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’99 Recipes Using Ground Beef’: Sublime Or Ridiculous?

2025-02-20
By: Maggie
On: February 20, 2025
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

I swear – sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh or cry when I see headlines like that one while visually trudging down the back lanes of the Foodernet. But they come up regularly. And they’re usually a waste of a serious cook’s time…Read More →

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Even The French Prefer Oven-Baked From-Frozen Fries…

2025-02-19
By: Maggie
On: February 19, 2025
In: Chef Secrets, Food News

Even Europeans are surprised. A new survey confirms that consumers – especially younger ‘Gens’ – now prefer oven-baked, home prep-ped fries to traditional deep-fried ‘chips’. And some older folks are starting to talk about ‘lost generations’ again…Read More →

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Healthy Options To Stuffing II: Exciting ‘New’ Ingredients!

2025-02-18
By: Maggie
On: February 18, 2025
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

Yesterday, we opened up the whole issue of flavouring festive roasts and mains without using traditional, starchy, bread-crumb or rice-based stuffings. And we promised we’d focus on some less-obvious ingredient op-tions today…Read More →

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Healthy Options To Stuffing I: Say ‘YES’ to Aromatics!

2025-02-17
By: Maggie
On: February 17, 2025
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

I have traditionally thought of bread or rice stuffing as the base for injecting savoury flavours into my festive roasts. But a post I just came across is helping me broaden my horizons while making my Holiday mains healthier…Read More →

Roast Beef Bun - © 2022 billyparisi.com

Pack Your Own Lunch For Best Health And Well Being…

2025-02-13
By: Maggie
On: February 13, 2025
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

Specifically, taking the time and making the relatively small effort to pack your own school or work lunch sandwich(es) can make a big difference in your overall health and well be-ing – especially over the long run. And it’s a lot cheaper, too!Read More →

Year of the Snake - © 2025 Hai Mai

Cantonese Crossovers: Rene-gade Asian New Year’s Dishes

2025-02-11
By: Maggie
On: February 11, 2025
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

Today, an experiment inspired by a theme I discovered in a post about Disney World’s Asian New Year’s food court specials… West-ern Formats x Eastern Flavours. Unleash your imagination over the remaining, climactic days of the 2025 celebrations!Read More →

Classic Chicken Curry - 300 - © 2025 Delish.com

Young At Heart? What The Younger ‘Gens’ Are Eating

2025-02-10
By: Maggie
On: February 10, 2025
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food News

I think I have a pretty good feel for the retro and classic foods that keep coming back by preference on historical rotations. But I’m woefully out of touch with what the ‘kids’ are eating. By ‘kids’, I’m talking Millennials and later generations…Read More →

Beefsteak Tomato - © 2023 McKenzie Seeds

A Minimalist Tomato Sandwich With Max Nutrition And Taste!

2025-02-10
By: Maggie
On: February 10, 2025
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

There’s nothing I love more, when strapped for time and relying on what I have on hand, than a big, fat Tomato Sandwich! It may not be the all-time healthiest lunch option… But it’s always high on the ‘responsible eating’ scale!Read More →

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