Montreal is Most Famous for Smoked Meat and Chewy Bagels
Smoked meat and bagels. Both of these foods were made popular in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood which, at one time, was mainly home to Jewish immigrants. It is also where my father grew up. On a re...
15 Sep 202211min
Kathleen Purvis Shares her Wisdom about Southern Food
On a 2014 trip to a food writers’ convention in Memphis, I learned that virtually every topic related to Southern food is a matter of debate. Does sugar belong in cornbread? Should we pronounce it pe-...
25 Aug 202212min
Wendy Bray was Inspired by a Holocaust Survivor
There are some people in this world who have a light that shines so bright, it illuminates everyone around them. My friend Wendy Bray is one such person. Wendy, Senior Fund development Manager at the ...
7 Juli 202214min
Katz’s Deli in New York City: Where Harry Met Sally
NYC's iconic Katz's Deli - yes, that deli from the movie When Harry Met Sally - has served their famous pastrami to hungry customers since 1888. Katz's is New York's oldest deli and has survived two p...
30 Juni 202211min
Lesleigh Cooks for a Living and She Tested a Few Chicken Wings
I teamed up with my trusty recipe tester chef Lesleigh Landry to perfect home-cooked chicken wings. My criteria for superior wings: they must be salty, spicy, crunchy and crispy. Lesleigh and I taste-...
26 Maj 202216min
Julia Child, The Canadian Connection
Julia Child loved her visits to Toronto. On her first visit to our fair city in 1991, she was wowed by a lunch cooked by some of Canada’s top chefs. I'll always remember the touching moment when she w...
7 Apr 202220min
Judith Jones, Julia Child's Editor, Talks About her Dear Friend
JULIA and JUDITH: Next Tuesday, the Canadian Food Network premieres The Julia Child Challenge (it has begun in the U.S. this week) - a show where home cooks enter culinary challenges, each competing t...
14 Mars 20229min
Waldorf Salad: The Icon Lives On (Rerun)
The Waldorf Salad – named after its birthplace, Manhattan's legendary Waldorf Astoria hotel – has evolved since it was first created in 1896. In my 2013 interview with the hotel's then executive chef ...
24 Feb 202211min
