Chopped Canada Season Two, Episode 5: To the Sea and Beavertail Pastries

Posted on February 11, 2015May 9, 2015 by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

The fifth episode has the most challenging mystery ingredients to date, all picked by viewers through social media. From prairie oysters to blueberry compote to Peking duck and gefilte fish (no, not all in the same basket), it was definitely…different. For this week, the main course basket, containing gefilte fish (a white fish often served […]

Chopped Canada 9: Toaster Pastries? In the Appetizer?

Posted on February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

So the ingredients weren’t THAT unusual last night, but combining them into something delicious and elevated was indeed more of a challenge. How DO you use toaster pastries (e.g. Pop-Tarts) in a first course, anyway? Turns out, many different ways (even if some are better than others). The four contestants, who hail from Toronto, Montreal, […]