Julia McLean fell in love with the Duchess of Windsor’s baker when she was 14 and this also began a love affair with the French art of breadmaking. Here, Julia shares what she has learned from living in France, training in a French atelier (workshop) and working in the bread shop.
Back to Work: The Gong Show
A mom trying to balance work and raising two little boys feels like she’s on a hamster wheel.
How I Became a Conflicted Omnivore
Meat became much more than just meat for me that day. It has become a real and living issue about love and humanity and a concern about how the way we extend ourselves into the world becomes, in turn, what we are. We become what we do, and what we do is terrible.
BBQ beauties (Better’n Steak and Hot Dogs!)
My husband says you can barbecue an old boot and it would probably taste good. No doubt about it — the aroma of food sizzling on an outdoor grill is always heady and wonderful. But I’d be willing to bet that 99 percent of us barbecue the same-old-same-old: steak, hamburgers and hot dogs. Fess up! Then step on the wild side.
The Importance of Eating Ernest (the Lamb): Good Food for Thought
Has the current North American diet — often processed, packaged, and high in sugar and preservatives — led to decreased attention spans, the decline of literate and critical thinking, and potentially even the decline of political conversation and rhetoric? The psychological symptoms of malnutrition after all are unresponsiveness, disinterest in one’s surroundings, listlessness, weariness, apathy, irritability and poor memory. If we are what we eat, most of us are in trouble.
Ooh-lala! Lobster!
Can you believe that there was a time when lobster sandwiches were an embarrassment? Today lobster dished out in any which way is a big treat. Sandra Phinney gives us the lowdown on this delectable crustacean, including their bizarre mating rituals and ooh-lala recipes.
Death by Donut
Tim Hortons. Friendly Canadian business? Or double agent for an evil alliance of countries that is trying to destroy Canada by picking off its citizens through heart failure and sugar comas, one donut at a time?
You decide.
Free Film Friday — How Do They Put the Centres in Chocolates?
Welcome to “Free Film Friday”! Every Friday we will be sharing a short free film for you to enjoy. Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see us present… Okay, I admit it. I was really hungry when I went looking for this week’s film. So I typed “chocolate” in the National […]
The End of an (Pizza) Era
It’s time to say goodbye to the end of an important era in my life. The era of free McCain pizza.
My Life in Fast Food
I love fast food. I’m clearly not alone in this — it is, after all, a multi-billion-dollar industry. There are a lot of things that have made it such a successful business: the price, the convenience and, of course, the flavor. All of those things work on me just as much as anyone else, but […]