Profile of Karl Wells

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• Joey's chef
  "I suppose you thought I'd be a big fat fella," said the slim octogenarian as he rose to shake my hand. I told him that wasn't the case. Most ...
• This little piggy went to market
  The canvas tops on the stalls outside the market buildings flap in the wind that blows through Front Street. It's early Saturday morning and ...
• Clowning around?
  They work together seamlessly. Scarce words are spoken between them. Each plays a specific role in creating the rainbow-coloured clown, a ...
• A dining adventure with Ambrose Price
  When Ambrose Price walks into a room heads turn. Aware of his effect, this son of Fortune, Newfoundland believes heads pivot because he's being ...
• Haute Oil
  Gore Vidal, author, and one of my favourite American raconteurs, lived for many years on Italy's Amalfi coast in a place called Ravello. His ...
• Casserole tricentennial
  Mac 'n' Cheese Day at the work canteen was the day I looked forward to most, when I had a regular job. It didn't take long for cook to run out on ...
• Soup's On
  "The Cellar Restaurant is here because Rev. Kelly Hudson of George Street Church is a friend and because this is a good cause," said Chef Chris ...
• Savour - the food, the wine, the event
  Hungry? How about some plump sautÉed shrimp with white wine in a vol au vent, followed by traditional salt cod croquettes and then a piece of ...
• By the book
  I was at Carnell's Funeral Home the other day, eating chocolates with a good friend and talking about how much her mom loved food. Her mom was ...
• Rare Treat
  I had wanted to taste Patagonian toothfish (a.k.a. Chilean sea bass) ever since reading "Garlic and Sapphires" by Ruth Reichl. The book is ...
• Not your average meat and potatoes
  CafÉ Wedgwood 17 Elizabeth Ave. Phone 726-1860 I was hopeful as I walked toward the main entrance of CafÉ Wedgwood. It was a bright day and I ...
• Out Front
  My dad made terrific seal flipper dinners. Before his passing in 1978, he was one of the volunteer cooks at the annualxWesleyxUnited Church seal ...
• Luscious lessons
  According to David Lewis, the assistant deputy minister of Fisheries and Aqua-culture, Newfound-land and Labrador is the biggest producer of ...
• A culinary celebration
  Dining out - "Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!" George M. Cohan Over 400 ...
• Tea time
  My friend Sheilagh called the other day. "We're having a Japanese tea party at the house. Babyface, you've got to come. You'll love it. Bye." How ...
• Wells liked
  Just before I sat down to write this column - revealing the much-anticipated Top 10 Restaurants of 2007 - I got a call from Canadian Press. The ...
• Christmas with Karl
  "'Miss Furlong, what shall I send you?' he asked. 'A wing or a slice of breast?'" - "Dubliners," by James Joyce Being in the media limelight in ...
• Lunch with a Master
  As he bent over the edge of the tree-lined canal, his knees sinking deeper into the soft new grass, he paused to admire the patterned shells of ...
• No. 1 in Canada
  Atlantica restaurant, in Portugal Cove, has been named the No. 1 new restaurant in Canada by EnRoute magazine. This marks the first time a ...
• Serving up Down Under flavours
  Tangled Up in Blue 5 Bates Hill Ph. 738-0008 "I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew Tangled up in blue." - Bob ...
• Hidden Treasure
  Fishers' Loft Inn Port Rexton Ph. 1-877-464-3240 I've just spent the past few weeks as tour guide for friends from England. I've always been ...
• Did you say musk ox?
  Roger Andrews would not tell me what he really said when he was told that musk ox would be an ingredient in the Canadian Chef of the Year ...
• From start to finish ...
  The Vault 291 Water St. Phone 738-5200 About 10 years ago, I heard CTV newsman and former Canada AM co-host Dan Matheson challenge Valerie ...
• Trial by candlelight
  In life, friends and family are most important. Then, for me, its good food, good music and good wine. When the latter are combined for an ...