I recently received a gift box from a lovely Toronto spice store. The pretty salt box is a collection of eight gourmet salts from around the globe – que chic from a shop called The Spice Traders. I wanted to know more. Where was this lovely spice store? Who were these kindred spirits who brought …
Feed Me…I’m Hungry authors Irene Swedak, Sunita Mohan, and Christine Sachse are registered holistic nutritional consultants (as well as parents) and the masterminds behind a new cookbook geared at getting the fussiest eater in the bunch to try something new. They also manage to demystify some parental concerns regarding your picky eater. Here’s my interview …
Food made while camping has taken a bad hit on it’s reputation over the years as being bland, basic calories that gives the energy to keep going forward. To be truthful, camp cooking is not supposed to be a gourmet meal at a five-star restaurant, but that does not necessarily mean that an ingenious camp …
When I heard that a distinguished panel of food industry insiders, including venerable food writer Marion Kane would be speaking at the University of Toronto on a “You Are Where You Eat” panel, I was intrigued. Cooking school founder, cookbook author and TV host Bonnie Stern was present as was celebrated chef Mark McEwan (of …
If you can’t find bok choy in your local supermarket, you can buy it at an Asian supermarket. I prefer to use thin egg noodles for this chicken noodle soup, but feel free to substitute wider noodles or your favorite Chinese egg noodles. Serve this chicken noodle soup with some homemade whole wheat bread and …