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Mmmm….maple!
March 11th 2010
Sugar shack season is almost here. Between the months of March and April, the snow is still on the ground, but it’s warm during the day. It is during this time that maple sap is harvested and concentrated to give us that delicious product called maple syrup. So let’s make the most of spring and go visit our maple groves to stock up on the syrup. A day to celebrate
March 8th 2010
International Women’s Day is celebrated all over the world. It’s a tradition that represents 100 years of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development. The truth about balsamic vinegar
March 6th 2010
Over the past few years, balsamic vinegar has increased in popularity and can now be found in local supermarkets. But what exactly is it made of? Discovering Tagine
March 4th 2010
The “tagine” cooking dish, which originated in the Maghreb region, is a hollow, round dish with a cone shaped cover. March is nutrition month
March 1st 2010
March is the official month of nutrition. This campaign has been steadily growing since the early 1980s, and has now become one of Canada’s most successful social marketing campaigns. Events and publicity drives are organized everywhere to highlight the importance of good nutrition for maintaining and improving your health and well-being. Versatile Vinegar
February 27th 2010
Used for over thousands of years as a food preservative, as a condiment and for its therapeutic properties, vinegar is basically a wine that turns sour on coming into contact with air (the word derives from the French vin-aigre, meaning sour wine). In the olden days, every family that had access to leftover alcohol (wine in most cases), could make its own vinegar at home in a container reserved for this purpose. Belgian endive: a vegetable grown in the shade
February 25th 2010
Belgian endive is in fact a type of chicory that was created by accident in Belgium in the 19th century, from wild chicory roots, which looked like elongated yellowish edible shoots. | |||||||||||
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