Eatdrink #67 September/October 2017 "The Decade Issue"
The Local Food & Drink Magazine Serving London, Stratford & Southwestern Ontario Since 2007
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Issue 23 • June/July 2010<br />
8 | <strong>September</strong>/<strong>October</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
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Publisher’s Notes<br />
Looking Back, Looking Forward<br />
By CHRIS McDONELL<br />
Ten years. One decade. At the risk<br />
of being too self-congratulatory,<br />
this sounds quite monumental.<br />
<strong>The</strong> reality, of course, is that this<br />
achievement for a small independent magazine<br />
is made up of thousands of seemingly trivial<br />
or insignificant individual moments. Each one<br />
of those actions, on its own, did not resonate<br />
loudly at the time. <strong>The</strong>re was no dramatic event<br />
that marked a turning point, no grand gesture<br />
that changed everything, pointed us to a path<br />
for success, made a crucial difference to the<br />
business of publishing a magazine. It is also<br />
plain to me that this milestone has come only<br />
and entirely through the substance of those<br />
moments, and I would like to employ hindsight<br />
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HITTING the<br />
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Al Fresco Life<br />
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Issue Ten • Early Summer 2008<br />
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FEATurING<br />
Pan Tapas<br />
in Stratford<br />
Harvest Bakery<br />
in St. Marys<br />
Thyme on 21<br />
in Goderich<br />
literally flying the flag for their charming<br />
Woolfy’s outside St. Marys (they moved into<br />
town and now preside over Little Reds) shows<br />
pride and a celebratory attitude I love.<br />
Issue #10 speaks of the value of real food,<br />
locally grown, in season. Farmers need to be<br />
appreciated. <strong>The</strong>se are values that <strong>Eatdrink</strong><br />
always tries to uphold and promote. I am grateful<br />
that those sentiments are now so popular.<br />
Issue #21 offers an unusual view of London’s<br />
Black Trumpet. Sophistication, ambiance,<br />
presentation and design are also important,<br />
and when the food is equally impressive, we<br />
celebrate that. I also like that, at first glance,<br />
the reader is not certain of what they are<br />
looking at. Intrigue and surprise are good.<br />
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#10 — June/July 2008 #21 — June/July 2010 #31 — Sept/Oct 2011 #36 — July/Aug 2012<br />
to celebrate some of them at this time of<br />
reflection. First, however, I want to explain the<br />
array of magazine covers across this page.<br />
Today, the number one question I get is<br />
“How do we get on the cover?” I understand<br />
that. <strong>The</strong>re is, unfortunately, no simple<br />
answer. I asked our writers to focus on “ten”<br />
in this issue, and you will see the interesting<br />
results of that in the following pages. For<br />
my part, I resolved to pick my ten favourite<br />
covers. You must understand that I’ve been<br />
proud of each magazine, and I put every cover<br />
we’ve published on the front of this “<strong>Decade</strong><br />
Issue” for that reason. I’ve chosen my Top Ten<br />
as a way to discuss and illustrate what each of<br />
these covers represents for <strong>Eatdrink</strong>.<br />
Issue #3, with Chris and Mary Woolf<br />
Issue #31 shows Chefs Bronwyn and Aaron<br />
Linley at the door of their Bijou in Stratford<br />
(Bijou remains a Stratford gem under new<br />
ownership and the Linleys moved about a<br />
block away and operate Linleys: A Food Shop.)<br />
This issue marked the first real “redesign”<br />
of <strong>Eatdrink</strong> but I especially love the casual<br />
intimacy and the textures in this photo.<br />
Issue #36 was the first time we celebrated<br />
an <strong>Eatdrink</strong> anniversary, after five years. I like<br />
seeing proprietors in their business, and Rob<br />
D’Amico and Chef Dave Lamers in the front<br />
window of London’s Abruzzi remains one of my<br />
favourites. I was heartened to hear Rob extol<br />
Dave’s talents in a private conversation just last<br />
week. Partnerships are challenging and I’m glad<br />
to see “front of the house” and the “back of the