Pressure Cooker Review: Instant Pot is Amazing
After years dabbling in slow cooking, I’ve recently become a pressure cooker convert. The slow food movement conjures images of dedicated nature-lovers cultivating their own sourdough cultures…
YamChops Part 2: Dragons DO Eat Vegan!
One of my first LettuceMeat feature articles back in 2014 covered Toronto-based YamChops, arguably the world’s first “Vegetarian Butcher”. Notwithstanding the clever juxtaposed food noun name (teehee!),…
Pizza: You Can Dough It!
We had an amazing pizza party for our kids on New Year’s Eve. This got me thinking about all the other fun things we…
Anti-Ageing Secret: The Mediterranean Diet
Any Highlander fan (you know who you are!) will tell you that it’s probably not a good idea to live forever. But most of…
Conservas: Gourmet Spanish Canned Foods
Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian family and friends. It’s been another year of things to be thankful for: health, happiness, and lots of really…
Pasta Shells with Broccoli Béchamel Sauce
On a weeknight, I’m often confronted with leftover veggies like broccoli, cauliflower or carrots. It’s not quite enough for a whole side dish, and my…
Hakka Festival of Toronto – A Great Celebration!
Like many Canadians, my parents were immigrants – moving here to find new opportunities for themselves and their children. In fact, in the 2011 census,…
Little Italy Shines for Toronto’s Annual Festival
One sure sign of summer in Toronto is the annual Taste of Little Italy festival that takes place at the end of June. This is…
Chickens for Rent!
For city folk increasingly obsessed with foods that are locally sourced, organic, seasonal, farm-to-table and sustainable (think Portlandia’s on-point “Farm” episode), the idea of raising chickens in their backyard is…
Chicken and Lemon Pasta
Pasta is so convenient for those weeknights when I’m looking for something quick and easy. My family loves it, and it only takes a few ingredients to…