REVIEWS

Growing up in Hamilton in the Italian neighbourhood called the colonia, author Vince Argo paints us both a cultural and culinary picture of his youth.  His mother, Grace, is the central figure of all his stories and her role in his life and in the kitchen.  Anyone with a grandmother whose sole purpose was to […]

https://bobbetteandbelle.com/ Take two ladies in love with baking and a ton of experience behind them, bring them together and open a bake shop and what do you have? Magic!  Beautiful stores, a product line and tons and tons of sweet delights is all due to the tenacity and business savvy of Allyson Bobbitt and Sarah

https://sanagansmeatlocker.com/pages/cookbook Who knows the most about meat?  Why a butcher of course!  With two butcher shops in Toronto, Peter Sanagan knows the meat world first hand.  Bypassing high yield agrifarms, Peter and his team source their meat from family-owned farms where they can verify the animals and their surroundings are treated responsibly.  Many people get

To inspire you to think beyond turkey for this holiday season, we bring you Ricardo…and his ham recipe.   In our Recipe section, we slow cook ham with maple syrup and beer.  I love recipes like this when the kitchen is busy during the holidays – it leaves the oven available to warm up appetizers and

100,000+ COPIES SOLD! TURN SIMPLE FOODS INTO BEAUTIFUL BOARDS WITH MORE THAN 100 EASY RECIPES AND IDEAS. I put on a charcuterie table full of munchies and yummy bites during any holiday celebration. To inspire me, one of my cooking school peers, Cindy Deans of Trix & Dot, puts together amazing boards to fuel the

With restaurants opening up and travel is once again on the radar, you’ll want to add Victoria BC to your itinerary.  Along with the plane ticket and car rental, tuck this gem of a resource under your arm and enjoy some brunch!  Where, do you ask?  According to John Catucci of Food Network Canada, Victoria

The Newfoundland and Labrador Seafood Cookbook is one of those cookbooks that stays in your kitchen as a resource tool.  Complete with illustrations, it includes physical characteristics, habitat descriptions, and best preparation methods for dozens of fish. And you can’t get more iconic than recipes from a province totally surrounded by water and all that inhabits

Since this is Remembrance week, I thought a cookbook from the war era would be a fitting one to review.  Let’s take a step back in history and explore the origins of this classic. When I inherited the 1945 edition of the Purity Cookbook, I was intrigued to dig into the history of this resourceful

Don’t you just love it when a cookbook author is down to earth with their recipes using everyday ingredients that satisfies you at the table?  Joanna Cismaru, or Jo to everyone that knows her, does just that in her newest cookbook, The Big Book of Jo’s Quick and Easy Meals…doesn’t that title just say it

Ruwanmali Samarakoon-Amunugama introduces us to the world of Sri Lankan cuisine – and from her enthusiastic chats about her home country and the beautiful sights and exquisite flavours, entices you to explore these foods.   To set you up for success in venturing into a new cuisine, Ruwan takes some time to introduce ingredients, cooking methods,