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Book Club Tuesday: Plant Magic

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Recently I was sent a copy of Desiree Nielsen’s Plant Magic and, immediately I was interested in her approach because she is a plant-based (vegan) recipe developer and registered dietitian (click on the link to see what this credential means in Canada, where Nielsen is based). She uses her professional knowledge of nutrition to inspire home cooks – for Nielsen, it’s about a lifetime of good nutritional patterns rather than feeling bad or Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Plant Magic” →

Book Club Tuesday: Savoring

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There is an inexplicable joy that occurs when you find a favourite cookbook or recipe. When a well-written recipe flows and the resulting meal works out exactly as it should and is met with delight from those enjoying it, can there be anything better? Recently I was sent a copy of Murielle Banackissa’s Savoring: Meaningful Vegan Recipes from Across Oceans. Banackissa is a Montreal-based recipe developer, food photographer, and blogger who focusses on sharing vegan recipes inspired by Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Savoring” →

Book Club Tuesday: Supper With Love

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After spending almost a decade on Instagram, one of the things I appreciate most about that platform is when I get a chance to “meet” new people. I find that it’s getting to be a challenge to genuinely connect with people because many are focused on the algorithm and “engagement.” What I crave is true engagement – meeting of like minds to share things we find interesting and valuable. It was during the pandemic that I “met” Michelle Braxton and, Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Supper With Love” →

Book Club Tuesday: Fraiche Food, Fuller Hearts

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The parents of my daughter’s classmates know that one of my favourite things to ask when we’re standing around at after school pick up is: What’s for dinner? I’ve always been deeply curious to know what the go-to meals are, which are the favourites, or what are the dishes families fall back on when moments are busy (it feels like we’ve hit that age where the time after school is populated by myriad activities).  As Jillian Harris and Tori Wesszer know, a good recipe gives us not only a delicious meal to share but it can also Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Fraiche Food, Fuller Hearts” →

Book Club Tuesday: Plantcakes

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My year has been bookended by Lyndsay Sung’s cookbooks and, after sharing her first book (Coco Cake Land) in February, I feel the exact same about her latest book, Plantcakes: her books are too good not to share! Coco Cake Land was a book that I had bought based on a recommendation from a friend and I immediately loved Sung’s playful approach to cake decorating. At the time, I referred to her style as “choose your own adventure” because the book Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Plantcakes” →

Book Club Tuesday: The Vegan Week

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Cooking for my family seems like a breeze now compared to when my daughter was a toddler, and I was trying to figure out what to make for meals. Although I’m a vegetarian now, I didn’t grow up as one and, I found that once my daughter was born, I wasn’t sure how to be one. Sure, I knew I wasn’t going to feed her animal-based dishes, but I realized that my husband and I had a vegetarian diet that consisted of tofu, cheese, and pasta (with some frozen pizzas thrown in for good measure) — light on the “vege”, heavy on the “tarian”. While I was trying to figure out Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: The Vegan Week” →

Book Club Tuesday: To Asia, With Love

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It has been a decade since Hetty McKinnon started her salad delivery business in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia. From the small kitchen in her home on Arthur Street, she would pack up her salad boxes and deliver them on her bike to the people who lived and worked in her neighbourhood. Through delivering nourishing meals to customers, she began to Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: To Asia, With Love” →

Book Club Tuesday: Ottolenghi Flavor

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Looking at the cookbooks released this autumn, there is a definite trend towards flavour — there’s Ottolenghi Flavor by Ixta Belfrage and Yotom Ottolenghi, Nik Sharma’s Flavor Equation, Bob Blumer’s Flavorbomb, James Briscione and Brooke Parkhurst’s Flavor for All, and Dan Kluger’s Chasing Flavor just to name a few. I think this flavour odyssey is about making the most with what we have to cook with and being able to identify ways to enhance the flavour of a dish whether it’s through the use of particular techniques, ingredients or both. Continue reading “Book Club Tuesday: Ottolenghi Flavor” →