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Prairie Oils & Vinegars is proud to stock a unique, made in Manitoba product: Birch Syrup from the Canadian Birch Company. This Canadian company brings you distinct flavours from the land we live on by making gourmet birch syrup. The making and use of birch syrup can be traced back hundreds of years to Canada's First Nations people, but larger-scale production and its use as a gourmet culinary product are relatively new developments. This is in part due to the difficulties of birch syrup production, including the high volume of sap required to produce syrup - an average of 120:1...

Did you get your vacation this winter? Where did you go? If you are--or would like to be--a world traveller, where would you LIKE to go someday?Would you like to go to Italy? To California? To Spain? To British Columbia? We can take you there, right in the comfort of our little store. Educational and enjoyable, there is nothing quite like sampling different foods and condiments from around the world. Different cultures and climates produce a diverse range of products that we at Prairie Oils simply can't resist. We are always on the hunt for the unique, the flavourful, and the...

Peter Fehr is a culinary innovator, entrepreneur, and the creator of Gourmet Inspirations. Peter's culinary roots found their grounding on his family farm in southern Manitoba where days were spent immersed in the garden, handling fresh, hearty ingredients, and naturally in the kitchen cooking for family and friends.  Each sauce has been carefully tested and crafted by Peter Fehr using wholesome Canadian ingredients - always local where possible - and free of preservatives. Gourmet Inspirations was established in 2013 with the purpose and goal of creating gourmet, specialty food products that are versatile, convenient and easy to use. Gourmet Inspirations currently...

February was Valentine’s Day so we felt is was the perfect time to have an Everything Chocolate event. So glad Helen and Sherry from Decadence Chocolates came out and showed us how to make chocolates in a mold, spicy salted caramel sauce and chocolate ganache that we turned into truffles. Chocolatier Helen Staines also passed on her vast wisdom of the chocolate world and how to properly taste chocolate. The bonus was we got to sample the delicious chocolates she made using the cayenne oil in the salted caramel that she piped into the chocolate molds. Then she used mango...

March is one of those months where the sun feels like summer and the wind feels like winter, and probably one of my least favorite months… BUT what I keep repeating in my head -- one step into March is one step closer to SUMMER! The Winkler gals were busy during February, helping our customers celebrate the day of love, stocking up on our new 'plain' White Balsamic (it's called Bianco White Balsamic, which is kind of redundant, but you’ve gotta try it!), and helping new customers dip into some of our delicious recipes with a private tasting! A mom's group...

We felt so supported on Jan. 27 as we celebrated our incredible customers. From delicious appetizers, deals on oils and vinegars, and scrumptious cinnamon buns from The Olive Tree, we hope you enjoyed our Customer Appreciation Day as much as we did! Also, if you haven’t tried The Olive Tree’s cinnamon buns, you MUST – they are incredible! Congratulations to Della Friesen who won our $100 prize pack! Our amazing customers even go out of their way to share with us the wonderful ways they've been cooking. Just this week, a customer gave us a very interesting baking tip. She said growing up her...

Customer Appreciation Day was a success because of all our amazing customers! We really appreciate everyone that came out to help us celebrate 5 years in business! What stole the show that day was certainly the food! My word! The Maple Baked Beans we cooked up were a hit with the crowd (find the recipe here). And Old Church Bakery did an amazing job with the Maple Pecan Sticky Buns and Saskatoon Buns using our Maple Balsamic and Blueberry Balsamic. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed them. It was neat to hear customers commenting that they were surprised how much they enjoyed the Saskatoon bun -...

January means New Year's resolutions for many of us. Whether you believe in resolutions or not, making healthy changes in our lives doesn't have to be so hard. And when you come to Prairie Oils & Vinegars, you are guaranteed to add health and FLAVOUR to your diet. Happy New Year, everyone!

365 new days, 365 new chances and opportunities to try a new recipe with your oils and vinegars! I just love the beginning of the year. A total fresh start, with new goals and dreams. As I wrote down some of my goals for 2018, I found myself jotting down “be more adventurous with my cooking." I think its time to put my go-to meal, Tuscan chicken, aside for a while, and try some recipes from our new Greece Cookbook! Maybe it's time to try making pastitsio? Or stop purchasing my hummus and try making it with our Garlic Olive...

Introducing new flavours and products at Prairie Oils & Vinegars! This Christmas, Santa's sleigh seems to have spilled over and we have so many new goodies to share with you, we had to give a whole news article devoted to introducing them to you. NEW Mint Agrumato Olive Oil - Aromatic, true-to-herb and oh so fresh! This all-natural, mint agrumato EVOO is produced by crushing the olives and mint leaves simultaneously in the same press without the use of any added essences. This process allows for the essential oils from the plant to harmonize with the oil from fresh Frantoio olives. The aroma...

November was a blur of excitement, gift packs and wonderful customers. We experienced Italy, we learnt how to say ‘Charcuterie’ (shahr-koo-tuh-ree) and brought out our beautiful Christmas gift packs at our annual event, Sneak Peek to Christmas! The evening was filled with bubbly customers looking to get their Christmas shopping done. Everyone got to taste some delicious appetizers from the cookbooks we feature in our store, like our amazingly sweet Apple Cider (made with our Cinnamon Pear Balsamic... you have to try it!). We partnered with our lovely next-door neighbours for this event, Pure Anada Cosmetics! And were able to feature...

With Christmas just around the corner, I know what you’re thinking... what am I going to serve the friends and family that will be visiting during the holidays?! Maybe you’re like me, and you always want to try something new, but nothing too crazy... If that’s the case – you would LOVE our Italian Cuisine Cooking Class that we’re hosting on Nov. 27! We will be exploring everything from classic Italian dishes, to delicious salads and desserts. Our class is filling up very fast – call to reserve your spot today! November is here - bearing all its snowy goodness,...