New Zealand Wine Meets the Mediterranean: Why This Sauvignon Blanc Is the Perfect Pairing for Octopus New Zealand wine and grilled octopus—at first glance, this sounds like an unusual combination, but on the palate it turns out to be one of the most harmonious pairings of the summer. Octopus is one of the most flavorful […]
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Wine & Cheese Day: 6 Pairings You’ve Never Tried Before
July 25: Six Cheeses, Six Overseas Wines—and the Reasoning Behind Them Every year on July 25 is National Wine and Cheese Day—a holiday launched in 2014 by American author and foodie Jace Shoemaker-Galloway. Her idea was simple and compelling: Wine and cheese have been an inseparable pair for millennia—in France, Italy, Spain, and everywhere else […]
Summer by the Sea on Your Plate—Paired with a New Zealand Wine That Brings the Ocean to Your Glass New Zealand wine and grilled mackerel—it sounds like a meeting of two strong personalities who hit it off from the very first bite. Mackerel is a bold fish: rich in oil, intense, with a depth of […]
Thirty seconds. Not a second more. Tataki isn’t a dish for the indecisive. Thirty seconds in a hot pan, then out immediately—a thin, sesame-crusted layer on the outside, cool and raw-pink on the inside. Hesitate, and you lose. Take the plunge, and you’ll be rewarded with the most elegant summer dish, ready on the table […]
Do you miss Canada? Here’s your plan for July 1. It’s July 1. In Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, the streets are aglow with red and white. Somewhere, someone is grilling; somewhere, fireworks are going off; somewhere, someone is sipping a cold beer on a porch and thinking: This is Canada. And you? You’re in Germany. […]
Acid is the fastest flame in the world Ceviche isn’t just a summer dish. It’s the very definition of summer. No stove, no oven, no waiting—just a knife, a bowl, and the knowledge that acidity is the most powerful tool in the kitchen. Lime juice does what a flame would do: it transforms. Raw shrimp […]
Everything has its time to bloom—and that time is now Zucchini blossoms are impatient. They’re on the market for two or three weeks, then they’re gone. If you hesitate, all you’ll get is zucchini. If you grab them, you get something that defies categorization: tender, slightly sweet, almost translucent—and yet with a presence that transforms […]
Canada’s take on the art of simplicity Brown butter isn’t a sauce. It’s a choice. The moment when butter stops being butter and starts to smell of hazelnut, caramel, and depth—that is the moment this dish has been waiting for. Toss the gnocchi in it, add sage leaves that crisp up and release their oil, […]
June 1st. The last of the asparagus. The first summer evening. Green asparagus has another two or three weeks left—the peas are just perfect, the lemons as juicy as ever, and it’s warm enough outside to sit at the table with a glass in hand and wait for the pasta to finish cooking. Pasta Primavera […]
Corpus Christi without the hassle – Canada’s Pinot Gris does the rest A holiday isn’t a reason to spend hours in the kitchen. Salmon tartare requires a sharp knife, a ripe avocado, a bit of finesse when seasoning—and twenty minutes. The sesame crispbread adds crunch, the avocado cream adds depth, and the salmon adds freshness. […]










