Food
Jean Denison’s Date Squares
The secret ingredient is margarine. “Don’t think you can make them better by using butter,” says Jean.
Tom Wilson’s Red Fife Whole Wheat Bread
Soon after market testing his earliest rustic breads, Tom was gratified. “People love them.”
Canada’s chefs enter the quarry fray
“We want people to taste the bounty of the land that is threatened by the quarry,” says Stadtländer.
The Meaning of Red Fife
From farm to mill, a heritage grain makes a remarkable journey back to the future.
Fall Fair Fare
The traditions of the annual agricultural fair were brought to Canada by British settlers.
Midway Delights
Jean Denison finds the Erin Fair’s Optimist fries hard to resist, but she can’t resist the church pies either.
Can she make an apple pie?
Pie judging is a complex, dirty job, but someone has to do it!
Och, laddie! That is one fine steak
Highland cattle are chock full of Omega-3 fatty acids, protein and iron.
The Case for Local Meat Processing
For consumers, improved meat safety sounds encouraging – but the transition to a more strictly regulated system has not been without casualties.
An Embarrassment of Squashes
The humble squash has as many culinary uses as it has sizes, shapes and varieties.
Potato Gnocchi
Life is like that piece of dough; you need to work it until it becomes familiar to you.



