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Laura Catena’s wines
Laura Catena in one of her vineyards Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting a most impressive woman – Laura Catena. In her native Mendoza, Argentina, she is the vice president of Bodega Catena Zapata,...
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Compliments of the Season
Buying presents for people we care about at this time of the year – or buying a few innocent extra indulgences for oneself – is always an ordeal. So many exhausting decisions… I’m here to help. CARM...
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Totally Scallops
Totally Scallops by Judy Eberspaecher Obsession is absorbing. It can go on for years – even decades – a process of concentrated gathering, collecting, hoarding. Then one day a point of satiety is...
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Marc Thuet’s French Food My Way
Marc Thuet - French Food My Way Over the years, many chefs have thrilled me with their cooking but only a handful of them have consistently surprised me. Off the top of my head, the list would consist...
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One or two comments have been sent in from readers who are annoyed that I offer copies of my early books for sale on this web site but then explain that they are “sold out” and therefore unavailable....
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The Guilt of Promises Unfulfilled
People send me books to write about on my blog. I only review them if I like them. But to know whether I like them or not I must, per necesse, read them. There is a lofty Matterhorn of books on my...
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Parties for wine lovers
Everyone knows how good Prince Edward County bubbly is getting. It’s a style that suits the terroir perfectly and it’s going to grow in importance with every passing vintage. How to keep up with the...
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Taste by CJ Katz
I’m always happy to see a really good new Canadian cookbook – particularly so when it has been written by one of the posse of amazing culinary judges who adjudicate Gold Medal Plates events. CJ Katz...
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Return of the man who ate Toronto
The new cover of The Man Who Ate Toronto I’m delighted to announce that Black Walnut (an imprint of Madison Press) is republishing The Man Who Ate Toronto, a book I wrote in the last century that...
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Here in Toronto, we love the Cookbook Store. In Vancouver, we love Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks, and a recent missive from her explains why. With her permission, I share it here: Our Mission(ary)...
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