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Keeping spirits high with road trips

| January 24, 2022 | 0 Comments
Keeping spirits high with road trips

We’re in the middle of an Ottawa winter with the pandemic still dogging our heels, but that’s all the more reason to discover what the open road offers. Our latest recommendations mean you need travel no further than Toronto, and sometimes just to downtown Ottawa, for a revitalizing change of scene. If your trip includes […]

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Envoy’s Album – Winter | Spring 2022

| January 24, 2022 | 0 Comments
Envoy’s Album – Winter | Spring 2022

                                           

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The fino points: Exploring Spain’s fortified wines

| January 24, 2022 | 0 Comments
The fino points: Exploring Spain’s fortified wines

Sherry often gets a bad rap. Sweet-style Harvey’s Bristol Cream, despite being the world’s best-selling sherry, does little to positively fortify this wine’s reputation. The southwestern Spanish region of Jerez has been a historic wine region for centuries. Under King Alfonso’s rule in the 1200s, knights were rewarded with vineland in the region. The Valdespino […]

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Art from Kinngait on display

| January 24, 2022 | 0 Comments
Art from Kinngait on display

Editor’s note: Due to unpredictable public-health restrictions, please contact galleries in advance to check whether exhibition dates have changed. Annie Pootoogook was an unassuming figure on the streets of Ottawa — quiet, small and without pretence — yet the mark she left on Canadian art is indelible. I didn’t know Pootoogook, but she was beloved […]

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On hostage diplomacy and the cold war with China

| January 24, 2022 | 0 Comments
On hostage diplomacy and the cold war with China

The Two Michaels: Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the U.S.-China Cyber War Mike Blanchfield and Fen Osler Hampson Sutherland House, November 2021 $9.99 Kindle $24.70 paperback 300 pages For more than 1,000 days, two Canadians named Michael captured the attention and sympathy of the nation. Hostages of the Chinese government, they were […]

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Tasty comfort food to prepare at home

| January 23, 2022 | 0 Comments
Tasty comfort food to prepare at home

One of the joys of even cool weather has to be indulging in recipes that give us cosy comfort. Imagine biting into crisp, translucent, wonton dumplings, plump with discreetely scented wasabi shrimp, lusciously suspended in melted smoked salmon cream cheese. Next, consider a cold weather favourite — lamb shanks with a unique complexity of flavours, […]

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Spending autumn hours with art

| October 16, 2021 | 0 Comments
Spending autumn hours with art

The fourth wave may be creating uncertainty, and winter is on its way, but there’s no reason we can’t get out and about in the coming months. Our travel recommendations this time keep us mostly closer to home and include multiple arts suggestions because the arts bolster the heart and mind in precarious times. Southbound: […]

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Envoy’s Album – Fall 2021

| October 16, 2021 | 0 Comments
Envoy’s Album – Fall 2021

                                                         

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To cork or not to cork?

| October 16, 2021 | 0 Comments
To cork or not to cork?

Despite being the first step in opening a bottle of wine, the closure is often the last thing that we put any thought into. Traditionally, cork has been the closure of choice as it provides a near-airtight seal that allows minute oxygen interplay, a necessity for wines that require long cellaring times, aiding the evolution […]

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Originality as a culinary booster

| October 16, 2021 | 0 Comments
Originality as a culinary booster

This issue features three recipes that illustrate my determination to continue introducing originality into my culinary repertoire. Over the past decade, burrata cheese — a cloud-like ball made of cream and mozzarella — has become a darling of serious chefs, usually paired with luscious tomatoes. Instead, I surprise guests with a unique burrata persimmon stack […]

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