by The Cooking Ladies | Feb 17, 2020
On one of our tours of the Buxton National Historic Site & Museum in North Buxton, near Chatham, Ontario, we were encouraged to ring the Buxton Liberty Bell located at the front entrance. The loud metallic clang-clang rang out across the farm fields and down the... 
by The Cooking Ladies | Dec 21, 2019
Pop-up photo art created by Lesley Walker Fitzpatrick tells a hotel story. Her photos honour the history and heritage of the Dominion House Bar & Grill. The public house was built in Stratford, Ontario, in 1865. Lesley took her 280 photographs in the last week of... 
by The Cooking Ladies | Nov 12, 2019
The Stratford, Ontario, Christmas Trail runs from early November until five days before Christmas. It is a fun opportunity to combine holiday shopping with the discovery of the uniqueness of Stratford’s merchants. After picking up the brochure, map, and vouchers at... 
by The Cooking Ladies | Oct 4, 2019
The Bacon and Ale Trail in Stratford, Ontario, is a year-round adventure filled with bacon and ale-inspired experiences at food outlets, gift shops, breweries and pubs. Pork producers are high among the agricultural successes in Stratford’s surrounding Perth County... 
by The Cooking Ladies | Sep 19, 2019
The Stratford Chefs School’s Long Table Dinner held in September is their annual, signature, fundraising event. 2019 marks the School’s thirty-sixth year. The dinner was held at Revival House, formerly known as the Church Restaurant. The Church was one of... 
by The Cooking Ladies | Sep 10, 2019
There is always something happening in Market Square and the streets surrounding Stratford City Hall. Harlem of the early 1900s arrived this week as part of a Netflix film shoot of the Madam C.J. Walker story. Faux store fronts, antique cars, pop-up vintage lamp...