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UP FRONT
What does go on behind the scenes at a prestigious
restaurant? To get some of the answers to that question we
talked this month to Jim McLaren Nisbet the new chef of the
Mill at Benmiller, the first of the explosion of most expensive
eating places in the area. He tells us not only of what goes into
making your evening worth the price, but also about the long
training that a chef must undergo before he is ready for this
demanding job.
The growing interest in food is also evidenced in the number of
specialty food shops that have sprung up the last five years or so.
It's ironic that the growth of these shops should come at a time
when supermarkets have expanded to the point you can get
nearly anything in a food or non-food line there. Yet many people
have come to feel the quality of food and service offered in those
huge stores is not good enough and they've turned to the small
shops. Perhaps the largest local collection of small food specialty
shops is in Festival Square, the new development in downtown
Stratford. We'll give an illustrated tour inside this issue.
When many of us think of food, we don't think of the
fundamental source of it all, the farm. Nor do we think often
enough about the importance to the food industry of
knowledgeable and able people to keep farms, farm
organizations and rural communities operating well. Giving rural
people a wider opportunity to learn is part of the work of the
Rural Learning Association. Freelance writer Adrian Vos this
month takes a look at the R.L.A. and its work.
Theatre reviews in a monthly magazine are seldom of much
use because by the time the magazine is in the readers' hands,
the show is closed. This month, thanks to two extensive tours, we
are able to look at two shows that will still be available to local
audiences in February: Les Canadiens, from Theatre Passe
Muraille and Billy Bishop Goes to War from Vancouver East
Cultural Centre.
Also on the review side of things we have a review of Western
Ontario writer Orlo Miller's latest book Twenty Mortal Murders.
And our reviewers visited London's Marienbad Restaurant and
liked what they found.
In P.S. this month is a proposal to strengthen rural culture.
And there's much more.
CONTENTS
Being a chef 3
Tempting shop 10
Rural Learning Association 15
People 19
Travel 20
Book Review 23
Theatre 27
Diary 31
Dining 32
Entertainment Listings 37
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