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Make Easy Homemade Pastries For Valentine’s Day!

Try our flaky, gooey and delicious recipe.

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Homemade Pastries

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Best Chicken Noodle Soup Ever

Soups are special at Olive & Gourmando. We put a lot of effort into our soups, because frankly, soup is one of my favorite things to eat. I love it when a surprising garnish elevates a simple soup and alters our preconceived ideas about what that soup should…

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Porchetta

Porchetta is a celebratory spice-stuffed pork roast often served with rapini as a main course or sliced and tucked into sandwiches with roasted bell peppers and salsa verde. For the best flavor – and to save time when hosting – prepare this dish the day before you plan to serve it.

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This Simple Super Bowl Snack Is A Total Winner

Make Kristen Eppich's cheesy Bacon Wraps for game day!

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Trending Now: Bone Broth

On a harsh, wintery day, there’s nothing like a pot simmering away on the stove to turn your house into a cozy refuge. If there’s anything to warm the cockles and please the soul, it’s bone broth. What is bone broth? Commonly confused for stock, it’s actually an intensely flavored soup that…

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Michael Smith’s Meatless Tacos

The year 2016 has been declared the International Year of Pulses by the United Nations to celebrate one of the world’s most important foods: the edible seeds of the legume family (think: beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils). Sustainable, healthy and delicious, pulses are an excellent source of protein, making them…

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Miso Soba Soup With Tofu & Mushrooms

Umami-rich ingredients like miso paste and soy sauce boost flavor without adding fat in this warm and nourishing soup.

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Pain Au Lait

White bread has gotten itself a bad name – shorthand for insipid, industrial bread. This classic loaf has lots of soul and flavor and will put white bread back in your good graces. While this dough can be formed into many shapes, we often sell it as a pullman loaf,…

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Grilled Cheese French Toast With Caramelized Peaches

Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez shares a recipe from The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook.  My dad loved to cook. He made a mean version of his mother’s chicken soup, including the bird’s scaly feet when he could find them at the butcher. He made delicious chicken schnitzel and even deep fried chicken…

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Peri Peri Chicken Pie

A warm and comforting recipe from Nigel Slater’s new book, A Year Of Good Eating. …

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Ruby Watchco’s Cheddar Cheese Biscuits

Chefs Lynn Crawford and Lora Kirk serve up these flaky bites at their Toronto eatery, Ruby Watchco.

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Easy Eats: Cheesecake In A Jar

Lynn Crawford’s co-chef Lora Kirk of Toronto restaurant Ruby Watch Co. shares an easy cheesecake recipe from her mother, June. These individual cheesecakes are much lighter than the traditional baked version. If you haven’t got any fresh berries, they’re also delicious topped with berry jam.

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Brunch Recipe: Montecito’s Frittata

Executive Chef Matt Robertson of Montecito in Toronto shares a delicious frittata recipe that’s perfect for a homemade brunch. Prep ingredients in advance so you can whip it up in a flash to feed a hungry crowd.

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Christmas Brunch: Waffles With Cranberry Maple Syrup

Opening presents on Christmas morning can work up an appetite, and what better way to refuel than with fluffy homemade waffles. Whip up the batter the evening before so the yeast can rise, and make them in the morning.  …