Food and Drink

Erik Akis: Predictions for your plate

This is my first column of聽2014 and I thought I鈥檇聽get things cooking by聽sharing food trends predicted for this year. Below are聽some of the numerous ones being made by new services, associations, bloggers, consultants and others.

Jan 7, 2014 2:43 PM Read more >

Eric Akis: Bakery owner鈥檚 new book shares secrets of gourmet treats

If you opened a neighbourhood bakery and included 鈥渂utter鈥� in its name, it would certainly attract attention.

Dec 10, 2013 4:34 PM Read more >

COOKING ON DEADLINE: Recipe for honey-paprika chicken with roasted oranges

Sweet and smoky and spicy are three flavours that work wonderfully together, and this recipe for roasted chicken thighs is a fast, easy and delicious way to make that point.

Apr 26, 2013 4:57 AM Read more >

Vegetarian cooking becoming more about the vegetables, less about the agenda

Not so long ago, there was a certain image associated with being vegetarian. It usually involved Birkenstocks, lentil loaf and an agenda.

Apr 25, 2013 9:22 AM Read more >

Hungering for change: 91原创s challenged to eat on $1.75 a day

TORONTO - Could you live on $1.

Apr 25, 2013 8:13 AM Read more >

Chefs dish on favourite eateries around the world in guide 'Where Chefs Eat'

TORONTO - More than 400 of the world's top chefs are spilling the beans on their favourite places to nosh.

Apr 24, 2013 8:16 AM Read more >

From boudin to gator meat: Pennsylvania stores adapt to influx of gas workers from the South

PENNSDALE, Pa. - The land of scrapple and chipped ham is starting to get a taste for jambalaya and boudin.

Apr 24, 2013 7:48 AM Read more >

THE AMERICAN TABLE: Recipe for English muffin cheese and tomato sandwich

Happiness is... a warm cheese sandwich. It's a sentiment as true today as when I read it as a child in my very first cookbook, the "Peanuts Cook Book.

Apr 24, 2013 7:00 AM Read more >

National Arts Centre in Ottawa celebrates the North with 10-day festival

OTTAWA - The National Arts Centre is bringing the North to the South this spring with a 10-day festival featuring northern artists, musicians, singers, chefs, writers and storytellers who blend the traditional with the contemporary.

Apr 22, 2013 1:29 PM Read more >

THE HEALTHY PLATE: Recipe for whole-wheat penne with spring greens and sausage

No matter how unimpeachable whole-wheat pasta is in terms of nutritional cred, I've always found it off-putting. Sure, it has more fiber and whole-grain nutrition. But it always struck me as rather spineless and dull.

Apr 22, 2013 9:52 AM Read more >