Canada 
Alberta 
British Columbia 
Manitoba
New Brunswick 
Newfoundland Labrador 
Nova Scotia 
Ontario 
Prince Edward Island 
Quebec 
Saskatchewan 
United States 
Belgium
France 
Italy 
Switzerland 
Elsewhere
Category: What’s Cooking?
Have a Soupy New Year!
After the Holidays, we all look forward to eating less fancy foods that are low in calories but still good to taste. Hearty soups are ideal, because they have a low ‘caloric density‘ (fewer calories compared to their mass) and are therefore particularly suitable for those who wish to lose weight. Hearty soups are also […]
Omerto, an unusual wine made of …. tomatoes
Who said you need good grapes to make a good wine? Pascal Miche a wine-maker living in beautiful Charlevoix (Quebec), uses heirloom tomatoes to create an unusual, yet very pleasant tomato wine. His secret lies in a four-generations-old Belgian family recipe. Just as regular wine-makers do with their grapes, Pascal chooses only the very best […]
Top 10 Diabetes-Friendly Recipes
We have prepared the list of our best diabetes-friendly recipes. See which ones were both best rated and most often saved in the cookbooks of our 450,000 members. If you are surprised to find among these “super-healthy” recipes, two delectable desserts and one yummy pasta dish, please note that they fit perfectly well in a […]
Switch to bamboo tableware
Traditionally used in Southeast Asia, bamboo tableware is light and strong like plastic, but much more elegant and environment friendly. In fact, bamboo grows very fast with very little water and no fertilizers or pesticides. Once cut, it regenerates easily from its rhizomes. Moreover, bamboo is 100% recyclable, so no pollution.
Colombian Coffee
Coffee is the product from Colombia that is probably the most famous worldwide, and makes up a big part of the pride and culture of this country. Indeed, Colombia is the third biggest producer of coffee in the world. It is produced in high mountains; grown in the three mountain ranges of the Andes as […]
Gogol Mogol: As easy as … cooking an egg!
Gogol-Mogol is a creative egg container & cooker that turns normal eggs into boiled ones, in just a few minutes. Designed by the Russian studio Kian, this innovative product won the first prize in the “Design It Yourself” contest of the European Packaging Design Association.
Mayor Booker’s 7-day challenge
Cory Booker is the current Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. After discussions with a constituent about New Jersey’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), last Tuesday Booker has begun a week-long challenge attempting to live on a food budget of $30 per week – the amount SNAP recipients receive.
Colombian Fruits
One of the most amazing and memorable aspects of Colombian gastronomy would have to be the wide variety of delicious and exotic fruits that this country has to offer. They are refreshing, tasty and a great and healthy part of the Colombian diet. Colombian territory encompasses a large part of the Amazon rain forest, two […]
Recipe to Riches: We have played the game
Some of you may already be familiar with the reality television series Recipe to Riches on Food Network. In this show, competitors from across Canada battle it out in the kitchen to come up with a winning dish that will be sold under the President’s Choice banner. If I’m writing about this today, it’s not because […]
A little treat that has big plans
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on December 1st, 2012. This year, the National Bank is organising a fundraising campaign for the benefit of Club des petits déjeuners du Québec. It is offering a pretty tin box filled with gourmet cranberry cookies made and bagged by La Petite Bretonne. Created by Cartel Design, the […]
Éloïse on the home page of UNISG’s website!
Today, let me brag about our colleague’s brilliant academic results at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, in Pollenzo (Italy). As you may already know, Éloïse Vincent has been a part-time contributor of SOSCuisine since 2009, throughout her studies. She recently graduated with the highest possible cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average) of 110/110! Also, she is […]
The year-round tomatoes from … Santa Claus village!
Right at the Arctic Circle, in the Swedish village of Nybyn (245 inhabitants), in Lapland, the world’s northernmost year-round cultivation of tomatoes has started a few weeks ago. Obviously, these tomatoes, of the “espero” variety, are produced in a greenhouse, which is 1,500 square metres large — about the size of two soccer fields.
