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Recipe: Keep kids healthy, laughing with some carrot bacon

Recipe: Keep kids healthy, laughing with some carrot bacon

Writer and actor Jenny Mollen has a knack for making her kids' lunches pop. She adds things like candy eyeballs to fruit and cuts funny shapes from vegetables. Her tips are in her new cookbook, “Dictator Lunches,” including one for carrot bacon.
For school lunch, why not a date insect or cucumber penguin?

For school lunch, why not a date insect or cucumber penguin?

NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to packing lunch for their kids, moms and dads have reliable favorites like PB&Js, bananas or maybe a bagel. Jenny Mollen has an unusual go-to — candy eyes.
The Middle East’s bright solution for stale pita bread

The Middle East’s bright solution for stale pita bread

Tuscany’s solution for stale bread, panzanella, is just the start of salad solutions for stale bread.
Bring on the berries!

Bring on the berries!

Do you know what a haskap berry is? What about a sea buckthorn? Learn about these and more in a new berry-focused recipe book by Alberta author Sheryl Normandeau.
St. Albert native puts skills to the test for new season of Top Chef Canada

St. Albert native puts skills to the test for new season of Top Chef Canada

Ready to cheer on the Alberta entrant in this season's Top Chef Canada?
Red miso is the secret weapon for grilled skirt steak

Red miso is the secret weapon for grilled skirt steak

One of our secret ingredients to build flavor fast is miso. As an umami base, it helps balance and unify sweet and sour notes in everything from chicken to pasta, even cookies.
Health officials warns public not to consume two spices amid Markham, Ont., probe

Health officials warns public not to consume two spices amid Markham, Ont., probe

MARKHAM, Ont. — York Region public health has alerted the public not to consume two products linked to a food poisoning investigation after 12 diners who ate at a Markham, Ont., restaurant last weekend became seriously ill. Dr.
School lunch ideas for pint-size vegetarians

School lunch ideas for pint-size vegetarians

Do you have a vegetarian living in your home? Even a little one? There are many kinds of vegetarianism, but many folks are reducing the amount of meat in their diets, or cutting it out altogether. And these choices are being made by kids, too.
Time for a life beyond the kitchen

Time for a life beyond the kitchen

Facing lifelong health challenges, successful Edmonton chef retires in hopes of enjoying yet another chapter.

Five things to know about aconite, the toxin suspected of sickening diners in Markham

Twelve people were sick enough to visit local hospitals after eating the same chicken dish from a Markham, Ont., restaurant over the weekend. Dr.