from Best of Bridge Everyday Celebrations When you visit an Italian deli or grocery store, you will notice a vast array of ingredients that are perfect for an antipasto platter. Use different cutting boards or serving platters to showcase the variety available to your guests and pair ingredients that you like the flavour of together. […]
This edition of the inspirational #1 bestseller draws on a new year of Jann’s diaries and her mother’s final days. When beloved singer and songwriter Jann Arden’s parents built a house just across the way from her, she thought they would be her refuge from the demands of her career. And for a time that
Inspired by Feeding My Mother Jann provides recipes in her book including a turkey meatloaf but due to publisher restrictions, we can’t show it here, so I’ve adapted it to my version of meatloaf: Ingredients 1 tbsp butter (or oil if preferred) 1 onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 small zucchini, grated 1 carrot,
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Our relationship with family is intrinsically wrapped up in food and interchanges in the kitchen and around the dinner table. Canadian singer-songwriter, Jann Arden, brings us into that relationship with her mother as they journey through the hills and valleys of Alzheimer’s. This book hit home as I watched my father battle through the disease
Let me introduce you to an extraordinary author…Yolanda T. Marshall. She is a Guyanese-Canadian who started writing poems at an early age and just kept writing. And we’re glad she did because Yolanda has been making a name for herself with wonderfully scripted children’s books. Check them out at https://www.ytmarshall.com/yolanda-marshall-books Yolanda stays true to her
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from A Piece of Black Cake for Santa An intensely dense and aromatic cake made with dried mixed fruit. Most people start soaking the fruit months in advance for a real, full-bodied Caribbean flavour. Also known by the name Caribbean Fruit Cake. Black cake originated from the British plum pudding. Dear readers: cooking as a
Children’s book author Yolanda T. Marshall delivers a beautiful Christmas book. Follow Femi and her friends as they plan to leave some traditional Caribbean treats out for Santa, including Black Cake. The children share warm wishes for their favourite dishes while enjoying winter activities at the Christmas fair. Win an autographed copy of this delightful
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Are you intimidated of making pies from scratch knowing your pastry falls short of that dream pie of your childhood? Don’t despair…Denise Marchessault holds your hand through the entire process of whipping up an absolute delight for your dinner table. Denise paired up with photographer and artist Deb Garlick who brings her whimsical creativity to
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from The Artful Pie Project Tourtière a rustic meat pie, is a sentimental favourite. My beloved French-Canadian aunt Aline used to make tourtière whenever my family and I visited her in Montreal. Customarily served after Midnight Mass 0on Christmas Eve, tourtière is a Quebecois tradition. My father recalled travelling with his siblings by horse and
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Pie champion Denise Marchessault teams up with artist and photographer Deb Garlick for a visually stunning cookbook celebrating sweet and savoury pies. With whimsical illustrations and practical how-to images, The Artful Pie Project unlocks the secrets to a great pie. (Pssst…it’s all in the pastry!) Beyond pie, there are plenty of tips for dodging pie fails and
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