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5 Questions with Cathy Ireland
I spoke to Cathy Ireland just before mother’s day and there is no doubt where her passion for food comes from. It runs in both sides of her family and she inherited the gift from her parents. She cherishes childhood memories of learning to bake with her mother and learning to cook with her father. [...]
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5 Questions with Emily Richards
You might recognize one of our Canola Growers Cookie Contest runner-ups from Canadian Living Cooks -one of the first Food Network TV shows in Canada. Emily Richards, professional Home Economist, began her career at Canadian Living; it led her to the world of recipe development and writing cookbooks, among plenty of other things. The [...]
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Home Economists Bake Off in Cookie Contest
What does it take to win a cookie contest at a conference of home economists? Passion, creativity and determination of course! Second year Food and Nutrition student from Ryerson, Katie Brunke possesses all three traits; but it was her recipe for combining flavours reminiscent of one’s childhood, that secured her Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich [...]
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Spa at Home
This Sunday is Mother’s Day and as a mother and a daughter I get the best of both worlds. As a mother I get to enjoy the day with my boys, spoiled with the time I get to spend with them and as a daughter I get to celebrate my own mom. As a child [...]
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A Mother’s Day Treat
Did you know the best way to change someone’s mood or behaviour is through smell? The association of smell and emotion is not a new concept to us. How many times has the smell of something cooking led to memories of your mother in the kitchen? According to a study done by the Smell & [...]
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Small Changes Big Results
In my world I’m a strong believer that every little bit helps. Eventually all the small bits add up to a big something. When you are striving to make improvements with your diet, your exercise, your sleep habits, or anything in your life; I think it is important to make any tiny adjustment you can [...]
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A little bit of this…
Yalem showing us how much to use. Have you ever cooked with your grandma or someone who learned to cook at a really young age? It’s a little bit of this, a little bit of that, a dash of this and dash of that. I inherited my grandma’s cookbooks and I am shocked to see [...]
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10 Great Herb Tips
Chef MJ Feeke’s Pair It Up Parsley Sauce. How will you use it? As promised, here are my 10 Great Herb Tips: 1. For every 1 Tbsp of fresh herbs, you use 1 tsp of dry herbs. Dry herbs need to be steeped; they go in at the start of the cooking process while fresh [...]
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Herb Flavour Chart
As a follow up to my previous post about Fresh or Dry Herbs: What’s a cook to do? here is my personal herb flavour chart. I think it is always good to know what flavours all those fresh herbs go with, so here is my chart. FRESH HERBS TASTE DISH NOTES Basil Cross between licorice and [...]
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Fresh or Dry Herbs: what’s a cook to do?
Q: Can I use dried herbs instead of fresh in a recipe? A: Well, yes, but the truth is not really. I believe if the recipe calls for fresh herbs use them. The recipe was created, tested and tasted that way. It will be better with fresh. You are taking the time to make something [...]
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