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Tzatziki: A Cool & Creamy Classic Greek Meze
Cool and creamy, this tangy cucumber dip flavoured with garlic and fresh dill is one of Greece's most famous dips. Made with strained thick Greek yogurt, mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil,...
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Grilled Eggplant, Zucchini & Peppers with Feta
Simple, colourful and delicious, a medley of summer vegetables grilled on the barbecue and finished with crumbled feta and fresh mint, is a celebration of glorious Mediterranean flavours. A perfect...
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Blue Jasmin & The Bloor Street Diner: Whine + Dine
What better to spend a rainy weekend afternoon than enjoying a leisurely lunch and seeing Woody Allen's latest film, Blue Jasmine, in which Cate Blanchett plays a pompous New Yorker on the brink of a...
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Asian Barbecue Chicken
During the hot summer months, it's rewarding to have a number of easy and delicious grilled chicken recipes to have in your culinary repertoire to make the most of barbecue season. I must admit though,...
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Mom's Peanut Butter Chip Crispies
Moms always make the best cookies, and my Mom's no exception to the rule. Growing up, she made fabulous Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Hermits, and Peanut Butter Cookies as well as the world's best...
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Tandoori-Spiced Grilled Salmon & Curried Couscous
Light, moist and enormously flavourful, Salmon is also one of the most nutrient rich and versatile fish around. It's also one of the healthiest. Low in saturated fat and calories, but high in protein,...
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Grilled Thai Red Curry & Coconut Chicken
A great summer chicken recipe for the grill, this Thai Red Curry & Coconut Chicken has the fresh southeast Asian flavours of coconut milk, fresh grated ginger, minced garlic and sweet brown sugar...
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Chewy Chocolate Chip & Toasted Pecan Cookies
Soft and chewy, these decadent Chocolate Chip & Toasted Pecan Cookies are absolutely delicious and completely addictive. Made with butter, brown sugar, white sugar, vanilla, eggs, flour, cornstarch...
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Momofuku Daishō: Elegant Large Format Feasts
David Chang’s Daishō, located on the third floor of the spectacular bento box of four restaurants in the modern Momofuku glass cube complex adjacent to the Shangri-La Hotel - also home to Momofuku...
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La Crêpe Bretonne: Sweet Memories of Montreal
La Crepe Bretonne on rue de la Montagne © Office du film du QuébecI was introduced to my first crêpe at La Crêpe Bretonne in Ste Adele, Quebec in the 1960's, and later at the rue de la Montagne...
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12th Annual 'Mamma Styles' Tomato Sauce Day
Every year for 12 years now, my friend Paul and I have gotten together to make homemade tomato sauce at his studio in downtown Toronto. The tradition started on September 15, 2001 just after the events...
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Louboutin Grand Soirée + Ki Modern Japanese
The London Design Museum’s acclaimed retrospective dedicated to iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin made its North American debut in Toronto at the Design Exchange this past summer, from...
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Botswana Zucchini & Sun-Dried Tomato Drop Scones
This recipe for Zucchini and Sun-Dried Tomato Scones comes from 'An Elephant in the Kitchen - Recipes from the Wilderness', a Botswanian cookbook by Craig Higgins that good friends of mine picked up on...
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Grilled Scallops with Lemon Hummus & Olives
There are few main courses as elegant or as simple, as a dish of seared sea scallops. Sweet, tender, mild, and delectable, the less you fuss with scallops, the better they taste. The best way to cook...
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Avant-Goût: French Moroccan Fusion at Yonge & Rox
A cozy neighbourhood bistro that's been serving the Rosedale crowd in the chic Summerhill neighbourhood at Yonge and Roxborough for the past seven years, Avant Goût takes traditional French classics...
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Apple, Pear & Cranberry Crisp with Streusel Topping
A deep and delicious Apple Crisp is one of my favourite ways to celebrate the bonanza of homegrown apples we harvest each autumn from our espaliered apple trees. This recipe for Apple, Pear &...
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West African Chicken Mafé in Peanut Sauce
Mafé is a famous and popular West African dish, known by many names, including groundnut stew, mafe, maffé, maffe, sauce d'arachide, sauce z'ara, tigadèguèna and tigadene. Variations of the dish appear...
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Sukuma Wiki: Kenyan Braised Kale with Tomatoes
Sukuma Wiki is a Swahili phrase meaning, depending on how you translate it, "week-pusher,""push the week," or "stretch the week." Hearty leafy greens such as collards or kale are a staple of even the...
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Yellow & Purple Plum Clafouti with Armagnac
Clafoutis are a classic French dessert from the Limousin region of France and while black cherries are typically used, other fruits such as prunes, plums, peaches or apricots are also equally...
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Prince George's Christening: A Private Affair
Three-month-old Prince George, heir to the British throne, was christened Wednesday by the Archbishop of Canterbury, during a private ceremony at the 16th-century Chapel Royal at St. James Palace in...
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