Digging through the crates at Backstreet Records on Germain Street. By Michael Hawkins Backstreet records has been in the heart of every local musician and music fan since it first set up shop in Uptown Saint John back in 1980. It was one of the businesses that first caught my attention when...

Some noodles and other ingredients ready for a simple lunch of Japanese yakisoba. I made this one with some sliced pork and cabbage. Still trying to perfect the meatball. Mine are getting pretty good and have been solidified as my daughter’s favourite food. They’ll come in handy...

Roast chicken, tomato, bacon and blue cheese with mayo on homemade bread. Sound like a nice sandwich?  My daughter thought so.  That was her lunch one day last week, which also happened to be the day most of the rest of her class were having their school-provided hot lunch, which on this day...

Aquaculture has been around for a few years now and most people are familiar with how it works. Atlantic salmon are grown in large cages off the shores of Charlotte County in New Brunswick and harvested for the local, regional, national and world markets.   It’s an industry that has...

If you’ve been visiting this site for a bit (or even just a minute or two), you’re probably aware that part of the purpose of this site is to get people eating less processed foods and more fresh stuff.   But let’s face it, we all like a bag of chips once in a while.  And...

After serving a steak and lobster dinner for 26 great people from a campsite at Fundy National Park on Saturday, I’m back home and back in action in my own kitchen. Watch for a new feature this week – video! Some things just have to be visually shown to really nail it...