Food

Adventure and Inspiration: The Hunter & Co Londonlicious Experience

Londonlicious has returned for its winter edition, taking place from January 16 to February 8 with over 40 London and area restaurants participating in the nonprofit-run food festival. Londonlicious inspires restaurants to introduce new menus that highlight produce from local farms across Southwestern Ontario.  Antler River Media had the pleasure of sitting down at one of those restaurants Hunter & Co, to hear from Chef de cuisine Anthony Abdullah and front of house manager Renee Vecchio about their perspective of the festival  “It’s been a positive experience,” says Abdullah. It’s helped expose our brand to people that wouldn’t regularly know…

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“We call it bougie peasant food”: Bicycle Café’s Londonlicious menu

From January 16 to February 8, more than 40 London restaurants are participating in the winter edition of Londonlicious, a food festival inspiring restaurants to come up with new menus that highlight produce from local farms across Southwestern Ontario. One of the participants is Dutch-inspired restaurant, Bicycle Café. Alicia Berkelmans, executive chef at Bicycle Café, sees Londonlicious as an opportunity to apply much of her farm-to-table mentality. “I’m the granddaughter of Dutch farmers — I also had a farm myself [for a] short period of time and grow a lot of my own food and cook a lot of things…

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Full Circle Cooking Episode 4: Beanage Dream Full Circle Cooking

We’re keeping it simple at full circle cooking this month. Here’s a tangy, delicious and super filling recipe for a bean and tahini salad with roast zucchini. It’s totally customizable and I’ve included a few ideas for add-ons as well as the base recipe. Enjoy!  The best roast zucchini you’ll ever have Trim both ends of the zucchini, then cut it in half lengthwise. Score the open side of each half, creating a checkerboard pattern. Salt the open side liberally and let it sit for at least 10 minutes. Zucchinis hold a lot of water, and these steps are to…

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Fried Green Tomatoes with Tonnato Sauce – Full Circle Cooking Episode 3

Still, I lay in wait for tomato season. That sumptuous crimson delight who tempts me to become lost within her splendor, whose firm, silken bosom casts shadows upon my mind, and–  Oh, uh, hey, Antler River Media.  … How did you get in here?  …  You want another article?  … Yeah, I know just the thing. Welcome back to Full Circle Cooking!  It’s summer now, everyone’s tired and sticky, and nobody feels like cooking anything elaborate. Further, more and more produce is coming into peak season. This is the time where cooks set their egos aside and recognize when a…

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Go Eat a Flower: Full Circle Cooking Episode Two

It’s springtime, and Antler River is a mosaic of bright, beautiful flowers. If you’re anything like me, your first thought is: “How can I get a free meal out of this?” In fact, many common flowers in Southern Ontario are edible and I’m going to show you two simple ways I like to eat them.  First is a simple preparation that can be used to make most edible flowers (or anything in your fridge) delicious. Most of all, I like to use it for dandelions, whose flesh turns tender and jammy once fried. It’s a beautiful thing I look forward…

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Full Circle Cooking

Welcome to full circle cooking! My goal with this series is to bring you recipes which help save on grocery costs and offer some tips on how to get the most out of every ingredient. I’m based in the Antler River area so I’m going to point out deals at specific stores in the city, but the general advice will be universal.  Meat on a budget. $20/lb for a butcher’s cut of steak? What the f#&*??! It’s times like these when we’re reminded that meat being a staple is a relatively modern luxury. But it’s doable on a budget by…

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