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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.

Especially treasured are those 100 or so that I keep close at hand on shelves I had built for this purpose in the important room where it all happens: my compact, cozy kitchen. 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

The Tale of my Missing Cookbooks and How I Made Lemonade from Lemons

December 5, 2011

listen-to-the-podcastIt all began about a year ago when I gave two people I had no reason to distrust full access to my large, fully-furnished house while I was away.

All went well for several months during which time I would visit the place occasionally to pick up mail and move items to my new place – mostly clothes, work-related stuff and some important papers.

The pride and joy of my former abode was its cookbook library: a room I had specifically designed to hold the 1,200 or so cookbooks I had accumulated during my almost 40 years as a member of Canada’s food media. Many of those – 18, to be exact – were spent as food editor/columnist for this country’s largest newspaper the Toronto Star where I received review copies of cookbooks on a regular basis. Read more…

Filed Under: Bonnie Stern, Cheesecake, Cookbooks, Julia Child, Nigella Lawson, Pie, Pie, Recipe, Rose Levy Beranbaum Tagged With: bonnie stern, cookbooks, julia child, nigella lawson, pie crust, 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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