Author Archives: sarahbensabat
Cocktail Hour: Cranberry Margarita
I visited the Nutcracker Market recently, and decided to purchase some cranberry syrup. This syrup is manufactured by a company called Nutra Fruit, which specializes in products made with cranberries grown here in Quebec. According to their website, Quebec is the world leader in the production of organic cranberries. I’m not quite sure why none of […]
Coconut Water vs. Maple Water
I do purchase coconut water on a fairly regular basis, because I enjoy the flavour, and also because I tend to drink a lot of water, and I know that it’s important to drink other liquids as well in order to maintain optimal salt, sugar, and mineral levels. I recently came across maple water at […]
Cocktail Hour: Piger Henricus Gin
Okay, so, a micro-distilled gin, made in Longueuil, Quebec…how cool is that? Exciting things are happening on the Quebec gin scene…first, Ungava…now this. First, a little background information. According their website, the distillery Piger Henricus is named after the latin word for a type of furnace used by alchemists during the middle ages. The English translation of Piger Henricus […]
Foraging Fun: Yarrow, Self-Heal, and Wild Strawberries
I’ve recently set my mind towards trying to identify which edible (or otherwise useful) plants I could discover growing close to home…whether in my boyfriend’s yard up north, or near my apartment in Verdun. Getting started with plant identification may not be the easiest thing, but once you learn the name of a certain species you will […]
Cocktail Hour: ‘Bowmore Sails Around the World’
The inspiration for this cocktail stems from a lack of gin. However, the cocktail that resulted from the limited repertoire of ingredients I had on hand turned out to be quite delicious, so I decided to share it with all of you (whoever you might be): Recipe (for 2 cocktails): 3 oz Bowmore Scotch (this is […]
Tea Time: Tea Sparrow Teas
I like the Tea Sparrow concept: premium loose-leaf teas, carefully selected from various sources, are shipped to your door each month, allowing you to taste varieties that you would perhaps otherwise never sample. Since Tea Sparrow does not sell the tea, they can independently select those teas which they deem truly special, thus garnering exposure […]
Cocktail Hour: Ungava Gin
The first time I saw this gin at the SAQ, I was immediately attracted to it. ‘A gin made with indigenous Quebec herbs? How cool is that?’, I thought. The only thing that would make it cooler would be an organic designation (locally grown corn is used to make the spirit the gin is made with , […]
How to Grow a Kombucha Scoby- From Store Bought Kombucha
I do enjoy the occasional kombucha…but at about $4.00 a pop, they’re not exactly cheap. Combine a financial incentive like that with the fact that I like to do things myself, and you can see why I’ve wanted to try my hand at making kombucha for a while. I only needed to decide was how to […]
Foraging Fun: Violets, Winter Cress, and Dandelions
It’s hard to believe that it’s June already…especially since up in Saint-Adolphe-D’Howard, in the Laurentians, there was still snow on the ground until just a few weeks ago! Spring/summer it is, however, and the land is green, and alive. My boyfriend and I finally made it out into the woods and fields, and walked around to see […]
How to Make Sauerkraut
Okay, so, I few years ago, I became interested in fermentation (probably as an offshoot of my interest in sourdough?), and came across Sandor Ellix Katz’s website, Wild Fermentation. After perusing the site, I became so excited that I decided to order his book of the same name. It’s a very informative book, and it’s also […]
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