Last night was the first season finale of Chopped Canada and I have to say that the ingredients were quite interesting. In true Chopped style, the first round required contestants to use not only chicken livers, but also watermelon, green onions and dulse (a dried and salty, purple coloured food that is somewhat similar to […]
The ingredients weren’t used in the same round, mind you, but they were all mandatory ingredients for episode 22. I think the combinations from last night’s show were the most interesting (read: gross) to date, and it’s a good thing. It’s Chopped Canada, after all. Tahini is a kind of sesame paste/sauce/dip The episode had […]
Yes, along with the kohlrabi, “canned pressed ham” is excatly what you think it is, without the brand name. They had to use it. In the first round. I bet everyone was grossed out. The other ingredients for that round were quince past and white wine. Out of the four contestants, I’d say that the […]
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a food bloggers’ event at Cirrilo’s, a cooking school in Etobicoke. The event celebrated Canadian celebrity chef, Michael Smith’s new video series (who was in attendance), Lentil Hunter, where he travelled to five different countries, trying various lentil recipes. The countries were: France, Italy, India, Dubai and Morocco, […]
How sweet! There was definitely something dessert-focused in each round of the 16th show. I have to admit that the ingredients seemed a bit more challenging this time – cupcakes with liver for the main? Unlike many of the previous episodes, I can’t even begin to think what I’d do with such a mix. But […]
Last night’s episode was quite interesting. None of contestants were that great and three of them were really annoying, including a wannabe rapper and an arrogant, Toronto chef who actually worked for one of the judges (is this even fair?). A third kept on referring to his East Asian heritage, as if he had no […]
Toronto Taste, Second Harvest’s annual food fest at the Royal Ontario Museum is truly a must attend and this year tickets sold out over a week in advance. 2012 marked the 22nd year of this event and 1400 Torontonians paid $250 for a ticket to this fundraising tasting of dishes by the top chefs around the city. Each […]
Foodies gathered in Toronto to try leading local restaurant food in a festival/food style type environment with proceeds going toward Second Harvest and its fight against hunger in Toronto. Second Harvest is a charitable organization that for the past 26 years has been “picking up donated, perishable food, which would have otherwise gone to waste, […]
