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Try this bread recipe — baked in a pot

First We Eat: This method of baking in a heavy pot will produce an amazing crust

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith April 26, 2018

When Mom learned that Dave and I were going to spend two weeks writing at Wallace Stegner House in Eastend, she said, “Make sure you say hi to Shon and Steve. They’re good folks.” So, soon after our arrival, I parsed the village’s streets, looking for evidence of potters. When I found a front yard […] Read more

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We can’t wait for rhubarb!

First We Eat: Here’s a pie recipe to use up the last of the  frozen or the first of this season’s rhubarb

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith April 20, 2018

Dave and I celebrated a significant anniversary recently. We’d met in Banff, at a writing retreat. During that two-week span, he’d flirted shamelessly, held my chair, chatted me up, sat with me at meals, taken me swimming and to dinner, everything but serenaded me. For that, we waited 10 years, and then it was an […] Read more

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Is there even such a thing as too many cookbooks?

First We Eat: Curried Salmon with Spinach and Chickpeas

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith April 7, 2018

Dave and I are writers. Every room in our house is filled with books and literary journals, framing windows and filling every shelf. Upstairs in my studio, half the room is devoted to my culinary library. The kitchen, too, has a bookshelf, thanks to my mother. Mom is in her early 80s. Back in the […] Read more

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The scoop on making cookies

First We Eat: What kind of fat is best? What kind of sweetener? Does it really matter?

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith March 23, 2018

I started baking at six, the same age I first climbed onto a horse. I was too short to mount a tall gelding unaided, and in the kitchen, I didn’t realize that what I wanted to make first — cookies — were among the most challenging of any sweet. But at my first gymkhana, when […] Read more

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Making room in the freezer

First We Eat: The offer of some grass-fed beef was incentive to finally dig  through all that frozen food — some really old frozen food

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith March 2, 2018

I was sitting at my neighbour Sharon’s kitchen counter on a Sunday morning, enjoying our weekly coffee. My puppy, Jake, fussed at my feet, so I didn’t hear what Sharon had said, just held out my empty mug for a refill and shrugged. Sharon, who has known me for nearly 30 years, poured more coffee […] Read more

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Even marathon runners can have high cholesterol

First We Eat: A recipe for Porchas!

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith March 2, 2018

I am a runner. Last fall, I ran my first 10-km trail race as a family event, with my youngest son and his partner, and in May, I’ll run in the Vancouver Marathon’s 20-km race. I like the endorphins, that runner’s high, and running is good for me. It keeps my brain focused, my lungs […] Read more

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And this is how it all began…

First We Eat: … and now I’m back home — really home — in Saskatchewan

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith February 16, 2018

I was an Air Force brat, born on a French airbase, raised on bases in Manitoba, northern Alberta, Quebec, Vancouver Island. In 1973, after my dad had mustered out and went on to earn a degree and teaching certificate, my grandparents were deciding to retire from farming. Teaching did not agree with Dad, and when […] Read more

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Just in time for Christmas — kutya

Prairie Palate: This meatless dish of Ukrainian heritage is the first  of 12 served on Christmas Eve

By Amy Jo Ehman December 22, 2017

What sets Manitoba’s cuisine apart from the rest of Canada? I asked that question of Christine Hanlon, author of the new cookbook Out of Old Manitoba Kitchens, which arrived on store shelves in September. It’s chock full of old recipes that characterize the early cuisine of the postage stamp province. Some of the recipes are […] Read more

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Try this Métis recipe for Bullet Soup

Prairie Palate: The name has nothing to do with ammunition  and everything to do with little meatballs

By Amy Jo Ehman December 8, 2017

I love my book club. We’ve been together for 24 years. Some of us have been there from the beginning and others have come and gone over time. Our newest member joined in September. I use the words “joined” and “member” loosely as there is no membership criteria beyond a love of good conversation over […] Read more

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Beef stroganoff history — a mix of fact and fancy

Prairie Palate: Many think it’s a Hungarian dish but it actually originated in Russia

By Amy Jo Ehman November 10, 2017

For some time I have been under the erroneous assumption that beef stroganoff is a Hungarian dish. Must be the paprika and sour cream. The fact is, beef stroganoff originated in Russia with nary a dash of paprika. It was originally flavoured with mustard. I learned this culinary fact in September when I visited Russia […] Read more

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Try this bread recipe — baked in a pot

We can’t wait for rhubarb!

Is there even such a thing as too many cookbooks?

The scoop on making cookies

Making room in the freezer

Even marathon runners can have high cholesterol

And this is how it all began…

Just in time for Christmas — kutya

Try this Métis recipe for Bullet Soup

Beef stroganoff history — a mix of fact and fancy

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