finalists. The exhibition gives visit to Sydney, Kaaren Brown had much needed public exposure to seen how the Archibald Prize acted talented artists, while at the same as a focus for national awareness. time sparking interest, conversation Back in Canada, when national unity and inspiring visitors to attend the was still under discussion, Kaaren exhibition. and Julian Brown put together a plan for a portrait prize which might The Kingston Prize provides an act as a focus for what it means to opportunity for Canadians to be Canadian. celebrate gifted artists in a way that was not previously available. TheAll these prizes share the common interest from artists and the publicgoal of supporting artists working has grown exponentially since the in the field of contemporary inception of the Kingston Prize portraiture, in and educating the 2005. public to appreciate it. E
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Makes 1 very large 9-inch (23 cm) pie cheesecake it ill ll the pan right to the Serves 16 top. Prep Time: 40 minutes, plus chilling Cook Time: 90 minutes 6. Return the pan to the oven and bake for 50 to 60 minutes more, un l only the centre Anna’s Kitchen Crust of the pie shows signs of jiggling. Cool 2 ¾ cups (390 g) chocolate cookie crumbs the pie, in its pan, on a wire rack to room By Anna Olson 2 Tbsp (25 g) packed light brown sugar temperature, up to 4 hours. Chill the cooled Photographs by Janis Niciolay ½ tsp (1.5 g) ground cinnamon pie uncovered in the fridge overnight to set cup 115 g unsalted bu er, melted the lling.
Cheesecake Layer 7. To decorate the pie, remove it from the C ne l 1 (8 oz/250 g) pkg cream cheese, at room pan and carefully slide it onto a cake stand temperature or a pla er. Scoop the hipped cream into cup 70 g granulated sugar a piping bag ed ith plain or star p and P k i 1 tsp (3 g) ground cinnamon pipe a crown just around the top of the pie. ¼ tsp (1 g) ground cloves hill un l ready to serve. This pie earns its name because it ¼ tsp (1 g) ground nutmeg is a classic pumpkin pie that has 1 large egg, at room temperature undergone a transformation. A ½ cup (125 mL) pure pumpkin purée chocolate crust holds a pumpkin M s r & Pumpkin Pie Layer cheesecake layer that is then topped 2 cups (500 mL) pure pumpkin purée with a pumpkin pie filling. The result ½ cup (100 g) packed light brown sugar Bi e t is a grand two-tiered pumpkin dessert ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar that feeds twice as many people as a 1 tsp (3 g) ground cinnamon regular pumpkin pie. Start this pie the ¼ tsp (1 g) ground cloves W t ni day before you plan to serve it so it ¼ tsp (1 g) ground nutmeg has time to set up overnight. 3 large eggs, at room temperature 1 cup (250 mL) whipping cream Ce a c Sweetened whipped cream, for garnish This dish is worthy or presenting at the 1. Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) and table, to be carved, at holiday time or any grease a 9 inch (23 cm) springform pan. special occasion. A filling of thyme-scented mushrooms and melted Brie are revealed . For the crust, s r the cookie crumbs ith when the golden puff pastry is sliced. An the bro n sugar and cinnamon and then s r onion cream sauce adds a further flourish. in the melted bu er un l evenly combined. This is worthy of a main course, although it Press into the bo om and all the ay up the can also be served as a side dish. sides o the pan. ake or 10 minutes no change ill be no ceable . ool on a ire Serves 6 rack be ore lling. eave the oven on. Prep Time: 30 minutes 3. For the cheesecake layer, beat the Cook Time: 45 minutes cream cheese un l smooth by hand is easy enough) and then beat in the sugar, Mushroom Wellington: cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Switch to a 1 bsp 15 ml olive oil or bu er whisk and whisk in the egg, followed by the 2 shallots, sliced pumpkin. 20 oz (600g) cremini mushrooms, sliced 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 tsp (10 ml) chopped fresh thyme 4. Scrape the ba er into the cooled crust salt & pepper and bake or 30 minutes, un l the cheese- cake no longer jiggles in the centre. While 1 oz brandy this layer bakes, prepare the pumpkin pie ½ cup (65 g) dry breadcrumbs layer. 4 o 1 0 g rie cheese, cut into pieces sheets 450 g pkg bu er pu pastry, 5. Whisk the pumpkin with the brown and thawed granulated sugars and then whisk in the 1 egg mixed with 2 Tbsp of water, for cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Whisk in brushing the eggs followed by the whipping cream. Once the cheesecake layer has baked for 30 Onion Cream Sauce: minutes, remove the pan from the oven and bsp 30 ml olive oil or bu er 3 cups (750 ml) sliced onion gently pour the pumpkin pie lling over the 1 tsp (5 ml) chopped fresh thyme
70 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 food 1 oz (30 ml) brandy 1 cup (30ml) whipping cream salt & pepper
1. For the Wellington, heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and add the oil (or bu er , shallots, and mushrooms. Saut the mushrooms un l they are ully cooked and any li uid has evaporated. S r in the garlic, thyme, and season lightly, cooking one minute more. Add the brandy and remove the mushrooms from the heat to cool to room temperature, and then s r in the breadcrumbs and rie pieces.
