Tomato Soup For The Soul
In 1962, a Pittsburgh based commercial illustrator and graphic designer named Andy...
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Tag: Soup
Three Resolutions for 2017
Malcolm Jolley shares his new year’s scheme for life improvement. The holidays in my house...
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House Soup Noodle at Lee Chen
It’s taken awhile, but I’ve found another Asian noodle soup worthy inclusion in the...
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Spring Green Soup
It’s the perfect lunch that Mum will love. Packed with goodness and a vibrant green colour,...
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Cavolo Nero
It’s fitting that the Scots gave modern English it’s name for Brassica oleracea, kale. It’s hard...
Read MoreBún Canh Tôm Hà Nôi
The Google translation of Bún Canh Tôm Hà Nôi is “Hanoi bun shrimp soup” which is accurate if incomplete. The soup in question will set you back $8.50 at Hanoi 3 Seasons on Gerrard East (and presumably at their...
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Pho Linh Has Ngo Gai or Culantro
The contest for Toronto’s best Pho, in fooderatti circles, has been a mostly east versus west affair. The hipsters of Ossington proudly point to Joanne Kates’ review on the wall of Golden Turtle, while the Gen Xer parents of Riverdale are smug about Mimi’s hallowed place at the end of Gerrard Street’s Pho Row.
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Curried Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Some varieties of small pumpkin have light cream or orange skin and a sweet, firm, flavourful flesh. They are much too good to be considered only as decoration.
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All The Best is LFP Certified and a Sweet Potato Soup Recipe
Today we are thrilled to have received official Local Food Plus certification. Local Food Plus (a.k.a. “LFP”) is an award-winning non-profit organization founded in Toronto in 2006 by broadcaster, teacher, sustainable food crusader Lori Stahlbrand. The organization certifies local farmers and food producers who meet LFP standards of environmental, social and economic sustainability.
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The Real Dish: January is Soup Month
My grandmother taught me well, because the secret, she said, is that there are only three real rules for soup. The rest was just the spice of life. First, real bones. It’s kind to avoid the cavalier wasting of the nutritional gift of that animal’s life, she knew, but the kindness was selfish, too- good skin, good bones, good hair, good metabolism comes from good bones. Two, simmer. You can’t rush a soup. You’ve got to let that soup simmer. Don’t be in a hurry. And third, soup always tastes better the day after, giving the ingredients a chance to “marry.”
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