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Category: What’s Cooking?
Ambitious buy-local food policy unveiled in Quebec
Quebec government announced yesterday its goal is to boost Quebec’s food self-sufficiency to 50 per cent. Schools, hospitals, day-care centres and other government-financed institutions across the province will be enlisted to help reach this ambitious goal. Currently only 33 per cent of food is grown locally. Consumers will be enrolled too, via an awareness campaign, […]
Vegetarian menus to celebrate ‘Veggie Pride’
The Veggie pride is a demonstration that started in France in 2001 and it has been held each year since then in several cities around the world to raise social awareness about the real possibility of eating without meat. For the first time this year, the 2013 edition will be on an international scale: It will […]
Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon
If you are in Montreal , make sure not to miss the current exhibition of the Museum of the Fine Arts: Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, which runs until June 14th. You will admire some 370 works of art (paintings, sculptures, ornaments, pottery, photograph, textiles, etc) from public and private collections, from Peru, […]
Bixi rolls into New York, but … not for the plump
So it’s really true, the New York “Bixi” has finally been launched after two years of delay. With around 330 docking stations and 600 bikes that will cover half of Manhattan and a part of Brooklyn, the Citi Bike will be the largest bike sharing system in North America. The launch was delayed several times, first […]
Food you can buy for $5 around the world
I came across an interesting video, that I’d like to share with you. It shows how much food one can buy for $5 around the world. It is amazing how inexpensive food is in North America versus many other countries. Excellent food for thought 😉 Tell us what you think about it
One sugar-laced soda a day raises diabetes risk by 22 per cent
All it takes is one can of soda to increase risk of type 2 diabetes by 22%, according to a large European study published last week in Diabetologia. Using data from 25,000 people, in 8 European countries, over 16 years, researchers found that every extra 12 fluid ounce (340 mL) serving of sugar-sweetened beverage – about […]
Food for thought: “Live Below the Line” with $1.75/day
Have you heard about the “Live Below the Line” challenge? In a nutshell, it’s a fund-raising campaign that’s challenging the way we think about poverty. About 20,000 people are expected to take up the challenge this year. In Canada, it’s a matter of living on $1.75 a day for 5 days, next week, from April […]
Conflict Kitchen: a take-out restaurant offering cuisine from the U.S. “conflict du jour”
If you want to understand something about a country, what better way to do it than through food? I guess this may well be one of the reasons why Conflict Kitchen, an unusual take-out restaurant in Pittsburgh, PA, opened in 2010. Indeed unusual, because this restaurant serves only ethnic foods from nations with which the […]
Good news for chocaholics
Already renowned as a healthy treat when enjoyed in moderation, chocolate could become even healthier if manufacturers would adopt a new technology, that replaces up to 50 percent of the fat with fruit juice. Chemists of the University of Warwick, in the UK, have been perfecting such technology in order to obtain a true chocolate […]
Suspended Coffee in Canada
The “caffe sospeso” (which literally means “suspended coffee”) is a simple act of solidarity made by someone who pays in advance for an extra cup, which can then be consumed by an unknown coffee-drinker-in-need later in the day.
Eat fatty fish, live longer
For years we have been told that consumption of seafood high in omega-3 fatty acids (fatty fish) may help protect against cardiovascular disease. But the data supporting this health claim have been indirect sofar. A study of more than 2,600 older adults, published last week in the journal , found those with the highest blood […]
‘Par amour pour Philou’
The album ‘Par amour pour Philou’ is being released today. Following in the footsteps of ‘Berceuses pour Philou’, which earned the Félix award in 2009 for the best instrumental album, this new album is a compilation of exceptional pianists from the world of jazz, classical music and pop. André Gagnon, Oliver Jones, Stephan Moccio, Lorraine […]
