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Famous Sweet from Chez Panisse

In spite of attending food conferences across the United States over the years - including a magical few days about 15 years ago during which 100 food writers were all billeted at wineries in the Napa Valley - I have never eaten at Chez Panisse.

POSTED June 12th, 2008 By Marion Kane

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Venetian Friday night pasta is delicioso!

Here is a dish I made the other night to rave reviews. It’s easy, delectable and makes a great casual meal to serve friends, especially for an unplanned meal. As usual with Nigella’s recipes, I had to tweak hers. It’s a winner.

Pasta with Chicken, Raisins and Pine Nuts

POSTED April 30th, 2008 By Marion Kane

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Middle East in Montreal

Every time I visit my birthplace, Montreal, I discover some new delicious food source. Of course, I try to re-visit favourite spots (Schwartz’s and L’Express top that list, depending on my mood.

POSTED April 6th, 2008 By Marion Kane

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Sensational salad

“The food production chain is really simple. We plant it, we grow it, we gather it, we cook it, and then we eat it. When this process occurs with a certain immediacy and a minimum of interference and, if it is nurtured by people who are truly passionate about what they are doing, the results can be glorious.” - John Ash.

POSTED April 3rd, 2008 By Marion Kane

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Florida feast on the beach

 

This appeared in the Toronto Star’s Living section on Saturday, March 22, 2008.

 

MIAMI – Jamie Oliver, wearing a fitted short-sleeved shirt and jeans, emerges from behind the scenes and is greeted with a barrage of screams, whistles and applause.

POSTED March 22nd, 2008 By Marion Kane

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Perfect Poached Pears

Being snowed in, as I was last Saturday, can be a good thing. On this occasion, cooking seemed like the ideal way to spend the day inside as I watched the blanket of snow reach several feet high outside my kitchen window.

POSTED March 12th, 2008 By Marion Kane

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Feast on the beach

SOUTH BEACH, Fla. - Lee Schrager, the energetic fellow who founded the annual South Beach Wine and Food festival seven years ago, is one smart cookie.

POSTED March 12th, 2008 By Marion Kane

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Eco-eatery is London hot-spot

 Here’s my article from The Toronto Star, February 23, 2008, that I wrote about Acorn House after a recent visit to the U.K.

“Acorn House is the most important restaurant to open in London in 200 years,” Giles Coren, The Times magazine (December, 2006).

POSTED March 1st, 2008 By Marion Kane

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Hot tips for cold weather

In case you didn’t catch my chat with host Jeff Goodes on Fresh Air on CBC Radio on Saturday morning, January 27, here’s a list of places I mentioned during our discussion about eating out in winter:

Down the Street, Stratford, Ontario, especially for its warm welcome but also for the cozy decor and excellent food.

POSTED January 26th, 2008 By Marion Kane

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Beefcake and beef

Let’s get one thing out of the way: Stephen Alexander, the tall, slim, charming owner of two Cumbrae’s butcher shops in Toronto specializing in naturally-raised meat (there’s also one in Dundas near Hamilton) , is easy on the eyes.

This third-generation Aussie butcher is also easy on the ears when he talks about his passion: things carnivorous and how to prepare them.

POSTED December 18th, 2007 By Marion Kane

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