Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the calendar flips to September and the evenings start to get a bit cooler, I start thinking Germanic fare: […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesSan Marzano tomatoes. Are they all they’re cracked up to be? It depends. If you use real San Marzano tomatoes, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA less familiar Mediterranean fruit — and one that has had a certain historical prominence as an export in Sicily […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom the zenith of their popularity several years ago, food trucks as mobile kitchens, usually serving up street food from […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFocaccia [foh-KAH-chyah] In a world of flatbreads — Persian, Indian, Salvadoran — surely the focaccia is among the tastiest, especially […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNothing against parsley, sage and thyme. But I love rosemary. The woody, shrubby herb that has a crisp, slightly astringent […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesChef Nouk Couturier-Bernard is in the planning stages of opening a restaurant in Clarence-Rockland, the place where he was born […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe colour and shape of these pattypans are phenomenal. When I purchased them from the Kitchener Market, the vendor had […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteVia Vine Routes magazine, here’s a cross-county check-up on some interesting and unique craft beers: Barrel Heart Brewing, DundasBicycle Craft […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesTourage is the process, a French culinary technique (where else?), for making the delectable puff pastry, the super-flakey pastry that […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesFromagerie coopérative St-Albert ships cheese curds as far away as Japan, Barbados and Abu Dhabi. It’s a small village business […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe versatile egg plays an important role in an incredibly wide range of cuisines from around the world. That includes […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you have one of these cluttering up a kitchen drawer, it could be something of an antique, a tool […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s a blend of hot and cold, of smooth and sharp, of rich, creamy butteriness and acidity that is one […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesPétillant naturel, or, cutely, “pét-nat,” is naturally sparkling wine, if translated. It’s a sort of au courant wine — and […]