2. Preheat the oven to 400 °F (200 °C). Lay out the pu pastry sheets on top o each other and trim o a 1 1 -inch strip rom each side and set aside. Place one sheet of pastry onto a parchment lined baking tray.
rush the edges ith the egg ash and use the reserved strips to create a frame on the pastry base, trimming the strips as needed and then brushing them with the egg wash.
Spoon the cooled mushroom lling into the centre o the pastry, pressing in rmly. op the lling ith the second sheet o pastry, stretching it if needed, to have it reach the edges of the base pastry.
rush the top o the Wellington ith the egg ash and cut any remaining pu pastry pieces into designs to use as décor on top, brushing them with egg as well.
With scissors, snip li le air vents into the top o the Wellington. ake or 10 minutes at 400 °F (200 °C) and then reduce the oven to 375 °F (190 °C) to cook for another 35 to 40 minutes, un l the pastry is a rich golden brown.
Allow the Wellington to cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving with the onion cream sauce.
3. For the onion cream sauce, heat a large sauté pan over medium heat and add the oil or bu er , onions, and thyme. Saut the onions, s rring o en, un l they caramelize, about 25 minutes.
Once a rich bro n colour is achieved, s r in the brandy and the cream, bringing this to a simmer. Puree the mixture un l smooth and season to taste.
he sauce can be prepared ahead o me and reheated. From Set for the Holidays with Anna Olson, Appetite by Random House, 2018. E
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By Aara Macauley and Lin Young Great Reads Kingston WritersFest As sticky heat, mosquitos, and scattered summer schedules give way to cooler nights and a regular routine, it’s the perfect opportunity to take a breath and a blanket and curl up on the back deck with a crisp new book. Whether you want reads that chill, charm, or challenge, you’re sure to find something good to fall into!
The Homecoming by Andrew Pyper (Simon & Schuster) February 2019
Andrew Pyper has made quite a name for himself in the Canadian horror and thriller communities, dreaming up ghosts, demons, and gothic monsters…but nothing quite like this before. The Homecoming is a book best read cold – don’t search for spoilers or you’ll spoil half the fun. This is a quick and clever read, with numerous twists to keep you on your toes but written with enough sk ill to keep it disturbingly plausible. To say any more would ruin the surprise but if you’re familiar with his work, you will know you’re in for smart, sympathetic characters, complex monsters, and some unforgettable moments to keep your mind racing long after the final chapter.
Further reading: I’ll Never Tell by Catherine McKenzie (Simon & Schuster) June 2019 ...... Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles (House of Anansi) February 2019
Small town culture, isolation, poverty, power imbalances, sexism and racism are complex issues on their own, but we know that in reality these issues often intersect and compound. In Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club Megan Gail Coles introduces the reader to a broad cast of characters from very different backgrounds whose lives crash together with the same sudden and surprising intensity as the twenty four hour blizzard during which the story is set. Beautifully written with a playwright’s eye for detail and ear for dialogue, this novel is unflinching, sad, funny, and empowering in equal measure.
Further reading: I Become a Delight to My Enemies by Sara Peters May 2019 ...... The Western Alienation Merit Badge by Nancy Jo Cullen (Wolsak and Wynn) May 2019
It's 1982 in Calgary…itself struggling with recession after the 1980 National Energy Program…when Frances Murray returns home after a long absence, to help her father and sister in the aftermath of her stepmother's death. The family is unmoored; her father is barely speaking, her sister is trying to keep things together, and Frances' old friend…maybe more…has become a long term house guest. Despite living under the same roof, the small family struggles to keep themselves together as old hurts and buried secrets come bubbling out of the floorboards and their ormerlyf disparate lives begin crashing together. With chapter titles modelled after merit badges, Cullen explores the dynamics of a fraught family with nuance and authenticity. Equal parts family drama and queer coming of age set in the prairies, The Western Alienation Merit Badge is alternately heartbreaking, complex, and brutally honest.
