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“It’s Only Shepherd’s Pie But I Like It!” Says Keith Richards

May 1, 2017

Keith Richards liked my article so much, he signed a copy. It appeared in the Toronto Star in the summer of 1994 while The Rolling Stones were living in Toronto rehearsing for their Voodoo Lounge tour. (Update: I’ve recently perfected the ultimate version of Shepherd’s Pie that appears on the Recipes page of this site.)
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Filed Under: Pie, Potato, Recipe, Toronto, Vegan Tagged With: Keith Richards, recipe, Rolling Stones, shepherds pie, Toronto, UK

Matty Matheson’s Easy, Fluffy Pancakes May Be World’s Best

April 6, 2017

Chef Matty Matheson is a rising star mostly thanks to his inimitable wit, outrageous antics and yes, cooking talent. His never-dull hit show “Dead Set on Life” on VICE TV along with his huge – and growing – popularity on social media are icing on the cake.

“You need almost no cooking skills to make the world’s greatest pancakes” – Munchies Staff Read more…

Filed Under: addiction, Breakfast, Chefs, Recipe, Toronto Tagged With: addiction, Matty Matheson, pancakes, recipe, Toronto, TV

I Discovered Brilliant Anthony Bourdain Many Years Ago

March 13, 2017

In Memoriam: Anthony Bourdain – an inspiration to me and the huge number of devotees who followed his ground-breaking, intrepid and wondrous work – committed suicide while filming an episode of Parts Unknown in France on June 8, 2018. He was one of a kind. RIP dear friend. Read more…

Filed Under: Beef, Chefs, Cookbooks, Food Industry, Foodies, New York City, Recipe, Restaurant, Vegetables Tagged With: anthony bourdain, beef stew, celebrity chef, Manhattan, New York, recipe

Sweet! Two Delectable Chocolate Creations That Take the Cake

March 10, 2017

Click on this – my podcast chat with domestic goddess Nigella Lawson recorded in Toronto in late 2015 – and you’ll hear her say that we are “kitchen cousins”:  http://www.marionkane.com/podcast/chat-nigella-kitchen-cousin

She’s referring to several important things we have in common: A willingness to freely improvise when cooking; an acceptance of failure in the kitchen as a necessary path to learning, and a penchant for eating her dish of Squid and Orzo Pasta cold for breakfast.

Nigella and I have another important bond: a love of chocolate cakes. In her book “Feast,” published in 2004, there is an entire chapter – beloved my me – called “Chocolate Hall of Fame.” This collection of nine recipes includes her famous Chocolate Guinness Cake – delicious but tends to sink in the middle – Chocolate Gingerbread, also good, and Chocolate Malteser Cake that I haven’t yet made. Read more…

Filed Under: Baking, Chefs, Chocolate, Cookbooks, Dessert, Foodies, Nigella Lawson, Recipe Tagged With: cake, chocolate, chocolate dessert, cookbook, delicious dessert, feast, nigella lawson, recipe, torte

NYC Chef Michael Lomonaco Survived 9/11 and is Still Cooking

January 26, 2017

“I dedicate my work every day to the colleagues I lost on 9/11” – chef Michael Lomonaco.

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Michael Lomonaco loves food and people. But it was an act of hate that pushed him into the spotlight: the tragic events of September 11th, 2001.

Michael was executive chef of Windows on the World: a restaurant once on top of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Following the attacks, he helped raise $23 million for the families of foodservice workers killed that day. Those included 79 of his staff working the morning shift and a hot dog vendor on the ground outside. I interviewed him in May 2002. Read more…

Filed Under: 9/11, Beef, Chicken, New York City, Recipe Tagged With: 9/11, Chicken, meatloaf, New York, recipe

Co-Authors Reclaim, Redo and Redeem Gefilte Fish!

November 24, 2016

“Bland, intractably beige, and (most unforgivably of all) suspended in jelly, the bottled version seemed to have been fashioned, golem-like, from a combination of packing material and crushed hope.” From an article about gefilte fish by Rebecca Flint Marx in The New Yorker (October, 2016)

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The above is eloquent testimony to the bad reputation of gefilte fish – a downhome, humble staple at the Jewish holiday table. Read more…

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Jewish, Recipe Tagged With: Brooklyn, gefilte fish, Jeffery Yoskowitz, Jewish Cooking, Liz Alpern, New York, recipe, terrine

Alex Prud’homme on Great-Aunt Julia Child’s Rise to Stardom

November 1, 2016

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Julia Child’s great-nephew Alex Prud’homme with his new book

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Julia Child often said: “I was born hungry!” She had an appetite for life and sharing a love of good food was her consuming passion. She was North America’s first TV celebrity chef and her great-nephew Alex Prud’homme had a front-row seat. Read more…

Filed Under: Cookbooks, Julia Child, Potato Tagged With: alex prud'homme, cookbooks, julia child, potatoes, recipe

Chef Survived 9/11 by Chance

September 7, 2016

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This story originally appeared in the Toronto Star a few months after 9/11. This is the 15th anniversary of that tragic event.
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Filed Under: 9/11, Chef Michael Lomonaco, Pastry Chef Norberto Hernandez, Twin Towers, Windows On The World, World Trade Centre Tagged With: chef Michael Lomonaco; 9/11; Windows on the World

As I Turn 70, Immaturity and Hair Dye Keep me Young

August 20, 2016

“Immaturity and hair dye keep me young.”

I’m repeating the title of this post for a few reasons: First, everything clever is worth repeating. It usually gets a good laugh – one of life’s giddiest pleasures, especially at my age. It’s true and unabashedly honest. It sums up what’s to follow – the announcement that I turn 70 in a few days. And last, it’s original.

I used to think I stole this funny line from my beloved heroine: the American journalist, author, screenwriter and director Nora Ephron. I steal a lot from that eminently quotable woman who died too young at 71 in 2012 from a rare form of leukemia. It’s hard not to steal from her because we seem to have parallel lives. I talk about her in the present because she lives on in my heart.

We both love food and cooking. We consider crushed pineapple mandatory in carrot cake, we like meatloaf – done right – and both have a recipe for cottage cheese pancakes. We both adore Julia Child and all that she’s about. Read more…

Filed Under: Chocolate, Jewish, Julia Child, London, Mel Schachter, My mum Ruth Schachter, Podcasts Tagged With: food editor, julia child, kensington market, nora ephron, turning 70; aging

My Breakfast Chez Julia Child

August 1, 2016

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1999: Julia Child making her famous scrambled eggs at home in Cambridge, Mass.

(An excerpt from my book Dish, a collection of my favourite columns and recipes from the Toronto Star)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – I came bearing buns: rye sourdough buns I managed to procure in a mad dash moments earlier, after the croissants carefully ordered for this momentous occasion failed to arrive at my hotel at the appointed time.

Still recovering from that culinary escapade, I was both jittery and elated at the prospect of breakfast chez Julia Child as we drove along her quiet, leafy street a few blocks from bustling Harvard Square one beautiful, sunny morning last week. Read more…

Filed Under: Breakfast, cheese soufflé, Chefs, Foodies, Julia Child, Recipe, Scrambled Eggs, scrambled eggs Tagged With: breakfast, cheese souffle, julia child, Julia Child's Scrambled Eggs, My breakfast with Julia Child, toronto star

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Marion Kane has been a leader in the world of food journalism for a few decades. She is an intrepid populist whose work combines social commentary with a consuming passion for all things culinary. For 18 years, she was food editor/columnist for Canada's largest newspaper: the Toronto Star. She lives in Toronto's colourful Kensington Market and is currently a free-wheeling freelance food sleuth®, podcaster, writer and cook.

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