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How très Canadian

March 24, 2011June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell recipes, Tourtiere

Can you name a typically Canadian dish? Because of our immigrant history, it might be anything from roast beef to chow mein! After all, from 1788, when the first Chinese workers came to Canada, every small Canadian town had its local Chinese restaurant and chow mein was as ubiquitous as burgers.

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It’s all in the blend

February 25, 2011June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell food, recipes, Smoothies

Instead of reaching for that bag of chips, whip up yourself a smoothie

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Risotto reigns, not pasta

November 23, 2010June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell dining, food, Italian, recipes

Chef Giancarlo is a wizard with risotto and mentions that Italy is the largest producer of rice. When you think about Italy, pasta comes to mind but not anymore. Liz shares recipes from the head chef of Prop restaurant in Forest Hill.

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Wanda’s Pear Cranberry Pie

September 22, 2010June 8, 2014 Liz Campbell food, Pie, recipes

Wanda’s Pie in the Sky bakery/shop/café on Augusta St. in Kensington Market has become a popular lunch spot with vegetarian offerings and Wanda’s famous pies.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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