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Surviving the Apocalypse Involves Dutch Babies

November 24, 2018

Dutch BabiesDutch Babies are a crepe-like dish that can be filled with a variety of goodies
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Filed Under: Baking, Beef, Chefs, Cookbooks, Dessert, Foodies, Montreal, Podcasts, Recipe, Restaurant Tagged With: anthony bourdain, baking, Canadian cuisine, cookbook, David McMillan, Dutch Babies, Fred Morin, Joe Beef, Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse, Montreal, recipe

Cookbook Author Rob Firing is Leading a Steak Revolution

July 18, 2018

Rob Firing’s barbecued ribeye steak with service berries and garlic scapes

Rob Firing has changed my life.

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I’ll be more specific. There are two pieces of steak info he has shared with me that have made me a happy woman. This occurred before his 2018 book “Steak Revolution” came out in which he shares his enthusiastic, informative, entertaining take on steak. It includes recipes, a detailed, helpful beef chart and amazingly good photos.  Read more...

Filed Under: Beef, Cookbooks, Podcasts, Toronto Tagged With: barbecue, BBQ, cookbook, culotte, grilling, Rob Firing, steak, Steak Revolution, Toronto

The Miami Herald’s Food Editor Led me to the Amazing El Palacio de los Jugos

March 18, 2018

Carlos Frias at El Palacio de los Jugos with an array of Cuban dishes

I think it was in the early 2000s that I started making an annual pilgrimage to Miami.  Read more...

Filed Under: Beef, Recipe, Restaurant, South Beach Miami Tagged With: beef, carlos frias, Cuban food, el palacio de los jugos, Miami, miami herald, picadillo

Chef Lynn Returns to Scottish Roots with Mince ‘n’ Tatties

October 15, 2017

This recipe is from the excellent cookbook ‘AT HOME with LYNN CRAWFORD’.

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When I was interviewing well-known Canadian chef Lynn Crawford for a podcast, we chatted about our long friendship, her TV career, our joint project that raised $40,000 for a new kitchen at Toronto homeless shelter for women – and what we like to cook at home.  Read more...

Filed Under: Beef, Chefs, Fall Recipe, Fall vegetables, Peas, Potato, Recipe, Vegetables Tagged With: beef, Edinburgh, lynn crawford, podcast, potatoes, recipes, 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

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.  Read more...

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

Revisiting a Mother’s Day Tribute to my Mum as She Approaches her 91st Birthday

January 12, 2014

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This appeared as my column “Dish” in the Toronto Star in 2002. My mum Ruth Schachter (nee Nisse) died peacefully in her sleep at home in NW London UK on April 21, 2018.

Today is Mother’s Day and this is a tribute to the person who first inspired my love of food and cooking – my mum.  Read more...

Filed Under: Beef, Beef Stroganoff, Latvia, My mum Ruth Schachter, Recipe Tagged With: Beef Stroganoff recipe, Childhood in Riga, Latvia, My mum Ruth Schachter

My Recipes for Luscious Couscous, Perfect Pot Roast and Amazing Applesauce

November 2, 2012

Some years ago, I spent a few hours in a restaurant kitchen with a young chef called Omar Houmani who was a recent immigrant to Canada from Algeria. The purpose of that evening’s venture: To learn from him how to make couscous.  Read more...

Filed Under: Applesauce, Beef, Couscous, Dessert, Pot Roast, Recipe Tagged With: Applesauce, Couscous, Pot Roast

Cooking up a Storm with the Help of my Kitchen Sisters

December 7, 2011

For some reason – probably as an antidote to stress, this being the onset of that silly season – I’ve been cooking a lot of late, in particular trying new recipes from books by my Toronto foodie friends.

If you’ve read the previous blog – my tragic tale of the missing cookbooks – you’ll understand why the tomes in question are dear to my heart.  Read more...

Filed Under: Beef, Bonnie Stern, Breakfast Grab and Gos, Brisket, Jewish, Mairlyn Smith, Port, Recipe, Toronto Tagged With: bonnie stern, brisket, foodie friends, juicy meat, kensington market, recipe tips, red wine

Secret to Ultimate Meatballs Revealed

January 1, 2011

Dear readers, more proof that when I say something, I keep my word.  Read more...

Filed Under: Beef, Recipe Tagged With: clever folks, cookbook library, cup raisins, dry skillet, food network, grated cheese, hunger relief, italian theme, italian tradition, james beard awards, lamb meatballs, meat dish, meat mixture, michael lomonaco, plain yogurt, tender texture, toasted pine nuts, windows on the world, wine food, wing ding

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Marion Kane, Food Sleuth®

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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