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What’s happening in Canada this fall?

Fall Flavours, PEI

They definitely got the name right. Fall Flavours Prince Edward Island offers a six-day crash course in the culinary best of the island. Barrels of swaying golden sunflowers reach up to greet you as you make your way into Charlottetown (100 barrels lined the main entryways for last year’s event) before you settle in for a smorgasbord of unique outings and experiences: wine tastings, harvest meals and VIP receptions featuring celebrity chef and festival host Michael Smith of Food Network fame (“Chef Abroad”). See for yourself when the festival returns for its second run this fall (’09).

Here, three ways to make the visit even more memorable:

  1. Get your hands dirty: Learn to make chocolates in Victoria-by-the-Sea with Emma and Eric. Try your hand digging for clams in the famous red muck of the island. Or settle in for a potato harvest supper with three generations of the Docherty clan at Skye View Farms.
     
  2. Eat local: Gala by the Sea joins top chefs, island ingredients and a beautiful setting. Events throughout the week are equally delicious: Slip in for sausage and salad at the Island Barbecue at The Merchantman Pub in Charlottetown. Local butcher Marty Taylor’s meats are paired with chef Shirleen Peardon’s sides for a mouth-watering experience. One taste of the lamb sausage with the house-made honey mustard, and you’ll want to do like the Hungarian couple in the back and make plans to take some home.
     
  3. Revive your spirit(s): Moonshine—that down-home drink that islanders used to make secretly in the back of the house in the middle of the night—is now legally distilled in PEI. Toast those early pioneers with a shot of “Strait Shine” or brave “Strait Lightning” (75% alcohol), with an island tradition that dates back over 100 years.

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