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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

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

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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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