jus de fruit champion

• Beyond Golf and Green Gables

There are only a few dedicated oyster bars on P.E.I., surprising because the island's Malpeque oysters have a long history of high quality -- they were voted "World's Best Oyster" at the 1900 Paris Exhibition. For heaven on a half-shell in Charlottetown, there is Claddagh Oyster Bar and on the waterfront in Stanley Bridge, Carr's Lobster Pound shucks a mean bivalve. Around the island, fish and chips such as those served at Rick's in St. Peters are never far away. Windows on the Water in Montague creates local cuisine and award-winning chowder on a deck at the east end of the island for a reasonable tab. And then there are the lobster suppers at restaurants or in churches -- watch for signs. If you're looking to assemble a picnic or shop for groceries to cook in your lodgings, don't miss...

... range, which includes delicious premium fruit wines, it's best to head to the source. Surrounded... Bil, three-time Canadian oyster shucking champion, offers a quick course called Shucking 101. Activi...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 19, 2009