Michael’s Dolce

Welcome to another October weekend roundup! Fall is showing itself across the National Capital Region and rain or shine, there’s plenty to do this long weekend.

Hungry Babe is a vegan prepared foods company that specializes in filling, yummy lunches for folks in Ottawa. They’re striving to be food positive and fat positive in the kitchen and out in the world.

If you’re anything like me, there are always a bunch of tiny bits and bobs that would be perfect to gift, but not worth the effort of wrapping up and putting under the tree. Conveniently, for those items, we have stockings. It’s always a joy to watch someone pull a bunch of tiny surprises from a giant sock.

If you’re looking to spice up your life a little, stop into Meow! That’s Hot and consider staying a while. They’d love to be your new local.

Michael’s Dolce products put a creative twist on a household staple. Pairing traditional ingredients and flavours in non-traditional ways, Michael begins with the basics and then turns them on their heads. Over the past five years, Sunderland has come up with many an incredible thing—from jams that taste like candy, to the champagne of marmalades, made with pink grapefruit.

Michael Sunderland is the creator of Michael’s Dolce, a local business that works alongside farmers across the province to produce the most desirable jams, syrups, and sriracha sauces you’ve yet to try. I first met Michael about a year ago while exploring the depths of a secret (shhh) ice cave, in Quebec. With a friendly extended […]