Spring brings fresh take on menus, writes Andrew Coppolino
While widespread local spring fruits and vegetables are still a few weeks away, spring dishes and drinks are already popping up on restaurant menus in Waterloo region. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino looks at what s new.
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Posted: Apr 03, 2021 7:31 AM ET | Last Updated: April 3
Lobster ravioli at Swine & Vine in Kitchener, Ont. is a peek ahead into the start of the popular crustacean season. (Denis Hernandez/Swine & Vine)
Winter weather always hangs on a little bit longer than we may like, but that doesn t stop restaurants from starting to roll out their spring suggestions.
KITCHENER Members of Waterloo Region s Jewish community marked the start of Hanukkah in a ceremony that had to be modified this year due to the pandemic. Instead of the usual lighting of the giant menorah in Uptown Waterloo, vehicles mounted with smaller menorahs paraded from Waterloo to downtown Kitchener on Thursday evening. The first night we light one candle and then tomorrow night the second candle and then so on for eight days until we light eight candles,” said Rabbi Moshe Goldman of The Rohr Chabad Centre for Jewish Life The vehicles parked in the Kitchener farmer’s market parking lot where everyone watched a short lighting of the menorah from their cars.