Do you love those granola bars from the supermarket? Take a look at the ingredients list on the side of the box, and more than likely, theres a scary-huge list of ingredients. According to a NYTimes piece from the spring, a Kellog’s Nutri-grain bar contains ingredients from 9 different countries! Supply-chain management strikes healthy convenience foods!
Granola [...]
With fall weather in full force here, and winter on its way, my food thoughts are turning to comfort food: stews, baked casseroles, and of course, desserts that really feel like dessert!.
One of my favourite desserts is sticky toffee pudding, which I usually steam (not bake), and top with delicious toffee sauce. I started thinking that [...]
A while back, I came up with a recipe fora sweet potato salad that a friend with a number of food restrictions would be able to enjoy. Due to health issues, he was avoiding gluten, dairy, eggs, sugar, all citrus, corn and tomatoes.
This fit the bill on all fronts, and is hearty enough to have for [...]
For the past couple of months, I have been joining a lively crew over at the Mixoloseum for Thursday Drink Night.
Quoting Rick over at Kaiserpenguin, the founder of this event:
“When Thursday Drink Night began as a small gathering of booze nerds who just wanted another excuse to hang out and mix cocktails, I [...]
With a renewed interest in cocktails, I have been reading about various infusions, syrups, liqueurs and digestifs that add different flavour profiles to cocktails. After a little bit of research, I am finding that many of them are not too difficult to make, really requiring time and good quality produce as a starting point.
It all started [...]