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Chopped Canada 24: Jiggly Stuff and Pickled Eggs

Posted on by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

I have no words.  “Strawberry parfait” (it looked more like a gelatin parfait packaged in a mold, but it was hard to tell.  Anyway, it looked gross) was one of the mandatory ingredients in the competition.  However, it wasn’t for the first round.  In Round One, the chefs had to create a dish using ostrich, […]

Chopped Canada 23: Of Critters and Tropical Fruit

Posted on by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

What would you make with escargots and onion ring chips?  It is, in a way, taking “high and low” to a whole new level.  Well, maybe not that high, since the escargots were canned, not fresh, but still.  Those two ingredients, combined with cranberry juice and chanterelle mushrooms were the four mandatory items for the […]