Further reading: The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan (Scholastic Canada) January 2019 ...... When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson. Illustrations by Julie Flett (Highwater Press) 2016
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Further reading: This Place: 150 Years Retold. Forward by Alicia Elliott (Highwater Press) April 2019
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enjoy beautiful jewellery on their cabinets Love it or List it and still have a budget for good furnishings. And guess what? Matching metals isn’t at is the Question necessary. I’ve seen many spaces dressed By Sam Lamont with a silver and gold combination that gives an uncontrived sense of balance and visual interest. Give older classic raised panel Shaker style doors a brand new lease on life with paint and sassy new hardware. As long as the raised panels are square or rectangular (no arches please), they are classic and current.
Those of us who love natural stone on our countertops, like marble, soapstone, or polished concrete and even traditionalists who prefer white quartz and lighter granites have been given a new option. Slabs of porcelain are now available that perfectly replicate natural stones, in their various subtle colours and in textures, honed and polished, are now stain proof practical options, as durable in fact as your porcelain tile flooring. How many of us have left a glass of red wine on our white quartz or light granite and had the joy of finding ove it or list it? Fixer upper or home Greys are juiced up with wire brushed that tell tale red ring, the morning after the to flip? Television programs, Pinterest, oak sporting layered grey finishes on night before. Kiss that problem goodbye LHouzz, Instagram are all rife with DIY both furnishings and cabinetry. Whites with porcelain slabs, priced a little higher, but home shows, home ideas, pictures of the continue to be prevalent and there are over not much and well worth it. Most important great, the good, the bad, and simply, “What one hundred shades. Given velvety matte is to have an experienced installer. I had a were they thinking?!” finishes, any dated room receives an instant client advised by a stone and tile company breath of fresh air and becomes a great blank that our porcelain choice for her new kitchen In areas of urban sprawl, new builds and canvas on which to place objets d’art. counter, one that beautifully eplicates r subdivisions seem to be springing up soapstone, can’t be edged along the face everywhere, but the hearts of smaller towns For a clean modern twist in older, more of the countertop to appear continuous and big cities are seeing a resurgence of traditional homes, paint the walls and trim like natural stone. This is absolutely not true. restoration, repurposing and recalibrating all one colour, using matte or eggshell finish The installation is just a little trickier and old homes and condos into new dream on the walls and semi gloss finish on the definitely not for the inexperienced and is homes. trim. People often ask me, “What constitutes well beyond DIY. trim?” The answer is, “Everything that isn’t a Projects that for me have been the most wall.” Using the same colour on doors and How many friends do you have with fun, and by far the most rewarding in yearswindow frames, baseboards and crown wonderfully woolly, shedding dogs? A few too far back to mention, have all been withmoulding visually expands the space and of mine have Goldens and Labs and they’re people whose hearts have been invested in the differences in finishes impart a new level constantly sweeping, vacuuming and rescuing older properties, either in the sky of sophistication. apologizing for the wafts of dog hair floating and on the ground. along their polished wood floors, especially ‘Cool’ hardware is no longer limited to nickel, coffee bean and espresso coloured floors Greys, whites, and combinations of the two, chrome and pewter. ‘Cool’ now includes the that show every speck of every thing! have been the leading edge aesthetic in full spectrum of metals with the current front Finally, these floors have given way to the décor for a number of years and this designerrunners being gold, brass, champagne, gold beauty of lighter and more casual woods, has been falling asleep standing up with leaf, and bronze….the warms. Oiled bronze, like white oak plank, smooth and matte and the sameness of verye safe decision. Great the neutral star, has a range of undertones, very much the colours of driftwood, these design isn’t safe and thankfully the creative from red to black, so be sure to ask to see the floors are beautiful in every application from minds offering renovation materials have variations if timeless neutral is your comfort penthouse to cottage. come up with innovative new twists on the zone. Even more good news, the prices are same old, same old. as varied as the choices so everyone can My floors at home are polished concrete, and
