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Recipe Swap: Hot chocolate. Magic in a mug

The cure for homesickness (or other winter-related blues)  is really, really, really, good hot chocolate

By Lorraine Stevenson November 28, 2014

Food memories are vivid. We remember not just what we ate or drank, but the smallest details of when and where. Early winter recalls a year on a post-university, backpacking trip in Europe. As winter set in, the fun was over. Hostels were colder and emptier. I was homesick. Other young sojourners’ spirits were just

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Barley, a smart carbohydrate

Recipe Swap: Savory Butternut Squash Barley Pilaf, Quick Breakfast Bread, and Curried Chicken and Barley

By Lorraine Stevenson November 21, 2014

With winter well on its way early November is when we look for those filling, satisfying foods that give us energy and comfort for coping with cold weather. Barley recipes are especially popular during the month of November for many reasons. They’re the perfect ingredient for making the soups and stews we like to make

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Eating well on $4 a day – free ‘Good and Cheap’ cookbook shows you how

Recipe Swap: Cornmeal Crushed Veggies, Brussels Sprout Hash and Eggs, Peanut Dipping Sauce

By Lorraine Stevenson November 13, 2014

The cookbook is free. The meals made from it will cost $4 a day. The creator of Good and Cheap is Leanne Brown, a former Edmontonian, who was earning a food studies master’s degree in New York City when she began noting how poorly Americans on low incomes ate. What sorts of meals could be

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The war at the dinner table

The Second World War transformed the Canadian diet

By Lorraine Stevenson November 7, 2014

Some can remember the war years. The rest of us can only imagine, from stories we’ve heard, what life was like during them. Some of those stories are found in places we might not think to look, like cookbooks. Canadian women shared thousands of wartime ration-stretching recipes during the Second World War. Magazines and newspapers,

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Those little orange boxes at Halloween

Recipe Swap: Thai Pumpkin Soup, Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes, and Pumpkin Pie Fudge

By Lorraine Stevenson October 31, 2014

I love the cute kids in bunny and pirate costumes who come to my door October 31. They remind me that, despite the silly spendfest Halloween has become, it’s still a celebration for children. Halloween now ranks second only to Christmas in sales, followed by back-to-school spending, according to the Retail Council of Canada. I

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Bitter foods aren’t bad. Just misunderstood

Recipe Swap: Rutabaga Apple Casserole, Turnip Carrot Puff, Turnips with Orange, and Hearty Rutabaga and Sausage Soup

By Lorraine Stevenson October 23, 2014

I used to hate turnip and rutabaga. They tasted bitter. But I like them now. What changed? Part of it is how I cook them. Older taste buds make a difference too. Canadian cookbook author Jennifer McLagan has just released a new cookbook called Bitter — A Taste of The World’s Most Dangerous Flavour, With

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It’s time for baking bread: Buns, rolls, pull-aparts

Recipe Swap: Apple Cinnamon Rolls, Sour Cream Rolls, and English Bath Buns

By Lorraine Stevenson October 16, 2014

On cold late-fall days, I remember coming home from school to a kitchen warm and fragrant with fresh-baked buns. Usually the scent of floor cleaner lingered with it; Mom always washed the floor after baking. Like many housekeepers of the mid-1960s, she’d ceased making bread, partly because of the chore it was, but more likely

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Walking: the “superfood of exercise”

Recipe Swap: Mashed Potato Casserole , Baked Potato Nachos , and Fast and Fit Clam Chowder 

By Lorraine Stevenson October 9, 2014

Walking is good for us. That was the news on the radio the other day. “Walking is the superfood of exercise,” the commentator said. The only thing new here is the catchy turn of phrase. Hundreds of studies and reports tout the benefits of walking. One that garnered a lot of interest looked at the

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The crunch has come

Recipe Swap: Yummy Apple Breakfast Cookies, Potato and Apple Salad with Cream Dressing, Apple and Onion Sausage, and Sweet Potato, Apple and Parsnip Purée

By Lorraine Stevenson October 2, 2014

Talk about slow food. First we planted that apple tree (a Millstream purchased from our local nursery). Then we watched it grow. It was definitely worth the wait. This fall that tree has produced a huge load of wonderful apples, so many we are wondering what to do with them all. The apples are crisp

St. Norbert's online market will be the first year-round farmers' market of its kind in Manitoba.

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Take your farmers’ markets inside

Recipe Swap: Buttercup Squash Bread and Moussaka

By Lorraine Stevenson September 25, 2014

We’re in a state of limbo in September, as we feel sorry to see summer go, and possibly a bit anxious about approaching winter. But there’s still so much to love about this beautiful month. It’s the very best time of year to visit farmers’ markets. Vendors’ harvests are peaking and markets of all sizes

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Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Hot chocolate. Magic in a mug

Barley, a smart carbohydrate

Eating well on $4 a day – free ‘Good and Cheap’ cookbook shows you how

The war at the dinner table

Those little orange boxes at Halloween

Bitter foods aren’t bad. Just misunderstood

It’s time for baking bread: Buns, rolls, pull-aparts

Walking: the “superfood of exercise”

The crunch has come

Take your farmers’ markets inside

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