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How to Keep Your Vegetables Colourful

January 19, 2010

So far so good on the weekly veggie post resolution. Spicy Green Beans and a pumpkin-based soup have kept me right on track and feeling all smug. This week? Well, it’s a bit selfish, but I decided to turn to the experts at Rouxbe Online Cooking School once again.  One of the biggest turn offs [...]

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Reader Question: How to Carve Poultry

December 11, 2009

Last week, after I posted a no-carve recipe for Apple Roast Chicken, I learned I’m not the only one who dreads slicing up a bird in front of guests. With Christmas racing towards us, I thought I should cover this issue sooner rather than later. However, words alone don’t do this sort of technique justice, [...]

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Rouxbe and Scrambled Eggs

October 30, 2009

Back in June, I asked you to give me your dinner dilemmas as part of the Dana’s Top Ten Table giveaway. And the cries of frustrations that echoed through the comments section bordered on deafening.  No time, out of ideas, fussy eaters and inconsistent results were common themes. While Dana provided many outstanding answers, we [...]

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My CTV Appearance

October 15, 2009

As promised, here is the video clip of my recent TV appearance. I’m talking to Kyle Christie (no relation) about two quick and easy apple recipes for the local CTV station and trying not to sever a finger with a brand-new, razor sharp peeler. Talking and removing the skin from an apple in the privacy [...]

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Out Out Damn Spam!

September 19, 2009

Thanks to Jill for suggesting I use this video! It sums up how I feel! My apologies to Shakespeare, Monty Python and you. Because of a recent spate of spam comments, I have activated the dreaded word verification function on my comments section. I hate to make it harder for you to post, but I [...]

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Eating Local – The US Version

July 24, 2009

A while ago I posted an eye-opening video about the realities of just how non-local most of our food has become. The video, produced by Hellmann’s mayonnaise, used Canadian statistics and references. While I’m not a mayo fan, their Eat Real Eat Local program makes sense since mayo and ripe tomatoes are a natural match [...]

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Do you eat local? Think again.

June 10, 2009

I don’t normally get on a soapbox but this video deserves 2 minutes and 46 seconds of your attention. It’s not funny. It’s not cute. It’s just very eye-opening. I saw a raw version of this video during the Hellman’s information session I attended a couple of weeks ago. During the viewing, I gasped out [...]

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Depression Era Cooking

April 16, 2009

I found out about this video from fellow food writer, Roz Cummins, who found it on Salon.com, who got it from Boing Boing who saw it on Clara’s website, which posted the video on YouTube. Apparently, everyone knows about Clara but me. In case you and I have been living under adjacent rocks, Clara is [...]

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Who Grooved my Cheese?

December 2, 2008

Why is this block of cheddar wearing ear buds? It’s listening to All You Need is Cheese, a series of podcasts about Canadian cheese. Fermented curd connoisseur, Ian Jones, criss-crosses our vast country talking to “artisans, experts and cheese lovers from coast to coast.” Whether you’re plugged in with iTunes or MP3s, you can catch [...]

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Gifts for Cooks — Rouxbe

November 28, 2008

Now that American Thanksgiving is over, I feel I can address Christmas without rushing things too much. Over the next few weeks I’ll be looking at gifts for people who love to cook. Now I realize that buying a suitable present for a fussy foodie can be harder than finding a parking spot at the [...]

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Happy Hallowe’en

October 31, 2008

I’ve never embraced the spooky side of Hallowe’en. Perhaps that’s because my mother always dressed me as a clown. That’s me as a 3-year-old Chuckles. Sorry it’s so grainy. It’s taken from a 40-plus-year-old roll of 8mm film. For my Hallowe’en post, I debated reviewing Vincent Price’s cookbook (out of print), showing a video of [...]

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