UPDATE: Looks like FLOW is now available in select stores including Whole Foods Yorkville! It’s great that the water is now able to get some proper visibility! Best of luck to them. I was recently sent a box of individual water from FLOW, a new alkaline water through its PR company, NKPR. I was fairly […]
Yes, it can be done! A package of frozen mixed vegetables usually contains peas, corn and CARROTS among its contents. All one has to do is isolate the carrots and use THAT to make a dessert. Typically, the carrots are already in very tiny, smaller-than-bite-sized pieces (think pea sized). Other ingredients in the dessert basket […]
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a media dinner along with several other food writers at TOCA, the Italian restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto. The experience included a four course meal in addition to some sparkling wine and a visit to the “Cheese Cave” prior to the meal where we had the […]
I’m actually having a tough time deciding which box to use. The main course box featured holiday treats like turkey and cranberry sauce (which I could either go Chinese with and make my family’s traditional turkey congee or fried rice OR my western twist, which I call Boxing Day (or Black Friday) Casserole – a […]
I had the wonderful opportunity to attend SIAL 2015 this year. I went for the first time in 2013, the last time they were in Toronto, an event which switches back and forth between our city and Montreal. Each year, a country is featured (this year was Indonesia), while other countries also present their items […]
Well, if you can have maple bacon donuts, why not breakfast sausage cheesecake with coconut flakes? As a dessert? I know it sounds crazy, but it can work. Of course, this would be next to impossible to make on any Chopped episode, since cheesecake really takes more than a day to create! The last (and […]
Recently, a PR company emailed me asking me if I was a “chocolate lover” and whether I’d be interested in writing a piece about pairing chocolate with tea in time for Mother’s Day. I, of course, said yes and a few days later, a package of four large chocolate bars from Green & Black’s Organic […]
Mystery basket ingredients for the main course were not all that weird this past airing. They were whole chicken, malted soda, dried goji berries and raisin bran muffins. Thus, the first thing I thought of was stuffed chicken, using the goji berries and muffins. The malted soda could be used as a marinade for the […]
I had the chance to experience Porzia‘s new menu on April 15 through an invitation from its PR company. It was served cocktail style with cheese, crostini as well as pasta and dessert. The food was excellent, but the environment was far from that. In order to truly taste the food, attendees had to hover […]
Due to being out of the country for a family wedding, I actually did not see the episode until Tuesday, so I had to write this up very quickly. It was very interesting, considering it was the first-ever episode in franchise history where someone was not able to finish a course due to injury (and […]
