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Benjamin Oddo’s Caramels

THESE CARAMELS ARE SO EASY TO MAKE, and they’re always a hit with my family at the holidays, when I like adding them to our family’s sweets and desserts platters. They also make wonderful party favours and gifts for friends,…

First Look: Sushi Yugen

Despite the inhospitable chill within its domed bowl sculpted entirely from ice, an intoxicating waft of fresh winter truffle wafts upwards from the dish, beckoning.

Destination: Parcelles

In the prime of summer, Chef Labelle makes the hour-and-15-minute run to the city for deliveries frequently. On Wednesdays, his busiest day, it’s a 15-stop run. To start, after crossing the Champlain Bridge, his truck full, he heads for the…

Destination: Restaurant Pearl Morissette

Naturally, Hadida has lots of regular haunts along the route from wine country to the city. On Dundas Street in Mississauga, there’s Monasaba, a Yemeni restaurant known for its mandi–roast lamb or chicken with aromatic basmati. Nearby, a Venezuelan café…

Destination: Wild Blue

While the challenges of managing kitchens in two different cities simultaneously are daunting, Chef Chen finds ways to make the most of things. The advantage that I have from the rest of the competition [in Whistler] is coming up from…

Where will your night take you? AnnaLena

Say, the small figurine peering outward from behind the glass-fronted hostess stand that looks like some sort of hybrid of Bibendum and Krusty the Clown. Or, if you missed that one, Michael Jordan in his Bulls uniform, perched on a…

Where will your night take you?

Late on a weeknight at Alobar, in Yorkville, the bar is still full, and in the surrounding lounge and dining room, the crowd is just beginning to thin. So the hustle in the partly open kitchen at the rear is…

Lobster Vol Au Vent

Chef Martine Bauer Cooks with Gaggenau

The term "chef's kitchen" is everywhere these days. While home kitchens (and cooks) are more sophisticated than ever, does a home cook need to cook on chef-quality equipment? The answer is yes if the oven is from Gaggenau. The 300-year-old…

Chef Rob Rossi cooks with Thermador

The centrepiece of any great kitchen is the range, and the crown jewel of kitchen ranges may well be Thermador’s 60" Pro Range. This is the ultimate culinary appliance for real cooks who love to entertain. Not only is it…

Caterina Ceraudo

Ricotta Gnocchi with Peppers and Spinach

This recipe for ricotta gnocchi from Italian chef Caterina Ceraudo has a lighter texture than the traditional version made with flour. It is also super-easy to make. Served with a simple roasted red pepper sauce and spinach, this recipe is…

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