14th
CHRISTINE AND WILL had a beautiful spring wedding in Toronto. With the reception at the Drake Hotel on Queen West, we had a chance to duck out for some photos down a cool graffitied alley.
I LIKE IT WHITE. A jiggly, handheld view of my incredible two weeks of snowboarding at Big White and Revelstoke.
ALL OVER THE WORLD, people make dumplings, different variations of boiled unleavened dough filled with meat or vegetables. In Italy it’s ravioli, in Poland pierogies, Sweden has pitepalt, and China has jiaozi (fried, they’re served in North America as potstickers). Since I was a kid, my childhood next door neighbour, Kim, has made pedahe (pronounced pet-a-hay) the Ukrainian version of the pierogi filled with mashed potato and cheese. Using a recipe passed directly to her from her immigrant Ukrainian grandmother, Kim has made the dish an annual Christmas tradition, sharing just a few pedahe with lucky friends. Usually too few. This year, I finally convinced her to let me help make the batches for Christmas in exchange for the recipe. We made a dozen dozen!
TASTY, TASTY. I photographed some food for a few pieces on the brand new restaurants at the enormous Red Leaves Resort recently. This is chef Mark Marchment’s veal Milanese with squash and arugula from the menu at Teca, the new Italian restaurant at the hotel.
MARTIN TIELLI is amazing. We went to see him at the awesome Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, Quebec in the fall, and he performed two great sets. I took all the pictures I could in the low, low light.