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Cheddar and Rosemary Shortbread

Get ready to make and take these two shortbreads to family and friends this holiday season. Perfect to serve with drinks and more cheese!

  • Prep Time 2 hrs 10 min
  • Cook Time 20 min
  • Yields 84 cookies
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A small white plate with a asparagus marscapone tartlet that is cut through the middle, with pieces of asparagus showing through

Asparagus Mascarpone Tartlets

Rich blue cheese and asparagus offer a perfect pairing, and the mascarpone adds a special creaminess that makes this a special appetizer or first course.

  • Prep Time: 15 min
  • Cook Time: 20 min
  • Yields: 12 tarts
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Bacon, Maple and Cheddar Shortbread

Get ready to make and take these two shortbreads to family and friends this holiday season. Perfect to serve with drinks and more cheese!

  • Prep Time: 15 min
  • Cook Time: 2 hours / 15 min
  • Yields: 84
A white plate with three buttermilk bacon waffles, two pieces of crispy bacon, topped with fresh strawberries and creme fraiche.

Buttermilk Bacon Waffles

A favourite for breakfast or brunch! Small bites of Ontario bacon throughout these waffles offers up a smokey bite that provides a unique contrast to the berries and cream.

  • Prep Time: 20 min
  • Cook Time: 15 min
  • Yields: 11 waffles
A grey speckled bowl with a freshly made green salad with pieces of butternut squash and barley mixed throughout

Butternut Squash and Barley Salad

Here’s a fun and flavourful late-season salad that is perfect to prepare ahead and bring to any get-together. Try it with a zesty farmstead cheese like 5 Brothers from Gunn’s Hill Artisan Cheese in Woodstock, Ontario or Wildwood from Stonetown Artisan Cheese in St. Marys, Ontario.

  • Prep Time: 20 min
  • Cook Time: 35 min
  • Yields: 4-6
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Cauliflower Crust Pizza

This hearty vegetarian pizza will go on repeat for a weeknight meal.

  • Prep Time: 25 min
  • Cook Time: 35 min
  • Yields: 6-8
Eight cheddar and rosemary shortbread cookies are on parchment paper on a cookie sheet

Cheddar and Rosemary Shortbread

Get ready to make and take these two shortbreads to family and friends this holiday season. Perfect to serve with drinks and more cheese!

  • Prep Time: 2 hrs 10 min
  • Cook Time: 20 min
  • Yields: 84 cookies
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Cheese Crusted Buffalo Cauliflower Wings

Vegetarian and just as delicious, these addictive bites are perfect to serve with drinks or as a new side dish.

  • Prep Time: 20 min
  • Cook Time: 30 min
  • Yields: 4-6
Cast iron skillet with cheesy scalloped potato gnocchi on a wooden trivet sitting on a rustic wooden table.

Cheesy Scalloped Potato Gnocchi

Serve up this comfort food alongside your favourite roast for a cozy meal the family will adore.

  • Prep Time: 15 min
  • Cook Time: 35 min
  • Yields: 4-6
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Local Sudbury: Verdicchio Serves Up Central Italian Wine & Food Culture

This Northern Ontario mining town might seem like the last place you'd find a traditional, family-owned Italian restaurant at the helm of a progressive local food movement. But after more than 25 years in business, the vision behind Verdicchio Ristorante is clearly working.

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Spring Food Trends in Canada

More than ever, our food choices tell the story of who we are and what we value most. Food trends over the last decade are showing the permanency of an underlying paradigm shift, with more Canadian consumers and tastemakers seeking out food lifestyle trends over hot new products. People are becoming more thoughtful about their food - what they eat and where it comes from, how its raised and ultimately disposed of.

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