It’ll soon be March Break and we want you to enjoy a previously featured children’s book that we’ve loved at Canadian Cookbooks. One lucky winner from each province and territory will receive a book any child or grandchild will enjoy. Answer to the skill testing question: CHILDREN. $15-$40 per book. https://canadiancookbooks.ca/canadians-food/ NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO […]
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If you’re drawn to the kind of cooking that doesn’t just fill plates but also fills hearts, Everyone Hot Pot: Creating the Ultimate Meal for Gathering and Feasting by Natasha Pickowicz is this season’s must-own cookbook. Released January 27, this lovingly composed guide dives deep into the art of hot pot — not merely as
from Everyone Hot Pot Lucky Snacks for a Bountiful Finish If you’ve ever rustled up dinner by combing through your fridge to build an impromptu snack plate, then this is the zero-stress hot pot finish for you. Tray of Togetherness is the traditional Chinese name given to the assortment of seeds, nuts, dried fruits, and
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Hot pot is the ancient East Asian cookery method of rapidly poaching bite-size morsels of fresh vegetables, meats, seafood, and tofu in a tableside broth. This communal way of eating is perfect for home dinner parties where guests become active participants in cooking the meal. Though the hot pot table symbolizes bounty and feasting, at
From the first page of Quack Quack: The Threat of Pseudoscience, Dr. Joe Schwarcz plays the charming host in a bustling kitchen of ideas, where he’s intent on debunking the dubious “recipes” that claim to heal, nourish, or enlighten without a shred of evidence. What he offers is not soul-soothing comfort food — but something
from Quack Quack Dr. Schwarz refers to an ancient ritual of placing a crab on the site of a tumor for the crab to absorb all the life threatening cancer and people thought by destroying the crab, they would also destroy the disease. This is why the zodiac symbol for Cancer is the crab. Now
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We are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery — loosely defined as the spread of false “knowledge,” often accompanied by various versions of “snake oil” — is not a novel phenomenon, it has never posed as great a threat to public health as today.
Happy Lunar New Year! To celebrate, enter and win this coming of age story by following us and like the post at Facebook – easy! $23 L:1/person, Canada only. Ends Sunday, February 22, 2065 Johnny Delivers – Guernica Editions
Happy Lunar New Year! 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
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from The Double Happiness Cookbook Steeped in the symbolism of togetherness and unity, serving a steamed whole fish at important family gatherings is an age-old Chinese food tradition. The elders at the table were always given rights to claim the most covetable parts of the fish — the head, belly, and tail — but Mom
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