76 Grapevine Magazine I Fall 2019 I love their look and the feel. Radiant heat finish. Then the transformation was ready to and funky new fabric, or better still, a hand culture built in can be initially expensive, but in the be brought alive with modern lighting and painted fabric, will look fabulous around your long run is gentler on the hydro bill. What’s boho chic furnishings. dining table, regardless of your style. better in our delightfully crispy winters than warm floors underfoot and warm rooms as a How about those delightful inherited or Paint the sideboard and make that funeral result? Porcelain tiles that look so much like handed down pieces from grandma or mom parlour sofa into a whimsical accent piece wood that I’ve sometimes had to kneel down and dad? That old dining suite that belongs with glossy paint on the show wood and and get close to discern the difference, make in a consignment store? I often have clients abstract modern fabrics or textured velvet. for wonderfully smooth transitions and are who have inherited a bunch of stuff that they If your hand me down furniture is just a toasty warm when heated, yet cool in hot don’t want. Dated old stuff that r eally doesn’t plain no fly zone, then let it go! Your great months. And there are so many choices, fit their current lives or style. Old parlour Aunt Nell on your dad’s side won’t mind virtually any look is achievable with most r eal chairs and dining suites or buffet and hutch one bit. If repurposing is your intention and woods having a match in porcelain. combos from a bygone era. Most people you love to prowl the consignment stores can’t see beyond what they’re looking at. Yes and flea markets, I share your joy at finding Two winters ago I worked on a cottage indeed, old, musty stuff. You know, 1970’s someone else’s blind spot and seeing in project that was all about restoration. and 80’s golden colonial oak that elicitsom fr European clients wanted to retain the one’s mind’s eye a new look for a new home. my male clients the protestation, “But it’s charm of the original pine floors and walls There is tremendous satisfaction in making and ceilings. Everything was frightening solid oak!!” Regardless, it simply no longer something old, new again. From whole knotty pine: orange shellacked knotty pine. works. Picture the horror on their faces when homes to a single chair, seeing beyond It was painful. So we moved it forward into I pull out my paint chips. I often hear, “Oh, what is to what can be is such a rewarding the present day, stripping the original pine but it was Aunt Tillie’s and I would just feel part of the creative process. Our focus on floors and applying a soft dove grey stain so bad getting rid of it.’ Well, there are two home and nesting has broughtonderful w and then painted the walls and vaulted choices: get rid of it or repurpose it. Why not new advances in technology and products, ceilings with warm white. Completing the jazz it up, bring it into the new millennium! enabling our visions to materialize fearlessly. job we ‘restored’ the brick colouring on the Paint it! Yes! Horrifying I know. But a coat of When making decisions about loving it or floor to ceiling fireplace which unfortunately high gloss paint on the old hoop back dining leaving it, you may feel the fixer upper fear, had been over painted, with a faux ick br chairs with seats newly upholstered in a cool but resolve to do it anyway! E
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THE LAST BITE By Sharon Harrison Th origi o kitche utensil
he wooden spoon: simple, versatile, reliable, is an essential tool in most Tkitchens and has made an appearance A well-made wooden spoon–typically of black walnut, in most cultures over the centuries. Dating oak or maple–revered by many cooks and chefs, can last back thousands of years, the Egyptians for years and are oen preferred over plastic and metal. buried them in tombs for use in the afterlife. Originally used for scooping, the earliest versions were small with an insignificant short handle. The word ‘spoon’ (then pronounced have been in existence for years and for some preparations. Usually made of marble, ‘spon’) was the term used to describe have even become collectors’ items. The first ceramic or granite, today, pulverizing herbs a chip of ood. w A well-made wooden grater, a simple box design made of pewter and spices are the favoured uses. –– and its spoon – typically of black walnut, oak or was invented by François Boullier in 1540. design has remained largely unchanged maple – revered by many cooks and chefs, An excess of cheese was the motivation, can last for years and are often preferred over formerly it went hard before it could be used, For baking the earliest of kitchen utensils plastic and metal. The knife, on the other and was wasted. However, ome sources is the rolling pin, and while its history is hand, is believed to be the oldest eating credit Isaac Hunt for the invention in the documented in the seventeenth century, it utensil; it was first created in some form same decade. Regardless, it took close to is believed to be many years older. Ceramic in Palaeolithic Europe. Originating from four hundred years for the utensil to really and glass were used, but wood is more sharpened pieces of stone, it developed take off, when during the Great Depression traditional–mahogany, beech, walnut, ash, through the ages, crude versions used wood, of the 1930s, American Jeffrey Taylor tweaked sycamore or cherry. Some rolling pins have then bronze or cooper, progressing finally the grater concept, sharpening the holes to tapered ends or handles, but it is the size to the more refined designs in iron and steel create the design familiar today. and shape that indicates purpose, whether we know today. suited to pie crusts or candies. A historic Pestles and mortars date back to the Stone association with sailors and romance has The Latin ‘colare’ means ‘to strain’, and Age and were originally used for grinding evolved which stems from glassworks in port that’s from where the modern-day word and milling grains and nuts. It is the first cites of eighteenth century England making for colander was derived. Early versions known device to be used for this purpose, hollow glass rolling pins for sailors to woo included ‘colyndore’ and ‘cullender’. Sieves and the first known tool used in medicinal young women. E
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