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Royal Winter Cows

Posted in !!!Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The Royal Winter Fair came to Toronto a few weeks back – even Prince Charles flew into town for a quick appearance.  Dana and I were the other Royalty that got to visit the fair. I don`t think I`ve gone to the fair before – if I did it was as a small child.  I [...]

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2800% Markup in your grocery store?

Posted in !!!Uncategorized on November 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I have spent a lot of time buying food – it’s something I adore.  I don’t mind spending 2 or 3 hours shopping for a single meal when I have the time (less and less these days).  I thought I had a pretty good idea of the lay of the land, so to speak.  I [...]

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La Cucina – Regional Cooking of Italy

Posted in !!!Uncategorized on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I love cookbooks.  I rarely follow recipes.  It’s a contradiction I’m working on resolving but it’s been this way as long as I remember. We have had the recent privilege of being spoiled on Italian cuisine several times through a friend (who is also a client of Dana’s in the spirit of full disclosure) and [...]

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Paella Party – Recipes that sing and type

Posted in !!!Uncategorized on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It’s Friday and a Thanksgiving long weekend for many of you (we’re working in Canada today as our Thanksgiving is in October) and I thought a post on the lighter side was in order. I was hoping to find some kinetic typing videos of Food, Inc or another food movie – instead I found a [...]

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Guess who’s coming to town?

Posted in !!!Uncategorized on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

He’ll be checking his list and checking it twice, he’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice…  That’s right!  Thomas Keller is coming to Toronto (you weren’t thinking about someone else now were you? For those who don’t recognize the name, Keller is one of the top chefs in the world.  He owns multiple restaurants [...]

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Beau’s Beer… More than just a pretty face

Posted in Beer and Craft Beer on November 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ll admit it was the packaging that stopped me in the aisle – a Canadian Craft Beer with phenomenal packaging stands out from it’s peers.  There are many that are fairly good and others that are even very good – but there are few that are this pretty: We ran into the fine folks at [...]

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New Feature – “Cheap” Tuesday Gourmet

Posted in Special Series, tagged on November 24, 2009 | 12 Comments »

Dana and I have had a lot of discussions about the state of food and the many movements (formal and informal) that are trying to change it  – organic, local, vegan, raw, 100 mile, 250 mile, guerrilla, CSA, non-profit, full-profit, community-based, industrial, pro-food, pro-biotic, genetically modified, antibiotic, antibiotic-free and more.  There are a lot of [...]

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Romanesco Broccoli Cauliflower – a fractal vegetable

Posted in Vegetables on November 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Although there seems to be debate on the internet whether the Romenesco is a broccoli, cauliflower or a hybrid of the two, I have always been told it was a cauliflower.  Regardless of it’s origins, I am thrilled whenever I see them in the market and think that they could possibly be the coolest vegetable [...]

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No Knead Bread – step-by-step

Posted in Baking, Doughs and Pasta on November 22, 2009 | 9 Comments »

We made our second loaf of no-knead bread this weekend – thought it would be a good idea to see if we could repeat our initial success before sharing the technique after all..  Our results? I added a dusting of flour as the loaf went in the oven, scattered some seasalt on it and cut [...]

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Beer Wars

Posted in Beer and Craft Beer on November 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »

It’s been quite a while since we’ve had a beer post – as winter sets in there will be more evenings at home and we’ll be sampling more than ever and enjoying a collection of cellared beer that we’ve collected over the summer. In the mean time, there’s Beer Wars – a movie about the [...]

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