If you want to know the origin of some of the food we eat in Canada, having a book like Catharine Parr Traill’s “The Female Emigrant’s Guide” is a great resource. For someone to have lived for 97 years in the 1800’s was a feat on to itself, but to record the amount of information […]
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from Dietitians of Canada Cooks! Melanie Ksienski, Dietitian, Alberta Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) 24-cup mini muffin pan, lined with paper cups Food processor 1⁄3 cup chopped pecans 8 oz light cream cheese 2⁄3 cup lightly packed brown sugar 1 egg 2 tsp vanilla extract 12 pecan halves, cut in half 1. Divide chopped pecans
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March is national nutrition month and we wanted to share the best cookbook on the subject: Dietitians of Canada Cook! We’re here to dispel the myth that eating healthy means no flavour or boring dishes. Look at the Mini Praline Cheesecakes we brought you in the Recipe section – a huge hit in our family!
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A novel of orphans and widows, terror and hope, and the relationships that hold us together when things fall apart. The Sister’s Tale is a story of women finding their way, together, through terrible circumstances they could neither predict nor avoid, but will stop at nothing to overcome. Win an autographed copy of this insightful tale.
from The Sister’s Tale Here is the cookie recipe that we used for the book launch of The Sister’s Tale. We had a team of volunteer bakers, and gave out a bag of cookies with every book purchase. I decided to make these because the cook, Ellen, in The Sister’s Tale, makes molasses cookies, and they were
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Lately, I’ve been devouring Canadian historical fiction when I came across Beth Powning on Goodreads. “The Sister’s Tale” was my first introduction to this New Brunswick author – and now her other novels are on my TBR shelf. Beth’s non-fiction list includes “Home: Chronicle of a North Country Life” that is on my nightstand. Beautifully
For A Taste of Acadie, Melvin Gallant and Marielle Cormier-Boudreau travelled all over Acadia, from the Gaspe Peninsula to Cape Breton, from the tip of Prince Edward Island to the Magdalen Islands, and around northern New Brunswick and southern Nova Scotia. They gathered the culinary secrets of traditional Acadian cooks while there was still time,
(Winter Vegetable Pie) from A Taste of Acadie Ingredients: 1 cup carrots, diced 1 cup turnips, diced 3 cups potatoes, diced ½ cup salt pork fat, diced 1 small onion, chopped 1 Tbsp butter Salt and pepper 1 pie crust Directions: Place and carrots and turnips in a pot with lightly salted water. Bring the
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This fascinating book by Marielle Cormier-Boudreau and Melvin Gallant is much more than recipes. The authors researched the cooking (and culture) of the Acadian people of Maritime Canada: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen Islands. The Acadians settled in this area from central France in the mid-1600’s and were ousted and
With over 4 million books sold, Best of Bridge is cherished for their scrumptious, cozy, timeless recipes. Always delicious and easy-to-follow, Best of Bridge: Kitchen Simple is a welcome return to easy techniques with simple ingredients designed to take the stress out of mealtime. These all-new 125 recipes will continue your trust in Best of
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