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Roots & Recipes presents: A Mimouna Potluck Party

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Roots & Recipes Presents: A Mimouna Potluck Party! Do you want to learn about how Moroccan Jews celebrate the end of Passover?  Do you love to cook and learn about new cultures?  Want… Continue reading

Oma & Bella : a tasty film screening, April 13th

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Roots & Recipes presents Oma & Bella, a film screening with a twist. Because Oma & Bella centres around food, we will be preparing some recipes from the film (and the accompanying illustrated cookbook)… Continue reading

Episode 5: Grandma Minnie’s Pickles

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We’re finally featuring our first grandfather on Dishing Up the Past! Though the pickle recipe was brought over from Russia by Minnie Lampcov, her son Harold has been making them for decades with… Continue reading

The Michaels Family Cookbook

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Making a family cookbook is a wonderful way to preserve and share cherished family recipes. They also make great gifts. The plethora of web-based book-printing businesses that now exist – including some that… Continue reading

Thinking about the Philippines…

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The other night, I attended a wonderful fundraising event  for the Red Cross effort towards victims of Typhoon Haiyan (donate here) which featured a delicious meal of Filipino Home-Cooking, On the menu were Lumpia,… Continue reading

Episode 4 features some simple and delicious cookies!

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We’re very please to share Episode 4 of ‘Dishing up the Past’ with you. Our first season is almost over – we’ll be releasing the video for Nechama’s Cholent soon to get you… Continue reading

Mother and Daughter Pierozhi

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I love when famous chefs and cookbook authors celebrate their first teachers – their mothers. I came across this video of Anya Von Bremzen who recently wrote the book ‘Mastering the Art of… Continue reading

We peruse the VMC/Musée de la Civilisation ‘Sharing the Meal!’ virtual exhibit

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I didn’t know that we had a Virtual Museum of Canada. With close to 1600 member museums providing content, the VMC showcases a rich collection of Canadian heritage online in a ‘virtual exhibit’ format.… Continue reading

The Wandering Chew: An Iraqi-Jewish Feast (October 5th 2013)

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Our friends at The Wandering Chew have released the menu for their first dinner coming up this Saturday, October 5th at Café Zosha, 5731 Park Ave, Montreal. It looks amazing and space is limited so… Continue reading

Here is Episode 3!

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Episode 3 of ‘Dishing Up the Past’ is ready! Visit this page to see the video, get the recipe, and read more about Hazel Zunenshine, our featured cook. A big thank you to Hazel,… Continue reading