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Saturday, January 31, 2015

Food for Thought with Alex Bielak - Sips and (great big crunching) Bites - News and Upcoming Events

Despite the cold, things are heating up in our area. Here’s some news and several coming events that you might want to get tickets for or mark in your calendars.

The upcoming Pop-Up: Speakeasy Hamilton St. Valentine’s 3-Day event is pretty well sold out, but there are still a few tickets available for Thursday 12th February via the Popup Hamilton website or by calling 289-788-3283. It promises to be a fun event conjuring up the shades of the naughty goings on that came about as a result of Prohibition. There’ll be food, wine and craft beer. As usual the Pop-up is at a secret location (as befits a speakeasy of course) to be announced to participants two days prior to the event. 


A baker’s dozen or so brewers, will be at the Burlington Winter Beer Festival, at the Waterfront Hotel, Friday, February 06, 2015 - Sat, February 07, 2015. Tickets are available now for both an


Friday, January 16, 2015

Food for Thought with Alex Bielak - A New Year - Sites to Share

I hope readers had a wonderful break over the holidays and are back at it rested and refreshed. I was able to clear my mind of visions of my digital media course homework, and was pleased to get back to my stove cooking for family and friends. In my mind there is nothing better than breaking bread together, catching up and sharing experiences.

One of the ways I spent my time was browsing the web where I discovered several websites I’d like to share with you. They’re a mix of recipes I’ve stumbled across and really liked, interesting information, and kitchen gadgets that caught my eye.

For example I found two super recipes on NotQuiteNigella.Com and have had success with both. Her Singapore Chilli Prawns (shrimp) recipe is delicious and simple and seems failsafe, allowing one to