Black beans, hot peppers, tomatoes and cabbage. Like many other Winnipeg gardeners, Henriette Mukesa’s seedlings are off to a slow start thanks to a waterlogged spring. Still, there’s plenty to eat in the shoulder season. See what’s cooking Click to Expand the Free Press is publishing a community cookbook this fall in celebration of the … Read more
When 27-year-old Hetal Vasavada was faced with a rice challenge on “MasterChef” Sseason 6, she knew exactly what to do. “Everyone’s panicking, like, ‘I don’t know what to do.’ But all I could think about was khichdi,” she says with a laugh. Vasavada intimately knows the power of good khichdi. When she was a child, … Read more
What’s on your plate? It is often the simplest of foods that evoke the strongest of emotions. That first cup of tea as dawn breaks, standing still before life comes crowding in. The perfumed sweetness of a fuzzy peach. A grilled cheese scarfed down in a rush between activities, leaving your tongue slightly burnt. The … Read more
What’s old can quickly become new again in the fast-food world. Some chains bring back the same items on an annual basis (like the Starbucks (SBUX) – Get Starbucks Corporation Report Pumpkin Spice Latte) while others dip back into their past to find something that makes people nostalgic. The big fast-food burger chains McDonald’s (DCM) … Read more
Opinion For as long as I’ve been writing about wine (more than 16 years in this space now), there’s been one wine-producing country that’s been top of my bucket list to visit — Italy. So when the chance arose to visit the Abruzzo region in early June with a whole bunch of Canadian and American … Read more
Opinion Summer’s almost here, and while folks head out to the lake or on vacation throughout the warmer months, there’s still plenty to do when it comes to food and drink — locally made and otherwise. Low Life Barrel House, whose year-long build I wrote about in the Free Press in early May, just released … Read more
McDonald’s (DCM) – Get McDonald’s Corporation Report makes a lot of menu changes. Some items have bigger followings than others, but it seems like every past release has its own fanbase — a group of people who love that item and desperately hope it will come back. It does not matter how ridiculous the menu … Read more
A sign is displayed in front of Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, January 3, 2014. Health Canada recommended that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency temporarily suspend bilingual labeling and nutrient composition requirements to allow infant formula imports from Europe, and thereby reduce Canada’s reliance on US suppliers. The regular said Thursday. THE CANADIAN … Read more
Nothing will up the calorie count on an already-indulgent dish quite like macaroni and cheese — the trend of adding it, fried, on top of everything from burgers to pizza began when Jack in the Box (JACK) – Get Jack in the Box Inc. Report launched deep-fried mac-and-cheese bites in 2008. Since then, we’ve seen … Read more
Fast-food chains face a lot of negative optics. The biggest one, of course, is that hamburgers and fries or even burritos filled with sustainable ingredients (which include cheese, sour cream, and guacamole) aren’t very good for you. You can make better choices at some fast-food chains than others, but in this restaurant genre, your salad … Read more
