Cute little wood huts decorated with lights, pine and fir. Snowflakes. Cobblestone streets and old buildings. Voices coming together in festive song. Warm aromas of Glühwein (hot mulled wine) and other traditional specialties. Christmas crafts, handmade gifts and artisan wares. Laughter. Happy people. The German Christmas market in Quebec City is the perfect prelude to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘market’
Side Trip: German Christmas Market in Quebec City
Posted in Discovering, tagged Christmas, holidays, market, side trip, winter on December 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Side Trip: Carp Garlic Festival
Posted in Discovering, tagged garlic, market, ottawa, side trip, summer on August 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Carp Farmers’ Market is one of my favourite markets. It has over 100 registered vendors ranging from vegetable and meat producers and specialty food makers to artisans and craftspeople. There are vendors I don’t find anywhere else like Dobson’s Grass Fed Beef, Pork of Yore, and The Girl with the Most Cake and favourites [...]
Elderflower Power
Posted in Cooking, tagged elderberries, elderflower, fritters, kitchen, market, muffins, recipe, summer on July 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This story starts two years ago. I was at the Carp Farmers’ Market talking Bonnie-Jean Stacey of Take Charge Tea about the fact that elderberries—she blends a tea with elderberries, rosehips, and more—are common in Europe, but seem lesser known here. She responded that Dobson Farm grows them. That year, the elderberry season had already [...]
