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 […]

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from Anne Murray Here is a recipe for Anne’s mother Marion Murray’s cherry cake that she made every Christmas. Anne used to love it but now has to make it with gluten-free flour. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup butter2 cups granulated sugar4 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 teaspoon almond extract1 teaspoon lemon extract4 cups all-purpose flour2 teaspoons

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Anne Murray is Canada’s Queen of Music.  Crossing different genres and spanning decades of musical influences, Anne has provided generations songs that speak to our spirit. And selling 55 million albums in the process is no small fete. As with many people who love an artist’s music, my connection to Anne is ambiguous but personal. 

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rom Scenic Nova Scotia Cookbook This creamy sauce will satisfy both sole and soul.  Adding a pinch of mustard to cheese sauces brings out the flavour of the cheese. Serves 6-8 Ingredients 2 lbs (1 kg) of de-boned sole or haddock fillets 10 oz (300 g) fresh spinach, cooked and drained well 1 medium-sized onion,

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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

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Scenic Nova Scotia Cookbook: Nova Scotian & Middle Eastern Foods for All Seasons by Sarah Lynk and Sherman Hines provides the best of Maritime comfort foods with Middle Eastern influence.  The book also provides a pictorial look at the landscape of Nova Scotia in all it’s beauty.  $20 http://www.rossignolculturalcentre.com/  NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR

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In the All of Me revealing autobiography, Canada’s first lady of song, tells the whole story of her astonishing 40-year career in show biz. It is a candid retrospective of the extraordinary success achieved, and the prices that had to be paid.  This prize also includes the Duets: Friends & Legends CD. The album features

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The Double Happiness Cookbook is a riveting exploration of Trevor Lui’s tireless culinary journey that began in the kitchen of a family restaurant with sweet and sour chicken balls and chow mein and eventually drew inspiration from the streets of Toronto, LA, New York, and Taiwan. Featuring feel-good, Asian-inspired recipes with big-city attitude: think BBQ

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In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada, from Victoria to Fogo Island, to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them. It was only after the story was published that she discovered her own family could have been included—her parents had run their own Chinese restaurant, The Legion Cafe, before she

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Brunch Life – Mark G of Toronto ON  Steeves Maple Syrup –Bonnie C of Quispamsis NB Peterborough’s Culinary Delights – Cathy B of Lakefield ON  Cyprus Cuisine – Keith K of Cardigan PE Home of the Floating Lily –  Evan M of Spruce Grove AB Field Study – Heather R of Montreal PQ Lighthearted at Home –  Dylan

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