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How to Buy and Soak Beans From Scratch Buy: Beans last a long time, but older beans take longer to cook. Packaged dried beans may have helpful expiry dates, but bulk beans probably do not. If buying in bulk, purchase your beans at a store where they are sold and restocked often. Choose beans that […]

Nutritional yeasts can be used as condiments and supplements. They are rich in the B vitamin complex. The yellowish colour of the yeast comes from the concentration of the B vitamin riboflavin. Some nutritional yeasts contain high quality protein with both essential and non essential amino acids, as well as the vitamins and minerals: niacin, […]

I recently had the opportunity to participate in Eat To The Beat, a charity event that brings together 60 female chefs in support of Willow Breast Cancer Support, that was held at Roy Thompson Hall. I felt honoured to be a part of this very important event because the money raised will be used to […]

The bulbous vegetable known in various parts of Europe as Florence, or Roman Fennel; Fenouil in France and Finocchio in Italy, is fragrantly anise (licorice) in both taste and smell. In the plant Foeniculum vulgare dulce, the leaf stalks grow wider at the bulbous end, so much so that they overlap and form a tight […]

The name “Canola” is a contraction of “Canadian” and “ola”, which means oil. Canola oil is clear, with little colour. It is lower in saturated fat than any other oil and contains cholesterol lowering Omega-3 fatty acids. I like to use it for baking and stir frying. Here are recipes I’ve developed for the Canola […]