Bake It and Build It

By Elizabeth MacLeod, Tracy Walkeri, llus.

Whatever excellent taste they may promise, recipes for kids must be straightforward, precise, and leave little to the imagination.Bake It and Build It, a kind of edible architecture for the oven, certainly woos the prospective ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Makin’ Muffins

By Susan Devins, Yvonne Cathcart, illus.

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Twenty-Eight Bottles Around the Bay: Ten Gourmet Dinners for People with No Time and No Space

By Margaret Sharpe

The Holy Grail of cooking is the sophisticated quick-fix meal. Sure, we may have refined tastes – we know the difference between tomalley and tamale – but rarely do we have the time or inclination ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

★ Comfort Me with Apples: Considering the Pleasures of the Table

By Joe Fiorito

Anyone who hunts for excellent prose in the current thicket of book-product overproduction should delight that Joe Fiorito’s collection of columns on food, Comfort Me with Apples, which was originally published in 1994, has been ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Pandora’s Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods

By Alan McHughen

Raise the subject of genetically modified foods and you may hear horror stories about tomatoes with eternal life, lettuce made from pig genes, and fish that can do everything but coat themselves with flavoured breadcrumbs ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Tin Fish Gourmet: Great Seafood From Cupboard to Table

By Barbara-jo McIntosh

As a bachelor, I find satisfaction in quickie meals prepared around midnight. By preparation, I mean opening a few cans and producing something only a single man could love, and that hopefully hits all the ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink