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Elbows Up
https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/temoignages/2026-08-20/negociations-commerciales/l-alcool-americain-ne-reviendra-pas-sur-mes-tablettes.php When the call to action came. The creed 'Elbow Up', the bourbon and reds came down off our shelves at GUS. In Gus' basement they remain. An expression of resistance and solidarity, similar to the De Derriere les fagots of the best wines during occupied France in WWII. I, like many of us, move through my days in markets and stores, and t
Gus resaurant
Aug 21


Fascism and Kitchens
https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opinions/2026-04-28/le-culte-du-chef.php
Gus resaurant
Apr 29
Thanksgiving, La Presse
https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/temoignages/2025-10-06/action-de-grace/celebrer-le-dur-labeur-avant-tout.php
Gus resaurant
Oct 6, 2025


The Taste of Hustle
https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/temoignages/2025-05-23/etoiles-michelin/le-gout-du-hustle.php
Gus resaurant
May 24, 2025


The Language and The Election
https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opinions/2025-04-16/le-francais-de-mark-carney-est-meilleur-que-le-mien.php
Gus resaurant
Apr 17, 2025
opinion piece - La Presse
https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/temoignages/2024-12-23/restaurateurs-et-nouveaux-medias/la-recette-que-seuls-mes-clients-et-moi-connaiss...
Gus resaurant
Dec 23, 2024
Mrs. and Mr. Claus' Menu
For about a dozen years now, I have cooked Christmas dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Claus. It is a small intimate affair, just the two of them,...
Gus resaurant
Dec 22, 2024
Love and Obedience (a Ronnie Atchison story)
I have always been suspicious of Friedrich Nietzsche, more now than when I was in school. Nietzsche was mad from syphilis by the age of...
Gus resaurant
Oct 15, 2023
A Butcher Shop Drama
In my hand, I’m holding chit #78. I’m at the back of a mosh-pit of shoppers, and the air of a large butcher shop is bellowing like an...
Gus resaurant
Feb 9, 2023
Distance: an examination of the distance between a client and a restaurant. (written in spring 2020)
The word ‘Distance’ has marked the year 2020. The ubiquitous 2-meter mantra has taken up more mental, social, and political space than so...
Gus resaurant
Feb 1, 2023
What is in a name?
What is in a name? I did not expect my name to change at the age of forty-three, but that is what happened. It was not a conscious...
D.A.Fergusson
Jan 25, 2023
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