Sugar, Sugary Cookies
CHILDREN love it. Adults like it. Everyone adores it. Cookies, of course! Whether small or large, thick and chunky or thin and crunchy, fruity, chocolaty or nutty, chilled or freshly baked, it all...
View Article5 ways to upcycle holiday leftovers
Got leftovers? The most indulgent season of the year often ends with an excess of chocolate, cheese, cream, bread and pastry in the kitchen, but CBC Calgary food and nutritionist columnist Julie Van...
View ArticleVanilla power!
A VERY interesting orchid from the genus Vanilla that gave the culinary world a remarkable flavor especially to our baked goods and frozen desserts, Vanilla itself is a very well-known and well-loved...
View ArticleHugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's summer baking recipes
From sweet treats to super savouries, there's a whole host of baked goodies to whet the summer tastebuds Cheddar, onion and wholemeal scones: Simply irresistible. Photograph: Colin Campbell for the...
View ArticleSuper bowl snacks vegan style
Are you going to a super bowl party and looking for a delicious dish to bring? Here is one idea for a sure hit! Vegan tamales are great and your friends won't even know they are healthy! Vegan...
View ArticleModelo Light comes to Fresno (Photos)
Fresno is a unique city in the heart of agriculture, wineries and breweries. It is no surprise that Crown Imports has chosen to Fresno to be one of the exclusive areas to introduce “Modelo Light.” For...
View ArticleChase the chill with chili
IF you ask my husband what he'd like for dinner, I'm willing to bet he'd say "chili." It's a guy thing. But I have to admit I'm pretty partial to it too, and there's something supremely comforting...
View ArticleReaders' recipe swap: Dumplings
Felicity Cloake puts your dumpling recipes to the test • For your chance to be crowned Guardian home cook of the year, send us your SUSTAINABLE recipes. Recipes will appear on 1 June. Email your...
View ArticleHonorable mention: Recipes we couldn't resist
LEMON COCONUT COOKIES Makes about 3 dozen cookies. "A few years ago I stopped by my cousin's home in a small west-central town," wrote Barb Roles of Chokio, Minn. "She served these wonderful little...
View ArticleTamale time
In her new, exhaustively researched cookbook Oaxaca al Gusto, la reina de Mexican cuisine Diana Kennedy writes about making a variety of tamales: chicken in black mole, yucca and beans; plantain and...
View ArticleMaya Kitchen graduation recipe
THERE’S no better way to celebrate your kid’s graduation than with tasty sweet and savory dishes you can easily whip up in your kitchen. For more recipes, other culinary ideas and course schedule,...
View ArticleA fifth of mayo; A Cinco de Mayo fiesta
No, this is not another one of my idiotic takes on three-hundred forty-seven uses for mayonnaise. It is an overview of the Celebration of May 5th, or as we know it, Cinco de Mayo. Contrary to popular...
View ArticleWhat’s Cooking?Creative Ways to Prepare Your Gulay; Going Into Business Has...
Creative Ways to Prepare Your Gulay Fresh Sigarillas and Dayap Relish 1/2 kg sigarillas, sliced 1 inch diagonally 2 pieces red onions, sliced thinly 4 pieces tomatoes, seeded and sliced into thin...
View ArticleWHAT'S COOKING:Celebrate May at The Maya Kitchen; Modern Malaysian Cuisine...
Celebrate May at The Maya Kitchen Fiestas, Santacruzan, Mother’s Day - they all happen in the month of May. So dust off your big party plates and polish your silverware as you prepare special dishes...
View ArticleCalling blackberry pickers
EVERY year around this time you start to see scratched and disheveled souls, margarine tubs in hand, clawing their way through the brambly thickets along roadsides throughout the Lower Mainland. It's...
View ArticleMarket Watch: Rhubarb
Spring has officially sprung. At least it looks that way, what with the arrival of rhubarb at Prairie Hollow Farm's stand at the Mill City Farmers Market, chronicled in this week's Market Watch. As...
View ArticleSummer has fresh bounty
ONE of the joys of summer (assuming we get any summer this year) is heading to a farmer's market for super-fresh fruits and veggies. Nothing tastes better than a sun-warmed tomato, crisp fresh corn or...
View ArticleThe 2012 winning cookie recipes
ROYAL SWEETS WITH CHOCOLATE-BALSAMIC SAUCE Makes about 2 dozen cookies. Note: Our 2012 winning cookie is from Patrice Johnson of Roseville. For cookies: • 4 egg whites, at room temperature • 1/8 tsp....
View Article20 desserts with less than 160 calories
Hogging on desserts negatively impacts your health due to their richness in added sugars and solid fats, such as butter and margarine. Your craving for a slice of store-bought chocolate cake may...
View ArticleEast Side Vacation at El Petate: A Guide to Salvadoran Cuisine
If you're anything like me, pupusas are the first thing that spring to mind when thinking of Salvadoran food. And why not: The fat, round pockets of cheese, beans, meat (and sometimes all three) are...
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