We all had such an amazing time on Thursday at our cheeses of Ontario cheese tasting night. In true, Passionate Cook style, we ate, we drank and we laughed…as well, we learnt. We tasted 7 different cheeses that were paired with wine, as well as beer and talked about the artisan cheese movement, this history
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In collaboration with Blue Heron Books, we are excited to announce that Liz Primeau is coming for a visit! Liz is the author of numerous books on gardening, including the best-seller Front Yard Gardens: Growing More Than Grass. She is also the founding editor of Canadian Gardening magazine and the former host of Canadian Gardening Television on HGTV. A
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What an amazing night last night! I just love it when I met someone as passionate about food as me. Christian Pritchard of ChrisCooking.com prepared traditional rustic dishes from Tuscany. The menu included: Panzanella (Tuscan bread salad); Malfatti (spinach gnocchi); Florentine Bistecca over beans; and Zuccotto (Italian trifle). All the dished were exquisite and we all had
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SOLD OUT! We are beyond excited to annouce a special cooking class!! Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:00-9:30pm Tickets $85 Under the Tuscan Fork with Christian Pritchard of ChrisCooking.com (Celebrity Chef, host of Rogers Daytime and Gastrotainer) recounts his amazing culinary and wine experiences in Italy as he prepares traditional rustic dishes from Tuscany sure to please family
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Julie Daniluck is launching her new book, Meals That Heal. Julie, RHN, hosts Healthy Gourmet, a reality cooking show that airs on Own (The Oprah Winfrey Network). Julie has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, The Right Fit and The Marilyn Denis Show. Julie has been a co-operative owner of one of Canada’s largest health food
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Meet and Greet acclaimed Nova Scotia author Donna Morrissey and her daughter, illustrator, Bridgette Morrissey. Together they are launching their newest mother / daughter collaboration picture book, Cross Katie Kross. Tickets are $40 and include a $20 voucher towards a Donna Morrissey book of your choice, wine and fabulous range of local and imported cheeses.
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What an amazing day spent with Chef Lynn Crawford. We had a wonderful meal from Lynn’s new book Pitchin’ ín prepared by Chef Jeremy Buckingham and were entertained by Lynn’s animated stories about her career.
*** This is event is SOLD OUT**** We are absolutely thrilled to bring the consummate chef Lynn Crawford of Food Network Canada fame to Uxbridge! She joins Blue Heron Books at the Passionate Cook’s Essentials for two sittings of food and entertainment. In her new cookbook, Pitchin’ In, Lynn shares some of the amazing recipes
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We were so delighted to host an evening with Laura Calder last week. Laura is a food network host of her own show French food at home as well as a panelist onFrom Recipes to Riches. She has authored 3 cookbooks, one of which we promoted last week. The event was very successful and Laura was very open and approachable. We
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