LCBO Food and Drink Winter 2016

Of course we love the winter! We’re Canadian! We love everything about it, especially staying home, getting warm and cozying up with family and friends, a bottle of wine and something delicious to eat. It’s the season for rich, heartymeals andwe have some great recipes to inspire you. They say meat always tastes better on the bone, and our feature on chops proves the point with tasty and imaginative modern takes on classic favourites. We also have a gathering of slow-cooked dishes of deep and layered flavours that take their sweet time without shackling you to the kitchen stove. And to drink? Come explore the growing trend for NewWorld red blends, some modelled on European wines, others combining grape varieties in a most original way. Raise a glass—and toast the joys of winter! WINTER

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROB FIOCCA

48 CHOP SHOP | 54 BLENDING IN 60 WORTH THE WAIT