A New Hope? Canada’s 2027 Budget Promises
The Canadian Government revealed its 2027 Budget yesterday. It contains provisions designed to help Canadians deal with inflat-ion, sky-high energy costs, and stratospheric food prices. And it puts some much-needed cash in our pockets…Read More →
Gene-Edited Peanut Not The Answer To Allergies?
Desensitization therapy for peanut allergies has received wide approval from physicians, regulators and support groups. Now, there’s a new approach using gene-editied peanuts without the harmful proteins that can cause deadly reactions…Read More →
Asia’s Forgotten Starch Course: The Case For Congee…
When I think of Asian food classics, I don’t think of porridge. Maybe lentil stew. Which is as close as most of us would get. But the rice pudding known as Congee has literally underlain a massive array of stir fries and other preparations across Southeast Asia…Read More →
Sheet Pan Savouries: Mini Thanksgiving Dinner
Today’s featured recipe demonstrates the extremes to which sheet pan cookery can go… It’s an entire Thanksgiving meal on a sheet pan, with all the goodies and goodness you expect from a Festive Feast! And it’s the perfect solution for small families…Read More →
Non-Browning Banana Headed To North America?
Coffee, chocolate, tea and banana lovers have been waiting anxiously for years now, to hear that the tropical diseases which threaten their favourite treats have been vanquished by science. Now, there’s a promising new variety of super-banana…Read More →
Kellogg’s Wants To Save Legacy Cereal Brands
Kellogg’s recently split into two separate business units – one for its cereals and an-other for just about everything else. Now the brand is embarking on a crusade to ‘save’ cereal as a concept in the face of challenges from the new ‘healthy’ movement…Read More →
Sheet Pan Savouries: Stack Up A ‘Mega’ Quesadilla!
Do ‘flat foods’ naturally lend themselves to sheet pan preparation? That’s grossly over-simplifying an otherwise useful concept. But in the case of Quesadillas, today’s sheet pan recipe is a notion we could apply to any layered dish…Read More →
US Midterm Elections: What’s In It For Canada?
Just a brief look-see and some pointed prog-nostications on what may be in store for us… Following yesterday’s decisive defeat of the Republicans at the hands of the Democrats all up and down the ballot – from Dog Catcher to Governor and Senator…Read More →