Pandemic 1918, A Grandmother’s Notes
This is not humanity’s first pandemic, and in all likelihood, it won’t be its last. As the wise among us are often heard to say “those who do not pay attention to history are doomed to repeat it.” In these…
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This is not humanity’s first pandemic, and in all likelihood, it won’t be its last. As the wise among us are often heard to say “those who do not pay attention to history are doomed to repeat it.” In these…
For most of my adult life I've played gas station roulette with amazing accuracy. I can drive for days with that amber gas light blazing on my dash before pulling in, at the very last moment, with nothing but vapor…
A deep umamai flavour, with notes of caramel, a hint of bitterness and an underlying sweetness - Black Garlic is a lingering layer of flavours that will have you head over heals for the dark side. The Food Gypsy kitchen…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day giving you the fuel you need to run, jump and THINK, yet it's oh so easy to miss. So we're giving you seven ways to pack more nutrition into your breakfast…
Just because we still have two and a half feet of snow on the ground doesn't mean spring isn't just around the corner! With Spring comes pollen and with pollen comes (for many of us) hay fever and allergies, if you're tired of popping antihistamines and living in a dopey haze, borrow a little friendly advice from…
There's a reason we gift chocolate at Valentine's Day. Besides being one of nature's most perfect foods, from a chemical perspective, a new study finds that chocolate and some of our other favorite flavours, have structural similarities to valproic acid, a chemical…
The things I eat in the name of research - gluten-free breads, tofu, liver and now - cultured coconut milk. A dairy alternative with a similar texture to yogurt, cultured coconut milk was a pleasant surprise, and is now among my list of alternative vegan ingredients. Fruit, honey…