Want to get more veggies into your diet in unique ways and dreaming of planting a garden soon? Zucchini might be the answer to both. According to Google Trends, the top food item people in Nova Scotia were searching for in 2021 were ways to stuff a zucchini. Brianna Kean of Pictou County, NS is … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Columnists More consumers have been cooking at home. More are ordering food online. More have tried ingredients they didn’t know about before. In other words, food literacy has increased. Publishing date: Apr 18, 2022 • 10 minutes ago • 3 minute read • Join the conversation Consumers are questioning how they … Read more
If you’re looking to start feeding yourself and your family according to Canada’s new food guide unveiled this week, we’ve got the recipes to make that happen, along with a few tips for shopping and meal prep to help make the change or keep you on track. The latest updates promote a simplified eating strategy, … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Shopping Essentials Kitchen & Dining Home Living Crawford joins fellow top chefs for Canada’s biggest kitchen party Publishing date: Oct 20, 2021 • October 25, 2021 • 7 minute read • Join the conversation Canada’s own celebrity chef, Lynn Crawford, chats about her appetite for all things culinary. Photo by Chef Lynn … Read more
If you’ve been craving something cold and crunchy this week — perhaps a big salad, with lots of stuff in it — veggies like kale, cabbage, brussels sprouts, cauliflower and kohlrabi, and even root vegetables that can be cut into thin ribbons with a vegetable peeler, can make a wonderful winter salad. We talked about … Read more
What are some foods that follow Canada’s new food guide that kids will like? What is a plant-based protein, and how do you even cook tofu properly? These are some of the questions that parents and child-care providers may be dealing with after Canada’s Food Guide changed drastically in January. The new one ditches the … Read more
Read Story Transcript Originally aired January 31, 2019. When Canadians ponder what foods best represent the cuisine of our country, dishes like poutine or maple syrup snow candy often come to mind. But journalist Ann Hui wants to add Canadian-Chinese food — what she calls “chop suey cuisine” — to the list. “Dishes like chop … Read more
Wall of Chefs The latest addition to the Food Network Canada catalog of cooking competitions, Wall of Chefs pits four home cooks against one another in front of a powerhouse judging panel of Canadian celebrity chefs. While the format does follow a familiar formula, the added elements provide just enough nuance for it to still … Read more
For Aya Wadi, a Syrian refugee who has settled in Thunder Bay, Ont., cooking and sharing food is a way to remember the family she had to leave behind. “All of us broke apart. My aunts are in Egypt, my uncles are in Turkey now — we are here in Canada,” said Wadi, 24, who … Read more
(Photography, middle: Marcella DiLonardo; credit, left and right: CBC Life) The month of April always inspires nostalgia for me. I am reminded of watching my mom plant her de ella first herbs and flowers of the season, walking through the farmers market in my hometown and spending time in the sun with the ones I … Read more
