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Holiday Gift Suggestions for Food Lovers
From the practical to the sublime, holiday shopping for the gourmand or home cook made easy- no matter where you live (the age of online shopping and shipping!).
C Food - Sustainable Surf and Turf Cookbook
Vancouver's proximity to ocean, forest and valleys has given Chef Robert Clark a bounty from which to create. He's distilled that into his cookbook- C FOOD.
Culinary Walking Tour of Florence, Italy
When in Rome or in this case Florence, the savvy food-enthusiast would be wise to call upon the trusted expertise of the most generous and jovial food-expert in Florence!
Apple Nog Recipe and No-Stress Entertaining Tips
Keeping it simple - one of Nadine Hughes' sure-fire ways to celebrate any time of the year without losing it. Here, she offers her signature cocktail too, the Apple Nog.
Festive Spanish Sangria Recipe
This Spanish Sangria recipe is balanced, vibrant and not cloying in the least. Enjoy with your favourite people and let the fiesta begin!
Argentinean Wines Popular in Canada
Canadians have helped make Argentinean wines a favourite import. Federico Boxaca of Familia Schroeder Winery tells us why.
Canadian Culinary Book Awards
Canada's food writers and cookbook authors shine at the 12th Annual Canadian Culinary Book Awards.
Interview with a Cheesemaker
Upper Canada Cheese in the Niagara region makes some of the best cheese around. Now you get to meet the person responsible for ensuring it statys that way.
How to Make Vegan Waffles
Isa Chandra Moskowitz offers up a spate of well thought out brunch menus that are as good for you as they are to eat! Here's one that can't be missed!
Picnic at the Brickworks 2009
This year's "Saving Diversity" theme gave the proceedings a decidedly delicious global flair with some of the best restaurants in the region representing.
Easy Appetizer Recipes
Crab and Blue Cheese Bundles and Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls are two party favourites. Like the recipes say- double the amounts because these are popular!
New Fall Cookbooks for your Kitchens
Some of the tastiest titles the fall has to offer from the bookshelf to your kitchen counter.
Time Saving Thanksgiving Tips
How to make Thanksgiving Dinner more fun and less headache with Angela Tunner- the Renaissance Gourmet.
Gourmet Chips and Snack Foods
From crisps or chips to poppadoms and nuts, the UK's Phileas Fogg delivers a world of flavour in every foil packet minus the MSG, trans fats and needless artifice.
The Go-To Cookie
THE go-to cookie when you feel "emotional" as Erin Bolger would say, and you don't know why. Ideal for private snacking or sharing when you're in the mood.
The Happy Baker Cookbook
Erin Bolger's The Happy Baker cookbook is a fun and funny romp through one single gal's dating ups, downs and the desserts that comfort her. Plus the recipes are fab!
Adult Ice Cream Desserts
Two quick, easy ways to dress up dessert in no time - suitable for adults with a few modifications, also perfect for kids!
Interview with Fully Loaded Tea Founder
How two Siberian sisters decided that Canada needed unpretentious, premium teas called Fully Loaded Tea. They're about to hit the US market too and the Emmy Awards!
How Tired Parents Can Entertain
Busy mom, writer, cook, teacher and inspiration to every tired parent, Nadine Hughes, gives us the inside track on parent entertaining.
How to Grill the Perfect Steak
A recent lakeside luncheon in Ontario's Muskoka region netted guests a glorious meal in a perfect setting as well as practical tips for any griller.
Fresh-N Pouches
The non-toxic way to absorb odours around the home, in your car and even your shoes brought to you by one entrepreneur based in B.C.
Mango Cream Pie Recipe
Nettie Cronish- Canada's vegetarian food guru- shares her ultimate summertime party dessert- the Mango Cream Pie for anyone who loves flavourful food!
La Chamba Cookware
Near the Magdalena River basin, local women still make clay cookware the way it was made 700 years ago. And it's still as good for you today, as it was for our ancestors.
Bee Colony Collapse and Other Ailments
An interview with fifth generation beekeeper Ryan Lieuallen from Honey Ridge Farms about what ails bees today and what can be done to stop it.
Interview with Emily Richards
Maple Leaf's Prime Chicken offerings is one way that Canadian home economist Emily Richards suggests you gather your family around the table for home cooked meals.