This time of year, is very busy for those of us in the Service Industry. When we are working long days, late nights, and 7 day weeks, we don’t always have time to shop for gifts or entertain. Even for those not in the Service Industry, it’s a hectic ti… Read more »

Remember those crafts you made as a kid, or your kids made for you each year around the holidays? The macaroni tree ornaments and paper chain garlands, the finger paintings and construction paper cards that you gaze at nostalgically each year. Though t… Read more »

The season of holiday entertaining is approaching steadily and we want to make sure you’re ready with impressive holiday appetizers that can go from freezer to oven to table in under an hour and a few recipes up your sleeve for bits and bites that take… Read more »

Like everyone around this joyous but often expensive time of year, we are watching our dollars and cents and working hard to stretch them in every way we can. One of our favourite and most creative hacks for stretching a buck is, of course, with our Re… Read more »

November is the month when we at the Red Apron get a bit of a break between our two busiest times of the year – Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s a month where we might still be enjoying some of the harvest, before all of our farmers wind things down fo… Read more »

Are you ready to take your favourite ghouls and goblins out for trick-or-treating tomorrow night? We hope you’ll come for a visit at The Red Apron – we’ve got a few fun things in store for our spooky friends that visit the shop as well as meal ideas fo… Read more »

Every market is brimming with squash right now but aside from Butternut and Acorn squash, many of us are perplexed at what to do with all those uniquely shaped and colourful squash varieties available to buy. Well, wonder no more – consider us your squ… Read more »

Whenever we’re feeling fatigued with our dinner options, we look to the pile of cookbooks collecting dust on the shelves and it tends to re-invigorate and inspire us to get creative in the kitchen again. From seeing an ingredient used in a new and exci… Read more »

It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is here already! Whether it was the long, scorching summer or the fact that Thanksgiving comes a bit early this year, we can’t believe we’re well into fall and the holiday season has begun. We’ll take any chance we can… Read more »

For six weeks in September and October, our Thursday’s ‘Dinner in the Bag’ will be created using ingredients sourced from local farmers and producers located within 100 miles of the store. This is a considerable challenge as ingredients like rice, most… Read more »