Gywneth Paltrow and Julia Turshen wrote a very yummy, good-for-you cookbook called It’s All Good, published in 2013. It was a follow up to their first smash hit, My Father’s Daughter. The central themes of My Father’s Daughter were family, tradition, and comfort. In It’s All Good Paltrow and Turshen focus on foods that will make you feel…
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Corn Fritters
I had the recent revelation that one of my favourite easy, breezy meals of summer could be made in the winter (albeit with the help of out-of-season frozen or canned vegetables)! Enter: a bag or can of frozen, organic, non-GMO sweet corn. Why didn’t I think of this before?! It’s affordable and even quicker and easier…
Crunchy Craving
This time of year, after a couple months of soft and soothing comfort food (soups, stews, pastas, potatoes), the palette craves a good crisp, crunchy bowl. Rather than instant comfort, it provides energy necessary to get us through the rest of the cold Canadian winter – a thought that perhaps is the most comforting of…
An Ode to the Angels of Bread
There is something so beautiful and pure about homemade bread: The way butter melts on it -golden- when still warm from the oven. How it serves as the perfect vessel to be slathered with whatever spread you desire. How it sops up the too-good-to-leave-behind sauces at the bottom of your bowl. What it feels like…
Island Hearth 