Canadian Living at the Good Food Festival
The Good Food Festival is Canada’s largest celebration of home cooking and eating. The Festival is all about food! Explore what’s new in the world of ethnic cuisine, gourmet fare, natural foods, cooking ingredients, and expert advice. There will be fantastic food, product samples and entertaining, educational demonstrations. Come and meet the Canadian Living test [...]
Can You Change the Pan Size of a Recipe?
This weeks question comes from June who writes: I’m really enjoying your site. My question is in recipes that call for pan that are 8×8, and 9×9, can they be doubled to 9×13′s,and would the timing be any different? Thanks June
Brewers Plate Recipes Wrap Up: Devil’s Ale Chocolate Pie and Coffee Porter Braised Shortribs
Friday night was the Brewers Plate event promoting local food and breweries. The beer was flowing in the halls of Hart House paired with creative dishes from renown restaurants and celebrity chefs. Although it was a bit of a challenge to get to the food sampling with long line ups in the crowded venue, non [...]
Two Free Tickets to Red Cross Walks the Red Carpet at Blue Water Cafe & Raw Bar
The Canadian Red Cross and Blue Water Cafe will host the second annual Red Cross Red Carpet Soiree on Wednesday, May 6th. This year’s event marks the 100th year anniversary of the Canadian Red Cross and will celebrate its colourful history and community involvement. Guests will walk the red carpet as a symbol of their [...]
Yam vs Sweet Potato, what’s the Difference?
This weeks Foodie’s-ask question is from Caroline who writes: “Hi Christine: Is there a difference between yam and sweet potato? If there is, which is better to use mashed? Looking forward to your reply.” This question can spark quite a bit of controversy as you can witness in this forum thread on the topic of [...]
Brewers Plate Ticket Winner!
This one was hard to judge! All of the pairings sounded great, which made it difficult for me to decide. Since I had a weekend filled with Easter lamb – including barbecued lamb chops, braised lamb ribs and a marinated and butterflied leg of lamb (my family has never heard the saying “too much of [...]
Ladies Night Ticket Winners!
I left the judging of the April fool’s contest to, Austen Gilliland, Senior Copy Editor and author of the soon to be launched Canadian Living craft blog. Austen helped me come up with the April fools theme for the contest so in the interest of fair play and staying as unbiased as possible, I left [...]
Ricotta Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing
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.
Fresh Ricotta Cheese, an Italian Easter Tradition
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
Cooking without Wine
Today’s foodie question is about substituting wine in cooking:
My partner is a recovering alcoholic – our fave’s include coq-au-vin, mussels cooked in white wine, beef bourguignonne, etc. Is there a simple trick to “substitute” white wine or red wine WITHOUT affecting the taste?
