My Love Affair with Walter – A F&B Romance

My Love Affair with Walter – A F&B Romance

It started off with a teasing photo on someone’s Facebook page, which lead to some tasty shots on another’s Instagram feed and then he was staring me down on a friends counter top. Next I knew there was an introduction, the anticipation and well, the rest as they say, is history…Are your cheeks burning yet? This is no 50 Shades of Grey storyline…it’s a love affair with Walter – Walter All-Natural Craft Caesar Mix that is.

 

Over the years I’ve always had a few go-to drinks that I use if ever in doubt traveling and a Caesar has usually been in the mix with a good Dirty Martini or Sidecar – the kind of drinks that usually one can make at any standard bar. But as I and my healthy minded community have realized over the years, the standard mix for Caesars is just kind of , well full of a lot of junk like MSG (gives me blinding headaches), artificial colours & flavours and usually a High-fructose Corn Syrup which really is wrong on so many levels for our bodies. This is why I was so excited to be able to try Walter Caesar Mix – so much better and so tasty!

Let’s break down the “Walter Difference”

• ·         100% All-Natural Ingredients
• ·         NO MSG
• ·         NO Artificial Colours or Flavours
• ·         No High Fructose Corn Syrup
• ·         Made in Small Batch Production
• ·         Bottled in Premium Glass Bottles
• ·         Comes in 2 Flavours – Well Spiced or Mildly Spiced
• ·         It’s CANADIAN and launched by two fellow Vancouverites

All of these things honestly make an awesomely better tasting Caesar or straight up on its own if you like your tomato juice to have some zest and body!

I played around with the flavour and made up one heck of a tasty bevvie for myself on one of our now many snowy nights and this is what I came up with.

A good amount of Walter Well Spiced, some lime juice, some premium vodka, some tasty garnishes (home-made Daikon pickles, bacon, and cucumber – my own snacky topper). The perfect blend of seasoning for me in the Well Spiced and on other days I most likely would add in even more heat.

Currently you can find Walter at select BC and Ontario grocers, specialty food and gift shops, select restaurants and bars. For their complete, up-to-date list, visit their website at www.waltercaesar.com/find-us

I’m looking forward to my second hot date with Walter’s alter ego – Walter Mildly Spiced – just the right speed for a long week, snowed in on the proverbial “Hump” Day. Now just to sort out the tasty garnishes or perhaps think up some alternative recipes to use this amazing new all natural product in to further extend the tasty goodness of Walter.

Go out and get some soon – it’s now a regular in my house for sure!

Much foodie love,

@TraveliciousDee

 

DISCLAIMER

This is a personal blog. All content is based on my opinions and experiences. I received Walter Products and Product Information from Walter All Natural Craft Caesar Mix  to review.

Deborah Peniuk  Freelance Writer. Dream Travel Maker. Health &Wellness Retreat Specialist and Master Planner of Culinary Adventures and Escapes. Enjoys Wine+Food+Travel+Music+Yoga+Good Humans

http://www.aya-life.com  www.lifeblissandallofthis.com

 

A Night of Fun, Flavour and Flour with the Urban Italian Sauce Maker

A couple of weeks ago the talented duo of Sizzling Communications invited myself and a wonderful collection of writers, bloggers, chefs and more to a new product launch for Louise Prete Foods – Michael Malleau’s new Sugo Pomodoro e Bailico. From stockbroker to a food and catering entrepreneur, Michael is truly the Urban Italian Sauce Maker working out of his industrial culinary loft creating modern twists on old world tastes.

The stage was set  for Michael’s bespoke experience – “Cafe Roma for One Night Only”and off in the corner…a proper Vespa sat looking like it was ready for one of us to speed off on it but we were in a space that had an amazing panoramic vista of downtown Toronto at night.

Jars and jars of sauce teased us all evening! We all hoped we would be taking at least one home with us after tasting some amazing goodies throughout the evening showcasing just what we could do with the sauce.

The diverse uses for the sauce were showcased in some tasty temptations such as Nonna’s Homemade MeatBalls, Individual Lasagna’s layered with fresh pasta,grilled eggplant, zucchini and sweet red peppers, Slow Roasted Tomato Brushette and Mini Whole Wheat Pizza Margheritas.

Although I missed out on some of the tasty treats, I did get to share some spotlight time with fellow blogger and foodie Alexa Clark. We had been chosen to be the pasta makers for the night!

An honour for sure but also a fast trip down memory lane for myself as I remembered days as a child when my own grandmother and I used her new hand-cranked pasta machine. Sometimes mistaken as having Italian heritage, my Ukrainian grandmother (my Baba) used that lovely machine only once to make pasta and many times to make perogy dough and verhuny. That said its been many years since I have attempted anything but ravioli by hand.

This was a fun time and my old skills prevailed as I mastered the dough and made some glorious noodles to be shared with Michael and that glorious sauce.

To compliment the tasty nibbles of the evening –  Niagara,Ontario based 13th Street Winery was there to showcase some complimentary wines. We had the chance to taste both their Red Palette and White Palette wine blends and I definitely favoured the reds of course! On its own or with the amazing food served I would definitely feel comfortable taking a bottle of either to a dinner party or gifting to a friend or colleague.

An amazing evening of Feast and Festa put on by Michael and his crew!

Some wonderful biscotti and bags of treats went home with us all to further tantilize our tastebuds some more!

Louise Prete Foods offers their Sugo Pomodoro e Basilico pasta sauce at many retail stores. They also offer prepared meals, catering, and delivery! So you can get your Louise Prete fix without leaving the comfort of your home!

http://www.louiseprete.com/shop.html

Check out a great feature on CBC featuring Michael Malleau and other start-up entrepreneurs Self-Employment on CBC

13th Street Winery

Many fabulous locations carry the wines of the 13th Street Winery and here is the link for Toronto and many more!

Book your private group tasting at the 13th Street Winery. Call 905-984-8463 or Email Ruth Peters at events@13thstreetwinery.com