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I’ve had the pleasure of judging many food related competitions over the year’s but none of them compares to judging yesterday’s Butter Tart Taste-Off at the Flavour Festival held in Peterborough,...
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Sticks and Stones Who cannot resist the aromas of a BBQ? We cannot deny that when we smell foods licked by fire and smoke that our appetite is whetted and we start to salivate. This ancient method of...
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May is “Love your Lentils Month”Gotta Pulse? Legumes are any plant that produces fruits that are enclosed in a pod. Common examples of legumes would be fresh peas or peanuts. Pulses are any member...
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Fiddleheads Fiddleheads are the young wild fern shoots that are harvested from the forest floor before they uncurl and grow into long leafed ferns. Their shape is comparable to a scroll or the head...
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Getting all fired up!! There is something inexplicably tantalizing to one’s taste buds when the gentle wafting aromas of a neighbours BBQ ride find their way into our olfactory senses. It’s...
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Indigenous trumps local food Without question our unstable weather patterns from winter have carried over into spring and this is challenging for those who like to harvest their own food. . Switching...
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When size matters The wet weather has been welcomed by my gardens this spring as it has greatly increased the amount of seeds that have successfully germinated. This has resulted in my vegetable...
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Lilac Love The heady scent of lilacs wafting through the air after a spring rain shower can be quite intoxicating especially if the sun comes out after the rain to increase the humidity making the...
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Marshmallows The first marshmallows were made as a medical confectionary for treating sore throats in ancient Egypt. They were produced from the mucilaginous sap and roots of the common Musk Mallow...
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Roasted Asparagus with Rhubarb Vinaigrette Earlier this spring Nourishing Ontario prepared a report for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Their report emphasized the...
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Flower Power This year’s growing season has been weeks ahead of schedule due to our early spring. This has been challenging at times to keep up with what’s in season locally. The easiest crop to...
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Korean BBQ aka Galbi Korean barbeque is rated as one of the World’s Most Delicious Dishes in a reader’s poll compiled by CNN. Traditionally it is referred to as Galbi Gui, in Korean galbi...
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The Poutine Manifesto Poutine is a French-Canadian food. The origins of poutine are disputed but restaurateur Fernand Lachance from WarwickQuebec is believed to have created and named this dish in...
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Light and Easy Spinach Salad Food historians believe that Spinach was first cultivated in southwestern Asia, in the region of Persia. Around 650CE documentation shows spinach being referred to...
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Here is the criteria I received for this weekends 2nd Annual Friendly Fire Rib Competition followed with a post on Barbecuing back or side ribs How to Judge Ribs After turn in, the table Captain...
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Be a Corn Star Maize known as corn in some countries is botanically classified as a caryopsis or dry fruit more popularly known as grain. Maize is indigenous to the Americas with some archaeological...
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Paileontology: The history of the lunch pail! As long as humans have been on the move so has been the food we eat. Originally we would carry food and water about inside the well-oiled bladders and...
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CNE and fried scream The Canadian National Exhibition was founded in 1879 to encourage the development of agriculture, manufacturing, industry, commerce and the arts. It has evolved into a...
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Cider House Rules Apples grown in Ontario are mostly harvested in early fall. While the varieties characteristics are at their peak at this time Ontario apple growers place most of their 1 100 000...
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An apple a day Apples, like pears, peaches, and plums are all members of the rose family. The apple tree is believed to have originated in Western Asia and is the oldest cultivated fruit tree on earth....
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