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Fond Memories of my Mum and her Delicious Food

April 19, 2019

LONDON UK – It was about six years ago and my mother and I were about to leave her flat on Steeles Rd. in Primrose Hill. We were standing in the small hallway when she put on her new navy blue gabardine coat with a hood.  Read more...

Filed Under: addiction, Baking, Holocaust, identity, Jewish, Latvia, London, My mum Ruth Schachter, Personal Change, Recipe, Recovery, Riga, Seafood, Story, Women Tagged With: anniversary, Coulibiac, Latvia, linzertorte, London, mother, mum, pastry, recipe, Riga, Ruth, salmon, yogurt

My Lovely Late Mum Ruth Made a Mean Beef Stroganoff

May 19, 2018

My mother Ruth Schachter (née Nisse) in the garden of her flat in Primrose Hill, London UK, in 2014

I wrote this in 2002 when I was food editor for the Toronto Star. My dear mother, 95, died peacefully in her sleep a month ago on April 21, 2018  Read more...

Filed Under: Baking, Beef Stroganoff, childhood, Dessert, identity, Jewish, Latvia, Linzertorte, London, My mum Ruth Schachter, Recipe, Riga, Women Tagged With: beef, Beef Stroganoff recipe, dessert, linzertorte, London, mum, My mum Ruth Schachter, recipe

It’s the Real Cup of Joe – Going Strong for More Than 100 Years

May 23, 2016

coffee by joe

Martinson coffee, founded by my great-uncle Joe Martinson

This column appeared in the Toronto Star in 2002. I was reminded of it recently when I stayed in a hotel in Kitchener, Ontario, and found this coffee in the room.

A cup of joe.

Who would have thought I am related – albeit distantly – to the “Joe” of that famous culinary phrase.  Read more...

Filed Under: Dessert, Latvia, New York City, Recipe, Riga, Sleuthing Tagged With: coffee, coffee cake, Joe, Martinson, New York, recipe

Mum, I Knew I Was Coming So I Baked a Cake

November 30, 2015

Mum in her garden, 2014Mum with Ruthie and Esther, 2015

Top photo: My mother, Ruth Schachter, in her NW London garden in 2014

Bottom photo: Mum in 2015, after her serious fall, with my daughters Ruthie (L) and Esther (R)

In Memoriam: My mother Ruth Schachter (nee Nisse), age 95, died peacefully in her sleep at home in NW London UK on April 21, 2018.  Read more...

Filed Under: apple, Dessert, identity, Latvia, My mum Ruth Schachter, Recipe Tagged With: apple galette normande, apples, baking, Canada, daughter, holocaust, holocaust survivor, Latvia, London, memories, mother, WWII

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

January 12, 2014

ruth reaching out smaller

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

Winning Reader’s Recipe in 2011 Observer Food Monthly Annual Awards is a Winner!

November 29, 2011

My mother Ruth Schachter (nee Nisse), age 88, is one live-wire.

She reminds me (and others) of the cute little old lady in the original “Ladykillers” starring Alec Guinness and a young, dashing Peter Sellers. White-haired and blue-eyed, that sweet, seemingly innocent, slightly scatter-brained octogenarian is far more savvy than she looks. ‘Nuff said.  Read more...

Filed Under: Chicken, Chicken Pistachio Curry, Jewish, Latvia, London, My mum Ruth Schachter, Observer Food Monthly, Recipe Tagged With: Chicken, London, My mum Ruth Schachter, recipe

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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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