On the 25th someone said to me “only one month till Christmas!” Eee gads – it’s started already! Has the holiday season crept up and are you frantically trying to get everything done, already? Or are you like me and just sweating about how to get stuff done knowing you have no time for [...]

This is the cave where Ruth ages her cheeses, where the true magic takes place. A cheese may receive a different wash, a few herbs or left to age for 9 months – each process yields a unique cheese from the same ingredients. The humid environment and temperature are integral to the results.

Ruth Klahsen, artisan cheese maker of Montforte dairy invited me to make cheese with her last week. I ended up bringing a camera crew with me to capture the event on film (watch for a video on canadianliving.com where you can meet her and her delicious cheese!)

What features obscene amounts of chocolate and couture fashion? The third annual Cadbury Chocolate Couture Collection Fashion Show at the Carlu! Chocolate you say? Couture you say? Fashion you say? How does this all come together? Well - you take a bunch of top designers (the likes of Franco Mirabelli), the chocolatier Jen Stone, a [...]

In the test kitchen we are always being sent products to give a whirl, see what we think and inspire ideas. This week Shasha Bread Company dropped off a couple of loaves of bread (the Athletes Multigrain is a new product) and a stash of their ginger snaps.
I sincerely hope all of you have tried [...]

I attended the tourism Vancouver event at the Gladstone Hotel and was treated by Glowbal Foods to a delicious appetizer of sweet potato ravioli with a whole beautifully fresh seared scallop on top, it was so sweet and delicious. I went back for more, which the chefs gladly fed me all night because I was [...]

Q. What part of the pomegranate do you eat?
A.
You eat the arils. These are the little ruby red pods with a nutty seed in the centre. Eat the whole aril including the seed.
Q. How do I open a pomegranate?
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Method1
To get at the fruit some people like to score the outside, submerge the fruit into [...]

I have seen my first Pomegranates, the season has begun! I remember when the pomegranate was an odd foreign creature to the apple and orange palette of the western world predominantly used as a festive centrepiece. In 2004 I threw a very fancy re-launch party for a Persian carpet company in their elegant loft showroom [...]