REVIEWS

Valentine’s Day is for sweets and sweethearts.  What better cookbook to bring you this week but one chock full of delectable delights?   Jenna and Ashley grew up baking alongside their mom and developed a sweet tooth along the way.  Leaving their potentially lucrative (and some may say sensible) careers behind, they came together to open […]

While researching this older cookbook, I came across Sarah Lynk’s obituary and it reminded me that we all have stories to tell.  Sarah and her love of people and food affected those around her and she left an impression on all who knew her: “Sarah Lynk fed the world. At her table sat people from

Gong hei fat choy or happy Chinese New Year!  To celebrate this festive time of year in the Chinese community, we thought you’d like to discover the chef who brings many authentic and westernized Asian dishes to your table: Trevor Lui. https://highbellgroup.com/  In The Double Happiness cookbook, Trevor gives us some insight into his culinary

I asked my grown daughter what her favourite food memory was from her childhood and she replied, “bread baking” – the smell enveloping the whole house.  So when the grandchildren came along, I thought of bringing back those same olfactory experiences.  I found an older bread machine for $20 on Marketplace and dug back into

In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, I worked on the business side of TV Guide & Canadian Living magazines.  On the creative side, were people like Anne Lindsay, who was respected for her culinary and nutritional expertise.  With that little bit in common, I reached out to Anne while still exploring the launch of

Cyprus Cuisine is not just a cookbook.  It’s a travelogue that transports you to a Mediterranean island and a time when cooking and eating was a daily communal affair.  Cyprus is now on my travel bucket list!  We have moved away from books like this for a quick search on the internet to source a

It’s Elvis’ birthday this week and we’re celebrating with his favourite foods – milkshake and French toast.  See our Recipe section for the milkshake recipe and get your copy of Brunch Life to make the toast! Matt Basile and Kyla Zanardi opened Lisa Marie restaurant on Queen West in Toronto and quickly realized that Sunday

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