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Archive: Aug 2012

How to make Cherry Compote – Recipe

I went to the Okanagan last week and came back with oodles of Peaches & Cherries. Peaches go seamlessly into jam, pies & all sorts of things. But if you have more cherries than you can eat fresh and you need to preserve them, what to do? Cherry compote! It’s super easy, tastes great and really versatile. Add it to a cheese plate or use it like jam. You can fill chocolates with it to make chocolate covered cherries. Use it as a sauce for bbq pork or duck. Spoon over ice cream, scones, chocolate cakes. Or if you’re feeling fancy, just eat it straight out of the jar with the fridge door hanging open. There’s 2 parts to this recipe because I like having more sauce. You don’t need to do Part 2 but I recommend it. I’ve used…

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August 16, 2012

Earnest Ice Cream is Hiring!

We love ice cream as much as you do, and when someone makes the stuff local (and does it good) we’re all for it. That’s why we HAD to get the lovely people from Earnest Ice Cream on board for the Pop-up Soda Shoppe! Earnest Ice Cream from Andrew Norton on Vimeo. Aren’t they nice…

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August 16, 2012

CONTEST TIME: Come Down to the Pop-Up Soda Shoppe…on us!

To mark this awesomeness, we’re giving away 3 pairs of tickets (because it’s never fun to go alone) to our latest pop-up offering:  The Pop-Up Soda Shoppe! Taking the form of a 1950‘s themed pop-up restaurant for one night only on August 30, 2012. Partial proceeds from the event will go towards Growing Chefs, a charity committed…

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August 13, 2012