Articles for category: Food & Wine

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Health Benefits of Grape Juice

The most healthiest juice you can drink along with your orange juice is grape juice. Grape juice contains powerful antioxidants in it called Flavonoids and phenols. These antioxidants are what help protect the body from several different types of cancers and diseases. Some of the cancers and diseases grape juice can help prevent are asthma, ...

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How to Make French Toast Sticks

Ah, the weekend comes, no one has to go to work or school; what a great time for, mmm, french toast! Some people think french toast means lots of time and trouble but they are mistaken. French toast is very easy to make, uses few dishes or pans, and is always delicious. You can prepare ...

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Making Homemade Empanadas

If you love empanadas then there is no reason why you can’t make your own right at home as they are fairly easy to make anytime. With a few ingredients or several, depending on what you like in your empanadas, you can throw together a batch in almost no time. The first thing you should ...

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Five Healthy Crock Pot Recipe Ideas

Another thing that we all have in common is dinner. We all eat it and someone has to cook it. Thank goodness for inventions like to crock pot. Dinner is so simple to make when you use a crock pot. All you need to do is toss in the ingredients and turn it on. A ...

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Commodore Perry IPA – Beer Review

I love a good India Pale Ale. I love it even more when I know that it comes from a brewery who holds tight to values I respect. Over the years I think I have probably tasted hundreds of beers of this style. All of them are unique in their own ways, and it’s rare ...

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How to Make Your Own Hard Cider

Before we get started it’s necessary to note that homemade beer and cider are legal to produce in the USA and Canada as long as you don’t sell them, or try to distill them. Further, you need to be of legal drinking age to possess any alcohol-even if it is homemade. That said, let’s get ...

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Layered Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

It’s chilly in Montreal today and I’m thinking about nice, warm comfort food. Shepherd’s pie (pâté chinois, here in Quebec) is a dish that is easy to make. Generally a crowd pleaser, it can be made ahead and frozen. If you’re a busy family it’s nothing to toss a pie in the oven to cook ...