Listen to Chef Claire Tansey making one of her classic Sunday night dinners- meatloaf. Her cookbook UNCOMPLICATED: TAKING THE STRESS OUT OF HOME COOKING proves that great food doesn’t have to be difficult to prepare.... Read More
Mardi Michels teaches French at a small school for boys in Toronto, and she also writes the blog eat. live. travel. write. As part of her teaching job, Mardi runs cooking classes twice per week... Read More
Nana Aba Duncan is the host of CBC Radio’s weekend morning program, Fresh Air. She was born in Ghana, she grew up in Newmarket, Ontario, and she lives in Toronto. This soup is called Groundnut... Read More
When Skye McAlpine was six years old, her family decided to move from London to Venice for a year. More than 25 years later, they’re still there. They fell in love with the city, and,... Read More
Listen to Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz as they make beef stew (with some seriously delicious Georgian spices called Kharcho) in their Instant Pot. They cook together and make music together and, years ago, Adam... Read More
Come into Chef Charlotte Langley’s kitchen and listen to her making cheese and potato pierogi. A classic dish, and one of her favourite Sunday comfort foods. She also talks about rocking culinary school, her home... Read More
Feist’s latest album PLEASURE was recorded in Stinson Beach, California; Upstate New York; and Paris, and for that California session, Adrienne Amato came to cook for the musicians and crew. The recording studio and the... Read More
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Chef Caren McSherry makes Spicy Tofu
At the beginning of Chef Caren McSherry’s new cookbook, Starters, Salads and Sexy Sides, Chef Lynn Crawford writes: “Caren McSherry is truly a Canadian culinary icon. I can tell you that she is one of... Read More
A grilled cheese sandwich is, for some, the perfect Sunday night dinner. The simplicity of it is appealing, and, for Chef Miriam Streiman, it’s a great way to show off two of her favourite ingredients:... Read More
Listen to Jesse Brown, writer, journalist, founder of CANADALAND — the incredibly popular news site and podcast network that focuses on media criticism and media reporting. He’s making Spaghetti Carbonara. Known by some as the... Read More
The second half of the school year is right around the corner, and Laura Keogh and Ceri Marsh (authors of HOW TO FEED A FAMILY and THE SCHOOL YEAR SURVIVAL COOKBOOK) have some tips for... Read More
Sharon Hapton created the non-profit organization Soup Sisters in 2009. Since then, volunteers have made over 1 million servings of soup to nourish women and children fleeing domestic violence, and to help youth in crisis. ... Read More
I had the great pleasure of talking with Nana aba Duncan on CBC’s Fresh Air this Sunday. We talked about the podcast, poetry and a man who hated fish. Read More
Chef Jamie Kennedy’s kitchen is an unadorned barn on his farm in Prince Edward County, Ontario. When I visited him, the only water source was outside and the oven was the heater. On one of... Read More
Aimée Wimbush-Bourque is bringing back Sunday night dinner. In her first cookbook BROWN EGGS & JAM JARS, she encourages readers to open their homes to friends and family for that last meal of the weekend. ... Read More
Julie Gibb and Christian Morrison question the idea of home. Is it a place? A state of mind? An address? For the past four years they’ve made their van their home. They follow food growing... Read More
Season 2 starts today with Larry Campbell. He went from RCMP officer to Coroner, to Mayor of Vancouver, to Canadian Senator. And he can cook! Listen to Larry as he makes sticky spatchcocked chicken on... Read More
For 20 years, Barbara-jo MacIntosh owned the iconic cookbook store Books To Cooks in Vancouver. Listen as she makes Molly Stevens’ Braised Pork with Cardamom and Apricots, an elegant, classic dish, perfect for Sunday night... Read More
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Chef Greg Argent’s Moules Frites
It’s our final show of Season 1! Listen to Chef Greg Argent making a delicious version of mussels and fries, the classic Belgian comfort food. He also makes some extraordinary quick bread with only 2... Read More
Listen to Dana VanVeller and Lindsay Anderson, authors of the FEAST cookbook and blog, making wild boar and fig meatballs. A recipe from Chef Tim Davies of the restaurant Willow on Wascana. Delicious and easy,... Read More
Recipes
Here are the ingredients for each episode.
HERB AND GARLIC MEATLOAF (from Claire’s book: UNCOMPLICATED: TAKING THE STRESS OUT OF HOME COOKING) INGREDIENTS: 1 pound (450 g) lean ground beef 1 pound (450 g) ground pork 1 small yellow onion, grated 2…
WHEN it comes to French cooking, roast chicken is one of the most celebrated dishes out there. Roast chicken is one of Mardi’s favourite “fast food” options in France– you can find it in any…
With help from Nana Aba’s mom in Ghana, we made this classic, comforting soup– perfect for Sunday night dinner. You can add any kind of meat or vegetable to this soup; although goat, carrots and…