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Lidia Bastianich shares her favourite snack (and you’ll never guess what it is…)

One of the perks of my job is getting to meet some of my cooking idols, which is why I was so very excited to interview Lidia Bastianich  recently. She was in town to promote two new shows on TLN and...

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Emergency eats: How a meal plan saved my bacon in a crazy week

So, our basement flooded this week, which meant a two-day parade of people in HazMat suits through our 1,100-sq.ft. house. (It looked like an episode of Breaking Bad, minus Walt’s tighty whities.) The...

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Favourite kitchen gear: DIY foaming soap + the best foam soap pump

Sometimes, it’s simple things, even in the kitchen. There are two items on my kitchen counter that I wouldn’t be without, and neither of them have anything to do with cooking. cleanATTITUDE Lime &...

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Foodie documentary: Spinning Plates

Anyone who cooks has mulled the idea of running a restaurant of their own. But the transition from food fan to business owner can be a rocky one. So many eateries fail for so many reasons–location,...

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Of Kringles, Danish lunches and Christmas traditions

One of my favourite holiday traditions is attending the annual Danish lunch thrown by friends from my university days. Nicolle is proudly Danish (and husband Andrew is an honorary Dane) open their...

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3 holiday cocktail recipes to make with homemade soda

 If you’ve got a counter top soda maker, Toronto’s top bartender says that you have the perfect tool to create the ultimate holiday cocktail. BarChef mixologist  Frankie Solarik approach to cocktails...

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Susur Lee’s soda-marinated chicken recipe

What happens with you give a Iron Chef winner a chicken and a home soda machine? If the chef is Susur Lee, the results will be both unusual and utterly delicious. I recently met Lee at his namesake...

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Tried it: Walter All-Natural Caesar Mix

My husband and my dad are big fans of a good Caesar, so when a box of Walter All-Natural Craft Caesar Mix landed on my desk at work, I knew just the duo to take the mix for a taste test. Walter is a...

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31 days of deliciously easy budget-friendly dinner recipes

There’s something about the promise of a fresh new year that makes us all want to change things up and live just a little bit better than we did last year. I especially love the idea of resetting our...

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Why cauliflower is a great pick for top food trend for 2014

Once the end of the year lists wrap up, the new year brings a raft of predictions about the year to come. You can keep the horoscopes and colour wheels–I’m interested in what I’m going to be eating in...

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