Study after study shows that people and cultures that eat more fruits and vegetables live longer, have lower rates of chronic disease …8 Zoom(s)

I’m not your typical cordon bleu French cook, but I tend to stay away from supermarket bakeries because the lists of ingredients they use scare me. So once in a while, I bake. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated: I usually follow recipes loosely (seriously, who has all the ingredients on hand?) and hope for the best.
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“Canada has long been seen as a land of plenty. Yet today one in ten families with a child under six is unable to meet their daily food needs. These rates of food insecurity are unacceptable, and it is time for Canada to adopt a national right to food …

Are you getting enough calcium? I think my kids are, but I’m not so sure about myself…

The days are getting longer and warmer.  I am waiting with great anticipation for May long weekend. My long weekend will involve some fun in the sun laying on the hammock sipping a sweet summer drink. Bliss, pure bliss! Lucky for us, Minute Maid wants…

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© 2004-2012 Rebecca Bollwitt – Miss604.com. If you are not reading this via official Miss604 channels, this content is being reproduced without permission. Imagine an entire stadium filled with chefs, restaurants, vendors, and foodies. Throw in Food Network stars, demonstations, seminars, and cooking competitions and you have EAT Vancouver. Happening June 1-3, 2012 the 10th [...]

The Momofuku restaurants are famous for hip Asian cuisine. Their secret ingredients: mold and bacteria.

Yes, it’s a Birdcage Cake! I had wanted to make a birdcage cake for a long time and finally dove headfirst into it. I was happy with how it turned out and just love the two little lovebirds in the front. It also fits in very well with any spring …

This scrumptious coconut, cinnamon chip cookie brings a nice twist to the traditional oatmeal cookie. These cookies are a hit with the kids and hubby enjoys them too! Coconut and Cinnamon Chip Oatmeal cookies Yield: 2 dozen Ingredients: 3/4 cup brown s…

Matt Blondin trades shrimp grits for pork buns at Toronto’s Momofuku, opening July 28. Toronto Star restaurant critic Amy Pataki reports.

… and his no-longer hidden agendaContributor: “Relayer”Another Harper VictimHere are eleven articles collected over the past eight days.Two new issues that have surfaced are John Baird’s intervention for his dear Chabad rabbi and another cost misca…

I usually avoid eating in the Byward Market because some of Ottawa’s worse restaurants operate there, and because food can be pricey and mediocre. I always feel for tourists who end up there and pay big bucks for bad food. But sometimes, there are nice surprises.
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One of my favourite childhood memories is our family dinners at home. My mom was an excellent cook, and dinner was always something delicious to look forward to.

Open a can o’ Spam With Bacon: an indefinite shelf life, some color magic, and an amount of sodium equal to 234 Ruffles potato chips.

A new east-end café makes First Nations comfort food for an aboriginal clientele.

Toronto is chock full of restaurants that serve food from all around the world, but have you sampled Canada’s own traditional recipes? A brand new east-side restaurant, Tea-N-Bannock, offers up meals that are popular in Canadian aboriginal communities. Unlike the aboriginal-French hybrid restaurant Keriwa Cafe in Parkdale, or the trendy Oliver & Bonacini’s Bannock, this [...]

Vancity may divest from Enbridge over pipeline:A famously ethical Vancouver credit union may pull millions of dollars out of Enbridge over concerns raised by its members surrounding the Northern Gateway pipeline project. …Vancity CEO Tamara Vrooman&n…

© 2004-2012 Rebecca Bollwitt – Miss604.com. If you are not reading this via official Miss604 channels, this content is being reproduced without permission. Recently, I was invited down to check out Anthony Sedlak’s newest restaurant, The American Cheesesteak Co. (“ACC”) on Davie Street during the filming of Food Network’s You Gotta Eat Here with John [...]

Campaign to make Toronto a Fair Trade Town launched at city council meeting yesterday.

Councillors went bananas for fair trade yesterday, posing with human-sized fruit and sipping the coffee on offer. (There were also chocolate bars, and in the interest of full disclosure we will report that Torontoist editor Hamutal Dotan ate one.) Fair Trade Toronto (FTT) visited the city council meeting yesterday to launch its campaign to make [...]

© 2004-2012 Rebecca Bollwitt – Miss604.com. If you are not reading this via official Miss604 channels, this content is being reproduced without permission. The other day I received a reader email about Ashiana Restaurant in Surrey telling me that it’s a must-try and that is has some of the best Indian food in the region. [...]