Food and Drink

Eric Akis: Bakery owner’s new book shares secrets of gourmet treats

If you opened a neighbourhood bakery and included “butter” in its name, it would certainly attract attention.

Dec 10, 2013 4:34 PM Read more >

COOKING ON DEADLINE: Recipe for honey-paprika chicken with roasted oranges

Sweet and smoky and spicy are three flavours that work wonderfully together, and this recipe for roasted chicken thighs is a fast, easy and delicious way to make that point.

Apr 26, 2013 4:57 AM Read more >

Vegetarian cooking becoming more about the vegetables, less about the agenda

Not so long ago, there was a certain image associated with being vegetarian. It usually involved Birkenstocks, lentil loaf and an agenda.

Apr 25, 2013 9:22 AM Read more >

Hungering for change: Canadians challenged to eat on $1.75 a day

TORONTO - Could you live on $1.

Apr 25, 2013 8:13 AM Read more >

Chefs dish on favourite eateries around the world in guide 'Where Chefs Eat'

TORONTO - More than 400 of the world's top chefs are spilling the beans on their favourite places to nosh.

Apr 24, 2013 8:16 AM Read more >

From boudin to gator meat: Pennsylvania stores adapt to influx of gas workers from the South

PENNSDALE, Pa. - The land of scrapple and chipped ham is starting to get a taste for jambalaya and boudin.

Apr 24, 2013 7:48 AM Read more >

THE AMERICAN TABLE: Recipe for English muffin cheese and tomato sandwich

Happiness is... a warm cheese sandwich. It's a sentiment as true today as when I read it as a child in my very first cookbook, the "Peanuts Cook Book.

Apr 24, 2013 7:00 AM Read more >

National Arts Centre in Ottawa celebrates the North with 10-day festival

OTTAWA - The National Arts Centre is bringing the North to the South this spring with a 10-day festival featuring northern artists, musicians, singers, chefs, writers and storytellers who blend the traditional with the contemporary.

Apr 22, 2013 1:29 PM Read more >

THE HEALTHY PLATE: Recipe for whole-wheat penne with spring greens and sausage

No matter how unimpeachable whole-wheat pasta is in terms of nutritional cred, I've always found it off-putting. Sure, it has more fiber and whole-grain nutrition. But it always struck me as rather spineless and dull.

Apr 22, 2013 9:52 AM Read more >

Mint has many culinary uses; its flowers make it a great addition to garden too

LONDON, ONTARIO, - Award-winning cookbook author Naomi Duguid can't contain her enthusiasm when she talks about all the ways she likes to use fresh mint. "I use it all the time. It's one of my faves, my standbys. I have spearmint.

Apr 22, 2013 9:46 AM Read more >