Featured Foodie
"I love creating a dining experience that fulfills people" Ray Bear |
Who: Chef Ray Bear
What: Chef: Bear Restaurant & Creator QGourmet Chef Ray Bear Signature Sauces
Where: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Why:Creating a dining experience that fulfills people.
How: Passion,dedication, and great ingredients.
Ray`s Food pro⋅cliv⋅i⋅ty
( natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness)
Which talent would you most like to have? Sing, I can't carry a note!
What was your favorite childhood meal? Granddad's stew
White, Milk or Dark Chocolate? Dark Chocolate
Food Fetish? Chocolate Ice Cream.Food motto or phrase you life by? Keep it about the food, not the fame.
White or Red Wine? First white then Red.
Favorite Ethnic food? JamaicanFavorite meal of the day? Light late night snack,Spinach salad with Q Gourmet Passionfruit Marinade drizzled on top.
Your perfect day you would be? laying on a beach, MiamiWhat do you love most about your job? Creating an experience that fulfills peopleBest ice cream flavor? Heavenly Hash.
What's the most you've paid for your product at retail? $15.If you could be any food, what would you be? Everyone knows bananas get the most action, one of the most eaten foods in the world.
What's your greatest food extravagance? Nobu, Miami beach, white fish sashimi, out of this world good!
What's your idea of perfect happiness? Great food, good friends and family
New York or Paris? New York or even better Tokyo
Who or what is the greatest love of your life? My children, they are in all my thoughts
What is your feel good food? Hate to admit it but I love a good cheeseburger. With mustard. |
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Recipes from Chaloner |
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Add Smokey BBq to Cranberry.
Passionfruit to our Turkey
Mango with Duck.
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Must Attend December Events
Halifax, Nova Scotia
December 1st -31st Church,Temple,Mosque,Synague,ect.
Anywhere, anytime
December 10- 24th
The Indulgent Foodie Tastings
The Distillery District
55 Mill Street Building 36
Suite 302
10am - 6pm
Ph:416-800-4292 |
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December 08!
 I fell into the food business because of my love and passion for entertaining. In trying to make each party I hosted more spectacular than the last, I started attending professional food shows looking for new ingredients, table settings and unique cutlery. At one show I sourced an industrial fridge that could hold oversized hors d'ouvres and dessert trays, 6 bottles of wine, and two cases of imported beer! I was in love!
December has always been my favourite month of the year. It is a time of festivities and also my birthday. I love Christmas as families get together to celebrate with loved ones and no one is worried about their waistlines as they indulge in their favourite food.
I never need an excuse to throw a party! I love to have friends over whenever I can and will do everything to make sure they are enjoying themselves including singing to them after dinner.
I love surprises and planning them allows me to get a little creative. It is a thrill watching the reaction of my guests. One of my favourite entertaining memories was from an April Fool's Day dinner. As my guests entered the dining room after enjoying cocktails in the garden, they each found an Hermes box placed in front of each of them. I could see they were eager to open their present. Who wouldn't be? On my go ahead they tore open their boxes, eager and expectant for the opulent gift that must surely be inside. Instead, each guest found a simple dollar store item. Everyone had a wonderful laugh and we enjoyed the rest of the evening full of laughter and fun.
When you invite people to your home, you invite them into yourself. The one gift I truly love to give, is friendship love, and laughter all over a great meal. Happy Holidays,  |
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What Makes a Perfect Gift
 From the heart
Made by YOU
Donation to a worthy charity
Gourmet Food
Love
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Holiday Entertaining Fun.
J. Christie
We all know that one person who throws a Christmas party EVERY year. They could be having the worst possible seek, and would still be on the phone with caterers, potential guests, ect. This person might even just be you.
If it is, that's great! A person with such dedication to holiday parties is someone to be admired. And if maybe you are not, and are bearing the burden of having one this year, I've compiled a list of things to do that's adult, fun and exciting.
Table topic cards
A great way to find stuff out about your friends, usually questions you'd never think to ask. A great conversation starter and discussion.
Secret Santa
Gets creative. Everyone loves gifts. An inexpensive gift basket, who knows. Each guest brings a gift, unmarked and it gets passed around.
Karaoke
Preferably after you've all eaten, and are relaxed. By then you won't care what anyone thinks and really go all out. Good for a chuckle or two. |
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Tricks of the Trade
Uplifting the Canned Cranberry
If you must use the usual tin of Ocean spray cranberry sauce (because of the perceived convenience).
Take it to another level try these tricks:
- Add Q Gourmet Smokey BBQ
- Add Chaloner Seville Orange Marmalade
- Make Cranberry Kiss: Take the cranberry sauce and whirl in blender. A package of cream cheese and cream it, mix in the cranberries. Add 1-2 cups Whipped Topping. Put into individual clear bowls or fancy clear glass. Top with nuts/cookie crumbs of your choice.
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Holiday Entertaining Must Haves
Holiday Baking
Holiday baking is the core of many great traditions. The smell of gingerbread, Christmas cake, or cookies that fills the home. The scent of holiday baking adds warmth and memories of childhood Christmas.
Candles or Warm Fire
Nothing warms up a home like a nice toasty cracking fire. Failing that candles everywhere
Mistletoe
What a great way to get close, if you're bold or shy.
A Well Dressed Table
Whether you're dining with family or a group of friends, a beautiful Christmas table really sets the mood for a wonderful evening
Holiday Decoration
Christmas decor needs to be authentic, natural and from the heart and it needs to make you feel warm and cozy, inside and out.
Goodies for Foodies
It's the thought that counts -- treat your loved ones with personal gifts straight from your kitchen. If you can't make them, buy them. www.theindulgentfoodie.com
Holiday Music
Add in some alternatives with the usual holiday favourites.
Great Holiday Movie
Few that comes to mind Love Actually, The Grinch that Stole Christmas: A Christmas Carol
Special Coffee to Finish the Evening
Reggies Roast Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee |
| Words to live By |
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow airport.
General opinion makes out that we live in a world of hatred and greed I don't see that.
Seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy but it's always there. Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives,boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends.
When the planes hit the Twin Towers, none of the phone calls from people on board were messages of hate or revenge,they were all messages of love.
lf you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
Hugh Grant, Love Actually | |
