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“I used to literally dream of Nova Scotia, its mouldering sea-stink and incessant damp, its buildings hunched like a linebacker's shoulders against the elements, its people with their mishmash of enterprise, humanity, and grit.”

Book:The Long Way Home: A Personal History of Nova Scotia

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“Donairs are a Halifax specialty. Some residents contend this is Nova Scotia’s official food. Aficionados spend a great deal of time discussing the nuances of the dish, thin slices of spiced beef on a warm pita, sprinkled with diced onion and tomato, and swimming in a sweet, garlicky sauce. Or so I’ve been told.”

Nova Scotia

Book:Hung Out to Die

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“The final course of the meal is blueberry grunt, a traditional Nova Scotia dessert that faintly resembles a cobbler, but gets prepared on the stovetop. “It’s said,” Raynes tells us as we dive in, “that you can hear the blueberries grunt as the steam rises from the biscuits.” “I don’t know about the blueberries, but I can hear my husband grunting with delight.”

Nova Scotia

Book:Hung Out to Die

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“For a while, it had seemed that Rankin’s, like many family-owned stores in rural Nova Scotia, was doomed to be swept away by the Walmarts and progress. But then we noticed how people from away valued our traditional handcrafts. That led me to set up a retail space in the store’s underused upstairs. We call it Gasper’s Cove Crafters: A Community Co-op, a place where anyone in the community who made things (which described most of us) could sell on consignment.”

Nova Scotia

Book:Crafting an Alibi

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“I went over to the pantry and found a box of Morse’s Tea, the official consolation beverage of Nova Scotia since 1870. I picked up the kettle and filled it at the deep, stainless-steel, industrial-sized sink. While I waited for the water to boil, I found a tin of shortbread and put enough for four people onto a plate. Emotional breakdowns are no time to be skimpy with baked goods.”

Nova Scotia

Book:Crafting a Cold Case

Source: Crafting a Cold Case

“Some of us are made to have our palates cleansed. And others of us are born to wipe donair sauce from our chins.”

Nova Scotia

Book:Crafting a Cold Case

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