Food & Drink
Producer to Plate
Two generations ago, lobster was a poor man’s meal; today, lobster by-products have become the finest of foods. Baked. Boiled. Steamed. Creamed. If you’re an Atlantic Canadian, or if you have even a bit of salt water in your veins, you might associate those words with lobster. But what do you associate with the words oil, butter and caviar? The folks at Village Bay Seafood Products, in Richibucto, NB, are working hard to expand our lobster vocabulary. Village Bay is a family-run operati...




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