All Posts Tagged With: "local food"
What if Kingston…
When we purchased our first home nearly five years ago this summer, we eagerly embraced all of the challenges and chores that came along with being new home owners. This resulted in various purchases such as shovels for tending to snow-covered sidewalks, a ladder to help us clear out leaf-packed eaves-troughs, as well as our [...]
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Mobile Sustainability
Trailer fare has steered into a fresh new direction with an undeniable facelift, transforming your average chip trucks into slick mobile eateries as top chefs trade restaurant kitchens for the tight squeeze of mobile cooking quarters. Gone are the deep-fried chips and corndogs, in are gourmet dishes that you would normally find in an upscale [...]
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Top Five Things to See and Do
This time last year, Kingstonians were frolicking about sporting flip flops and sleeve/pant-less attire as we hopped from one sun-kissed patio to the next. This year, thanks to the faulty predictions made by an out of work groundhog, we’re begrudgingly still trying to coax Old Man Winter out the door. While Spring may be taking [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge #71: Sweet, Sweet Basil
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge #70: Plan and Plant Your Garden
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Local Restaurants Face New Kind of Competition
Restaurant business is a tough business. Profit margins are low – often 10-15%, and costs are always increasing. They say that 1 in 4 restaurants that open will close within a year. In Kingston, the density of restaurants downtown is very high, and although the natural lifecycle of openings and closing occur every year, there [...]
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Le Chien Noir
It’s almost the end of January; the holidays are a distant memory (I feel like I could use another one already!), it’s freezing out, and the last thing I want to do after a long day is cook. So I was thrilled to see an advertisement for “Snowdelicious” at Le Chien Noir. “Snowdelicious” is a [...]
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Guide to Local Holiday Hosting
The local food movement is strong in Kingston and this year we thought it would be interesting to explore the options when it comes to keeping the holidays local. Of course, not every single thing we’ll want to enjoy and serve will be found in our neighbourhood but we can certainly make a valiant go [...]
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Patchworkers on Organic Farming
To offset the zombies, princesses and Gangnam-styled trick-or-treaters making the rounds in search of sugary treats this evening, I thought today was a perfect opportunity to focus on local, healthy food. Last May, we published a handy guide a to locally sourced food in Kingston, which featured an extensive list of producers of meats, cheeses, [...]
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What if Kingston…
Last weekend, Confederation Park and Market Square played host to the Kingston Multicultural Arts Festival, Fare on the Square as well as the regular Farmer’s Market. All of these activities have grown in size and popularity over the past few years, which is a testament to the good work being done by organizers and vendors, [...]
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