Okra: ‘Product of Canada’?
Okra is familiar to anyone who likes New Orleans specialties like Jambalaya and File Gumbo or other southern goodies like Fried Okra, the news is good: Canada may soon be growing its own Okra. And that could mean not only lower prices, but a renaissance in Canadian Cuisine – Y’all…Read More →
September Is Chicken Month!
Yes, folks! September is Chicken Month! And what better protein source to celebrate any time of year than Chicken. It’s leaner, arguably more versatile and still cheaper than Red Meats and it deserves more respect than it’s been getting in recent years. It’s much more than McNuggets!Read More →
Maple Syrup Producers Fighting Monopoly
Quebec Maple Syrup producers are fighting what they call an oppressive monopoly – their own marketing and promotion association, the Federation of Quebec Maple Producers (FPAQ), If that sounds odd to you, read on and then decide for yourself whether the FPAQ should be abolished…Read More →
Pro-Gluten Backlash: Restaurant Speaks Out!
You’ll remember my recent post in favour of Gluten-bearing foods. I said Gluten does most of us more good than harm. We’ve evolved through a thousand generations to eat gluten-blessed foods and we shouldn’t avoid them just for the sake of following a fad. Now a restaurant energetically agrees!Read More →
Do You Trust Your Food And Your Farmers?
A new non-profit organization opened its door, quietly, back in June. It’s aim is to build (and maintain) trust among Canadians consumers in the Canadian Food they buy the Farmers who grow it. Why the initiative? Polls say our trust in our Food is at an all-time low…Read More →
Pizza In Honour Of Saint Teresa
Here’s something different: We all know, by now, that Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Sisters of Mercy religious order, was canonized a Saint over the weekend. But the real story, for me, is the special gesture Pope Francis organized to celebrate the occasion with the poor…Read More →
When You Eat Supper Is Now Important
We all know that eating the wrong stuff in the evening, or eating anything heavy late at night, can lead to weird dreams, indigestion and other unwanted symptoms. But now scientists say that eating your evening meal later than 7:00 p.m. may pout you at higher risk for heart disease…Read More →
Can Early Antibiotics Trigger Later Allergies?
I’ve often said, in this space, that I can’t understand why there are so many kids with serious allergies these days. When I was little, I didn’t know anyone with any allergy more dangerous than Hay Fever. Now, scientists have proposed a new theory to explain the current allergy epidemic…Read More →