This recipe was derived from my sister Nancy’s friend Cristen Sirignano-Irving from Connecticut. Nancy had taken on this recipe and made it a part of her Easter tradition and the recipe has since traveled to Canada and has become a part of the family brunch.

It’s the Thursday before Easter and I have promised to make the traditional cheese crostada my mother makes for Easter brunch. It occurs to me as I’m out running errands that I had better pick up the ricotta cheese because everything will be closed tomorrow. I stopped at International Cheese a few blocks from my house and see a line-up around the block, mostly Italian men sent to purchase the coveted fresh cheese required at any good Italian’s Easter table. The cheese will be made into sweet and savoury tarts, put in soups and eaten fresh and unadorned. I circled the block trying to decide if I want to take the time to wait in the line. I decide

Here are some lovely hot cross buns I made to bring to “la famiglia” for Easter this year.  I love making bread-y things, watching the magic of rising bread and that delicious earthy smell of yeast. I was a bit distracted while I was making these and added a tiny bit too much flour, serves [...]

Forget your Zaidy’s Manischewitz, modern wine producers are making Kosher wines that can hold their own at any dinnner table.

Brewers Plate is a delicious collaborative effort between Green Enterprise Toronto (GET), Slow Food Toronto and Local Food Plus (LFP) who work to promote local-sustainable food and farming. The event takes place Friday April 17 at the University of Toronto’s Hart House and pairs locally made beers with gourmet dishes, all made from local ingredients.

Lifford Wine Agency is hosting the third annual wine event for lupus research. Lupus is a life-threatening auto immune disorder that affects 15,000 Canadians. Lupus is difficult to diagnose, effects ten times more women then men, and currently there is no cure. The Ladies’ Night fundraiser takes place on the evening of Thursday April 16th, [...]