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Five strange food festivals: prairie oysters, frog legs and candy fights
A variety of prepared prairie oyster dishes sit on a table during the launch of the 20th annual Testicle Festival at Bottlescrew Bill’s Pub in Calgary, Alta. on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The Testicle...
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Beef jerky: The quintessential road trip snack
On my recent 16-hour road trip from Toronto to Nashville, Tennessee – we snacked a lot. But one food stood out as the go-to snack of choice: Beef jerky. Other than the nitrates (a meat-curing...
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10 summer festivals for food lovers
Summer is a great time for food lovers. Not only is there an abundance of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables in grocery stores, there are also a wide variety of food festivals just waiting to be...
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Maine’s whoopie pie obsession
Travelling in Maine is really just going from one whoopie pie to the next. The calorie-heavy sweet – featuring two round cakes (usually chocolate) stacked together with a thick layer of frosting in...
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Rita on the run
Hello everyone! It’s been a while – last you heard from me, I had joined Weight Watchers and was losing weight (and a bit of mind, come to think of it). Well, the good news is – I’ve lost 28 pounds....
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Italian cooking classes a dream come true
Today I woke up to the heady aroma of espresso, a shining sun, and the anticipating of cooking classes at Academia Barilla in Parma, Italy. Imagine that! Our little group of journalists walked to the...
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Pass the pasta, please!
It feels like the long and winding road – just a few days ago we were landing in this luxurious bread basket of Italy, known as Parma, home to the quintessential Parmigiano Reggiano and famed...
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