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36 | March/April 2019 eatdrink.ca |@eatdrinkmag Melissa White Soups Up!/Sticky Fingers, Sarnia Upon graduating from college, I wanted my own business. I created a business plan and opened Sticky Fingers in 2003. I started off small, as my belief is to grow when you know what sells. In 2010 I took over the unit beside Sticky Fingers and prepared to open Soups Up! The day that it was to open I was hospitalized. That same day a woman drove into our newly renovated building. We opened after rebuilding in December 2010. We have “Where Everyone Knows You’re Game” Year Round Restaurant & Bar Using the Best of Local Ingredients from Neighbouring Producers 72538 Hwy. 21, Zurich ON 519-236-4030 whitesquirrelgolfclub.com Melissa White since moved to 1143 Confederation Street, are busier than ever, and planning an expansion. We provide a large selection of homemade soups, kaisers and cinnaminis to our walk-in customers and through on-line ordering. We also have a catering business. From day one I have played a key role in all aspects of the café, from business plans to mopping floors as well as the catering business. Being my own boss and being creative are satisfying. Fighting for every dollar I make, I appreciate it more. Many times, I wanted to give up! People doubt you, so be tough and persevere. I am a people pleaser which is an advantage and a disadvantage. It upsets me when someone isn’t happy, but it has made me stronger and the business better by improving our ways. I have been nominated for and won several awards for “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” and “Outstanding Business of the Year”. Thank you to family, staff and customers. NANCY LOUCKS-MCSLOY is a freelance writer who loves cooking and entertaining. Her work has appeared in Eatdrink and many other publications. Grand Bend’s Annual Art, Culinary & Music Tour MAY 3,4 & 5 OVER 24 LOCATIONS GRANDBENDSTUDIOTOUR.COM
eatdrink: The Local Food & Drink Magazine Beer If You Love It, Do It Women in Beer by GEORGE MACKE March/April 2019 | 37 First, there was water and grain. In the kitchens of ancient Egypt and Iraq, women knew exactly what to do. Make beer. A lot has changed in the 4,000 years since, but thanks to the craft beer revolution we’ve come full circle on at least one thing. Women in beer no longer means sexualization in advertising. It means brewing, bottling, and innovative marketing. Diana Salazar, head brewer at Forked River Brewing in London since 2015, took an international route. When the bartending classes she was taking in her native Colombia led to a microbrewery tour, she became focused on getting involved beyond serving. Salazar started searching for post-secondary brewing programs and landed at Niagara College. While her graduating year creation at Niagara was a wheat beer flavoured with tamarillo, Salazar’s personal taste in beer shifts frequently and now centres on IPAs instead of Scottish ales. “Women drink everything,” she said. That’s true, but differences are noted at craft beer festivals, often a person’s first experience with sampling the plethora of craft beers available. A man is more likely to ask to try a craft beer “like the big beer I’ve been drinking” while a woman might spy a fruit beer and start exploring from there. “It has more to do with beer knowledge than gender,” said Emily Ramsey, who works in post-fermentation (the position is called “cellarman” in some breweries) at Forked River. Ramsey, who learned on the job at Great Lakes Brewery in Toronto, said the image of craft breweries being workplaces for young, white males has changed a lot, thanks to groups and advocates such as the Society of Beer Drinking Ladies, the Pink Boots Society, and Queen of Craft. And Salazar notes Niagara College’s brewing program reserves three spots per semester for women. Craft brewery taprooms are not your grandmother’s ladies and escorts rooms. They’re community centres, with everything from beer yoga classes at Anderson Craft Ales in London to paint nights, trivia contests, and board games at various breweries. At Black Swan Brewing in Stratford, retail, brewery and social media assistant Post-fermentation worker Emily Ramsey, left, and head brewer Diana Salazar of Forked River Brewing in London are among the women playing key roles in the craft beer industry.
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