Well Preserved

I love picking up simple tips and tricks in the kitchen.  I especially love tricks when they are unexpected. When it came to scoring meat or vegetables I’ll admit I had thought I stopped learning.  My progression went from being oblivious to the importance of scoring these things to the feeling of instant mastery.  Once [...]

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If you`re looking for the giveaway or the details on how to join a bunch of people at a great, affordable event in Toronto, check out the details at the bottom of this post. We received an unexpected email a few weeks back which introduced us to a theater company which is located less than [...]

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There are several keys to fantastic gnocchi but there is one tip that’s more important than any other: use too much water – when you boil the potatoes and again when you boil the gnocchi.  By too much I actually mean to use a ridiculous amount of water. Most of is will recall times when [...]

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Recently we’ve shared our reasons that winter is a great time to preserve as well as announced a preserve swap in Toronto as our next event.  With those things in mind, we thought it made great sense to do a roundup of some of the great winter recipes we’ve found from friends and other strangers online.  [...]

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A lot of people think that winter is a bad time to preserve.  It’s my experience that it’s actually an excellent time to do so – here’s my top 10 reasons on why I’ve come to that conclusion (in no particular order): Waterbath canning can make your house warmer and more humid.  Anyone who has [...]

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HomeEc #1 (Bring Your Own Bar Snacks) was an awesome night! More than 30 people showed up (despite the first real snowstorm of the season) with food through the evening.  There were some awesome tastes and everyone met new people.  Sharing went beyond the plates and included some great conversation, recipe exchanges and just a [...]

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We quietly announced the theme for February’s #HomeEc last night: Preserve Swap.  If you’ve never preserved before, don’t be intimidated – there’s lots of time and we’ll be posting Winter Preserving Recipes for a few days (starting on Thursday).  If you’ve never preserved before, now’s a great time to learn!  This is also an invite [...]

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It was way back in 2009 that we noticed certain items in the grocery store were 2,900% more expensive on the store shelves as compared to the same product offered in bulk at the same store.  We shop  whole lot more in bulk now than we did back then. As much as I enjoy bulk, [...]

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If you’re looking for a gluten-free corn-based version of this, click here. I dislike cleaning my kitchen.  I’ve found that making Tortillas is an awesome distraction from that task – much of the ‘work’ in making tortillas is hands off so I start a batch while I’m cleaning the kitchen and both chores end at [...]

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We`re getting ready for HomeEc at the Avro (tomorrow night); time to throw together some bar snacks.  I am so thrilled with how these turned out: Before sharing the recipe, a note about the heat.  We used our homemade dehydrated roasted jalapenos.  We turn them into a powder before adding them to the nuts.  These [...]

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