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According to Saltwire's Mark DeWolf, blue cheese and beef pair perfectly with Argentinian Malbec.

Celebrating Malbec World Day

Saltwire's Mark DeWolf celebrates Malbec on Malbec World Day with inspired beef dishes.

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Pasta, perfecto! Three easy midweek pasta recipes

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |5 min read

Amatriciana is a classic pasta from central Italy featuring guanciale (cured pork jowl) and crushed tomatoes.

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Cook This: Three recipes from Nosh, including Passover black and white cookies

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Clockwise from top left: chef, TV host, and cookbook author Dennis Prescott; baked oysters with garlic butter and Parmesan pangrattato; smoky lime chicken with grilled jalapeño hot sauce; and creamed lobster dip. PHOTOS BY DENNIS PRESCOTT

Cook This: Three recipes from Cook with Confidence, including smoky lime chicken

Laura Brehaut · Postmedia News |Updated Mar. 29, 2024 |11 min read

Our cookbook of the week is Cook with Confidence by Moncton-based chef and TV host Dennis Prescott. Jump to the recipes: baked oysters with garlic butter and Parmesan pangrattato, creamed lobster dip and smoky lime ...

As the days become longer, our palates awaken to the flavours of spring such as this pasta dish made with an avocado and arugula pesto.

Cook this springtime pasta delight

Mark DeWolf · Food critic |Updated Apr. 1, 2024 |2 min read

Saltwire's Mark DeWolf crafts a spring pasta dish blending the creaminess of avocado, the spicy and herbal character of arugula with shrimp.

The annual release of Nova 7 by Benjamin Bridge has become as much a symbol of welcoming spring as tulips in Nova Scotia.

Celebrating Innovation, Sustainability and Nova 7

Mark DeWolf · Food critic |Updated Mar. 28, 2024 |3 min read

It's time to toast Benjamin Bridge as they celebrate the seventeenth anniversary of Nova 7 and their recent B Corp certification.

Recipe: Rhubarb Crumble

The Vancouver Sun · Postmedia News |Updated Mar. 28, 2024 |2 min read

This sweet, seasonal recipe shared by Railtown Catering features fresh or frozen rhubarb in a slightly spiced filling. Topped with an oven-crisped oat crumble, it’s a deliciously easy dessert. Rhubarb Crumble Rhubarb filling 1 kg (35.2 oz) fresh ...

Krispy Kreme not coming to McDonald's Canada at this time

McDonald's Canada won't be selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts

Mackenzie Rhode |Updated Mar. 28, 2024 |2 min read

After McDonald’s announced it will start selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts across the United States, the fast-food chain said the arrangement won’t be coming to Canada. The McDonald’s-Krispy Kreme deal in the U.S. comes after a “successful test” at more ...

Local winemaker Gina Haverstock recently was awarded the Karl Kaiser Canadian Winemaker Award.

Local Winemaker Wins Prestigious Award

Mark DeWolf · Food critic |Updated Mar. 25, 2024 |4 min read

Nova Scotia winemaker receives a national winemaking award, marking a first for the province.

Winner of the first season of Top Chef Canada in 2011, chef Dale MacKay's Mushroom, Egg, Onion and Goat Cheese Tart is a great recipe if you'll be enjoying a Easter meal with family and friends.

HAL'S KITCHEN: Eggs for Easter

Hal Anderson |Updated Mar. 23, 2024 |4 min read

There won’t be a Hal’s Kitchen column next Sunday because I’ll be on vacation so I wanted to share with you a great recipe this week if you’ll be enjoying a holiday meal with family and friends. It comes from chef Dale MacKay, winner of the first ...

After receiving The Complete Crockpot Cookbook for Beginners by Luisa Florence, Matthew Kupfer posted, "I'm pretty sure the cookbook was written by an AI."

AI-generated cookbooks are flooding the market — and consumers have no idea before buying them

Laura Brehaut · Postmedia News |Updated Mar. 22, 2024 |4 min read

AI-generated books are inundating the market, resulting in Amazon limiting self-published Kindle e-books to three per day, according to AI Business . Unlike food images , though, it doesn’t seem that people consider cookbooks written by an AI ...

Clockwise from left: cookbook author, recipe developer and video host Molly Baz, crispy, crunchy brocc and grains with so much mint, Mollz ballz and tangled leek 'za. PHOTOS BY PEDEN + MUNK

Cook This: Three recipes from More Is More, including Molly Baz's 'favourite meatballs of all time'

Laura Brehaut · Postmedia News |Updated Mar. 22, 2024 |16 min read

Our cookbook of the week is More Is More by recipe developer and video host Molly Baz. Jump to the recipes: Crispy, Crunchy Brocc and Grains , Mollz Ballz and Tangled Leek ‘Za . Soothing piano music played in the background when Molly Baz ...

Herb and garlic roasted rack of lamb. Photo by Renee Kohlman.

Kohlman: Tap into history by serving herb-and-garlic roasted lamb at Easter

Renee Kohlman, Saskatoon StarPhoenix |Updated Mar. 21, 2024 |4 min read

With Easter feasting just around the corner, I thought I would switch things up this year and cook lamb instead of the typical ham. When I saw the hefty price tag for just one rack, it all came back to me why I don’t cook lamb more often.