Laura Brehaut
Ottawa Citizen
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Home Food: Olia Hercules reflects on her life in 100 recipes from Ukraine and beyond
For her fourth cookbook, the London-based Ukrainian chef and author stayed close to home. Learn about the inspiration for the book. → Read More
Cook this: Three recipes from Home Food, including crispy chicken sandwiches
Make Olia Hercules's recipes for Chicken Cotoletta Sandwiches with Marie Rose and Lettuce, Potatoes of My Childhood and Cabbage Fritters → Read More
Cook this: Three Valentine's Day recipes from What's for Dessert
Try Claire Saffitz's recipes for cherry and brown butter buckwheat crisp, flourless chocolate meringue cake and no-bake grapefruit bars. → Read More
Vegan Africa: Marie Kacouchia shares recipes from Ivory Coast and beyond
Marie Kacouchia talks about crowdfunding her debut cookbook, Vegan Africa. Make three vegan recipes from the book, including vegetable mafe. → Read More
Cook this: Three recipes from Vegan Africa, including a plant-based spin on Malian peanut stew
Make Marie Kacouchia's recipes for red cabbage salad with mango and peanuts, vegetable mafe (Malian peanut stew) and savoury Mauritian crêpes → Read More
A quarter of Canadian grocery stores won’t accept cash in five years, report suggests
A study on cashless grocery stores shows that people see the convenience of contactless payments, recognize the risks to privacy and access. → Read More
Cook this: Three festive Venetian recipes from Cinnamon and Salt, including gratin scallops
Christmas and NYE recipes from Emiko Davies' new Venetian cookbook, Cinnamon and Salt. Try cured sea bass, gratin scallops and more. → Read More
Cook This: Three classic Québécois Christmas recipes from Where the River Narrows
Chef J-C Poirier of the Michelin-starred Vancouver restaurant St. Lawrence shares French Canadian Christmas traditions and recipes → Read More
Easy, elegant, sweet and salty: Laura Brehaut savours the best cookbooks of 2022
From a culinary journey through the Himalayas to a mother-daughter lesson in stress-free cooking, here are 14 of the year's best cookbooks. → Read More
How what we eat on Mars could determine the future of food on Earth
In Dinner on Mars, food scientists Lenore Newman and Evan Fraser investigate the technologies—and mindset—needed to set the Martian table. → Read More
Cook this: Three recipes from New Indian Basics, including pav bhaji
Make onion kale bhajias, pav bhaji and aloo methi from Arvinda Chauhan and Preena Chauhan's mother-daughter cookbook. → Read More
Cook this: Three recipes from The Miracle of Salt, including preserved lemons
Make salt-preserved lemons, warming bean soup and slow-cooked lamb shoulder with anchovies and rosemary from the Toronto author's new book → Read More
Cook this: Three recipes from The Vegan Chinese Kitchen, including mapo tofu
Make stuffed cabbage rolls, mapo tofu and vegetarian roast goose from chef, writer and photographer Hannah Che's cookbook debut → Read More
Myth of the Halloween sadist — bent on tampering with kids' candy — is as enduring as the holiday itself
This year, it’s rainbow fentanyl disguised in candy wrappers. Last year, it was THC gummies. Going back even further, razor blades in apples → Read More
Why charity and food banks won't solve Canada's food insecurity problem as inflation rises
Food bank donations are often presented as a means of fighting hunger, but charity is a stopgap, not a solution, researchers say. → Read More
In Ballymaloe Desserts, this Irish pastry chef delivers classic recipes from the countryside
Pastry chef JR Ryall presents the dishes he loves to make at Ireland's storied Ballymaloe House. Try three recipes from his cookbook debut. → Read More
Cook this: Three classic recipes from Ballymaloe Desserts, including chocolate fudge pudding
Make poached pears, chocolate fudge pudding and an ice cream bombe from JR Ryall, head pastry chef at Ireland's Ballymaloe House. → Read More
Cook this: Three satisfyingly straightforward recipes from Simple Pasta
Make simple semolina pasta, and winter chicories with date and anchovy dressing from Australian cook and writer Odette Williams' new book. → Read More
Don't Worry, Just Cook: A mother-daughter lesson in cooking without the stress
The author collaborated with her daughter to write her first cookbook in more than a decade. Try Stern's timeless recipes for Thanksgiving → Read More
Cook this: Three Thanksgiving-worthy recipes from Don't Worry, Just Cook
Make Bonnie Stern's chirshi (pumpkin spread), garlic-herb cherry tomatoes and roasted turnips with labneh for your Thanksgiving table. → Read More