Author Christine Kotowycaz’s Poppy and the Woods Awaken is a story about a young girl exploring a magical woodland trail. She experiences the changing season transform the woods from a frozen, bare, silent landscape to a hub of activity, chatter, birdsong, colours, rushing water, and mild breezes. One rainy spring day, while walking the woodland […]

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Bring some soup and a story together and you have a warm bowl that whispers home, memories, kindness, and tradition. Soup’s On Around the World captures that universal warmth and turns it into a vivid, joyful celebration of global culinary heritage. With lyrical, rhythmic prose and lush, colourful illustrations, Waissbluth and O’Byrne serve up more

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from Soup’s On Around the World This is one of my favorite childhood soups that my grandma (who I called Mémère) used to make with leftovers she had in her fridge. It’s simple, delicious, and healthy, and is only made better when followed by her homemade cinnamon buns. While this recipe has meat, I remember

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Through vibrant illustrations and heartwarming text, Soup’s On Around the World invites readers on a flavorful journey of soups across the globe, each with its own unique history and traditions! Bright, detailed pictures by acclaimed artist Chelsea O’Byrne brings to life Denyse Waissbluth’s joyous celebration of soup. With sidebars full of delicious facts, this book is a

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There’s something undeniably comforting about a bowl of soup—but when that bowl is filled with the bold aromas, sun-soaked flavours, and soulful ingredients of the Caribbean, it becomes more than comfort food. It becomes memory, culture, and celebration. Chris “Uncle Chris” De La Rosa—beloved creator of CaribbeanPot.com and one of the most recognizable voices in

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from Soup Season What would Sunday lunch (the biggest meal of the week on the islands) be without a healthy serving of Callaloo, Rice, Stewed (or baked) Chicken, Macaroni Pie, Salad and boiled Plantain? Not to be confused with Jamaican callaloo (amaranth or what we call Chorai Bhagi). The main ingredient in our callaloo is

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Soup Season: Caribbean Comfort Food in a Bowl is a 98-page digital cookbook packed with 22 of my favorite Caribbean and Caribbean-inspired soup recipes. Every recipe includes: A precise ingredient list (don’t worry—no “pinch of dis” from Mommy this time), step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow and full-color HD photos of every finished dish. Whether you’re

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from Decking the Halls Cranberries have been a sauce to accompany the traditional bird at both Thanksgiving and Christmas in Western cultures for some centuries, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Making cranberry sauce is quick, and it keeps well in the fridge from the Thanksgiving supper to that of the Christmas celebration.

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