Cranberry Sauce is a Holiday Feast staple that folks have always been divided over. Some say it’s too sweet to compliment savouries. Others say it’s too tart. But you can fix that! Herewith, some suggestions for better cran-berry sauce everyone will love…Read More →
Starbuck’s new CEO Brian Niccol wasn’t kid-ding when he said earlier this year he was going to shake things up at the troubled premium coffee dealer. Now, he says Star-buck’s is officially ‘hitting the pause button’ on prices for the coming year…Read More →
A good question. And one that interests me, particularly. Given my membership in the generation that’s been accused of ‘killing the cocktail party’, I was intensely curious to see whether I and my cohort were also being accused of killing the ‘dinner party’…Read More →
Sides and Beverages take a back seat to Mains and Snacks this week. Meal Deals are particu-larly prominent – we think, as suggestions for Turkey-Feast alternatives and easy ways to feed your horde over the Holidays. And 2525 Wendy’s Frosty Key Tags are here!Read More →
When I went to culinary school, we were taught that most seed oils were superior to other possible cooking oil choices. But now, there’s a growing online clamor condemning ‘seed’ oils – in some cases, for what seem utterly crazy reasons…Read More →
There’s a new community-based option in grocery shopping cropping up in some of Canada’s lower-income urban neighbour-hoods. Alternative grocers are described as less an innovation than a self-defence mea-sure against relentlessly high food prices.Read More →
I love to add an extra dimension to the ‘warm-ing’ profile of cold-weather comfort soups with appropriate flavourings and spices. Thus, one of my favourite quick-yet-elegant shiver-banishing choices: Chicken Curry Slosh. You’ll appreciate how quick and easy it is to make!Read More →
I’ve heard and read more this Holiday season than any year before in my memory, about the concept of ‘Turkey-Contrast’ meals to keep friends and family interested in supper over the year-end hiatus. The Cubano Sandwich might be just your thing…Read More →