Feist and Adrienne Amato make South African Seed Bread and Halloumi Soup

Both of these delicious recipes are featured in Leslie and Adrienne’s cookbook: PLEASURES: THE MEALS OF AN ALBUM.  All of the proceeds from the sale of the book go to Community Food Centres Canada, an…

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 the most passionate, talented, generous, smart, creative, hilarious, life-loving, food-loving people I have ever met.”  Caren lives in Vancouver, Canada and she’s often on TV and radio in British Columbia. She’s the founder and owner of the Gourmet Warehouse, a food and housewares emporium that stocks a wide-range of products from all over the world.  She’s the author of seven cookbooks, and in 1978, she founded Caren’s Cooking School, which is Canada’s longest-running, privately owned school.

Caren worked as a flight attendant for many years and she took advantage of free flights to take cooking classes all over the world.  And she didn’t like tofu until she created this Spicy Asian Glazed Tofu which she made for Sunday night dinner.

 

Chef Miriam Streiman of Mad Maple makes Grilled Cheese

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: cheese and bread.  For this episode of Sunday Night Dinner, she used a variety (ok, 6!) of Monforte Dairy cheeses; her husband, Neil’s, homemade bread; and lots of butter.  The key to the crispiness is to press the sandwich with a heavy lid as it cooks, and the key to making it even more delicious?  Listen to find out!  Comfort food made by one of the most generous chefs around.  Listen to some of her memories of Italy, and what Sunday nights mean to her.  From running Mad Maple Inn on a 100-acre farm in Creemore, Ontario, to her new home in downtown Toronto, Miriam embodies hospitality.

 

 

 

Jesse Brown of CANADALAND makes Spaghetti Carbonara

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 guy who broke the Jian Ghomeshi story, and by others (including himself) as “unapologetically sensational”, Jesse makes podcasts that always wrestle with the important stories of the moment. 

At the end of the day, after marching on Loblaws, Jesse goes home and will sometimes make this easy, comforting, classic dish.  Cook along with him as he talks about pissing off CBC executives, arguing at the dinner table, and Dr. Snuggles.