As your bartender in hell, the purpose of The Red Devil is simply as an overall guide to the hedonistic joy of food, wine, cocktails, music and the ocasional gushing over the finest football team in the world. My career & lifestyle afford me some fantastic insights into these tasty realms & I feel it would be truly wasteful to hoard these experiences for my own savagely unreliable memory banks. Sadly for you the reader I am incapable of boring, literal, step by step accounts, so you may have to swim the seas of random, self indulgent, and semi-coherant babble that encapsulates my writing style. Apologies. At the end of the day there is an exciting world of deliciousness out there that I stumble through on a daily basis. Its my sincere wish to share some of that with you, so that you may paint your own world with some of the fantastic crap that fills my own personal outhouse. I am afterall, your bartender in hell.
One of the regular postings you will read will be tasting notes from the various wine tastings I attend both in my capacity as teaching assistant for the Wines I class at George Brown College and in my own education as an aspiring sommelier. The world of wine can be an intimidating place for the casual consumer and I hope that these articles will simplify and inspire your future wine purchases at both the LCBO and from consignment purchases through restaurant wine lists.
Another feature will be cocktail and food recipes. As a mixologist at ONE, I have created some 30 cocktails over the years for our menus, as well as competed in several mixology competitions. I am also a bit of a dinner party whore, thus you can expect to read about my explorations in new ideas for tasty adventures. Also my own personal experiments in home gardening, pickling and basic charcuterie will hopefully if nothing else provide you an insight of what NOT to do. Lastly, ingredients are of paramount importance in anything food and drink. I am fortunate enough to know some of the best places in town for a wide array of gear & spreading the word on where to look for your own mis en place is why I do this.
The blog will also feature the ocasional gonzo journalistic journey through the various concerts, festivals, restaurants & sporting events that color my journey through food & wine. Though self indulgent on the surface, the presence of these pieces has 2 important functions. For you the reader, I hope they will open up your eyes to the incredible world of unique liesure that exists outside of the Mirvish catalog. We are surrounded by a world of splendor that not enough folks know even exists. From little known dive bars to music & arts festivals to restaurants, I want to share that with you. Second, as an aspiring journo, its all about both practice & portfolio.
Finally, I would warn the regular reader that the first few months may include some older material. I have been accumulating material for this long before I actually began the physical site, so the first little bit may go back & forth between currant posts (such as notes on new LCBO releases & such) and older ones that I have written over the past several months (such as my review of the Lifford Pinot Noir Showcase). I apologize for this but there really is nothing to be done. What I can promise is a more chronological order will emerge in a short time.
Before I leave you to start assembling the first few actual posts for the site, let me lastly say that your participation is both encouraged and important. I am but one asshole in an ocean of buttmuscle. Some feedback from the cheeks is gonna make the whole moneymaker shake the way it should. So dont be shy. Comment. Question. Share the articles you like. Crap on the ones you dont. The Red Devil is open for business.
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