''Summer's Best'' is a

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hosted by

Julie Zwillich Julie Zwillich ( ) is a Canadian and American television personality. She is the host of Food Network Canada's '' Summer's Best'' and CBC's '' Surprise! It's Edible Incredible!'' She became a television personality in 1997 with the debut of '' ...

travels around vacation country in

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visiting local artisans and preparing seasonal recipes at high-end vacation homes. Every episode revolves around a local ingredient(s) and the activities in the area. Many of the episodes involve barbecuing and outdoor dining. Since much of "cottage country" exists near lakes, water sports such as

water skiing Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski. The sport requires suffici ...

wakeboarding Wakeboarding is a water sport in which the rider, standing on a wakeboard (a board with foot bindings), is towed behind a motorboat across its wake and especially up off the crest in order to perform aerial maneuvers. A hallmark of wakeboardin ...

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' ( sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' ( iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chose ...

cliff jumping Cliff jumping is jumping off a cliff as a form of sport. When done without equipment, it may be also known as tombstoning. It forms part of the sport of coastal exploration or "coasteering". When performed with a parachute, it is known as BASE ju ...

and

snorkeling Snorkeling ( British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters ...

are often featured. Summer's Best was created and produced by Tony Armstrong for Cottage Life Television.

External links

Summer's Best at foodtv.ca
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