Columnist: Arthur Black

As one cookivore to another…

Article By: Arthur Black - The ability to cook separates man from beast – and me from other men.  
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Me and Mustang Sally

Article By: Arthur Black - So I'm in an airport, standing at the rent-a-car counter, ready to pick up my pre-arranged, two-door, mid-size, no-name, probably grey, who cares sedan. I'm familiar with the drill. I cough up my driver's licence, credit card, name, address an...  
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Confessions of a carnivore

Article By: Arthur Black - Went to a huge lobster fest last week. Dozens of the bristly brutes had been express-airfreighted in from P.E.I. and boiled on the spot. Not surprisingly, the place was packed with enthusiastic diners armed with forks and pincers, drooling onto their bibs...  
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If you love the island, please don't come

Article By: Arthur Black - You've heard about our legendary Salt Spring sasquatch? Long ago, about the time white folks first came to the island, a pioneer woman went for a walk in the woods and never returned. All they found was her handkerchief. And some enormous footprints. When...  
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Does your love life really need help?

Article By: Arthur Black - Another merchandising cherry bomb has been dropped into the marketplace.  
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Bald is beautiful

Article By: Arthur Black - Big news for baldies out of Berlin last month: scientists claim male pattern baldness will be a thing of the past, possibly within 10 years. Canadian researcher Kevin McElwee, who holds a doctoral degree in hair biology (who knew?), told an international ...  
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