from Cyprus Cuisine Images and content used with permission by author Christina Loucas and Whitecap Books/Fitzhenry & Whiteside. https://afroditeskitchen.com/book/ Nada’s Tips & Tricks: Everyone LOVED this soup. You would swear there was cream in it but the egg gives it that silky taste without the dairy.  And you can change this up, adding leftover chicken, any […]

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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

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Leisurely weekend brunches have become the most anticipated meal of the week, and no two people know that better than Matt Basile and Kyla Zanardi. With their token humour, Matt and Kyla share their passion for this midday spread and showcase indulgent and creative takes on their favourite dishes. Brimming with over 70 delectable recipes

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Since 1869, the Steeves family has had a steep tradition in the maple industry. Steeves Maple Syrup is a medium to light brown liquid harvested from the sap of the maple tree. Your prize includes 6 x 250ml Steeves Maples 100% Pure Maple Syrup Grade A Amber. $40  http://www.canadianmaplesyrup.com/  NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR

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from Steeves Maple Syrup Ingredients: ¼ cup margarine  ½ cup white sugar  1tsp. salt  1 ¼ cups flour  2tsp. baking powder  ¾ cup rolled oats  ½ cup milk  ½ cup Steeves Maples Canadian Syrup Directions: Soften margarine, then blend in sugar and salt. Add dry ingredients and blend with pastry cutter until crumbly. Mix in

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Having landed in New Brunswick in the 1700’s and obtaining a land grant to settle the Steeves family, legend has it that the people already living here educated these newcomers to syrup from trees:  “Legend says: in the early days, the natives discovered maple syrup by accident. It has been told that one spring a

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from Brunch Life  The King has been a huge part of our career. Our food truck, Priscilla, and our restaurant, Lisa Marie, are entirely inspired by the Elvis busts that used to frequent our pop-up tables. Here’s one more recipe dedicated to the King, it combines peanut butter, bananas, and candied bacon—but this time in

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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

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Pour yourself a glass of red wine and settle in for this collection of stories and recipes from author Vince Agro. Centered around his mother’s kitchen table, “from where she steered the family as if the captain of a ship,” we learn of his father’s butcher shop, collecting dandelions, drinking red wine, hunting ducks, butchering chickens

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In 1957, Hamilton is a city steeped in memories of the Second World War and other conflicts. Eighteen-year-old Jack Crandall is becoming obsessed with learning more about his father, a Canadian soldier who abandoned him and his mother, and died in the Dieppe Raid. He finds a kind of father substitute in Walter Haffner, the

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