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Recipe: Keep kids healthy, laughing with some carrot bacon

Recipe: Keep kids healthy, laughing with some carrot bacon

Writer and actor Jenny Mollen has a knack for making her kids' lunches pop. She adds things like candy eyeballs to fruit and cuts funny shapes from vegetables. Her tips are in her new cookbook, “Dictator Lunches,” including one for carrot bacon.
For school lunch, why not a date insect or cucumber penguin?

For school lunch, why not a date insect or cucumber penguin?

NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to packing lunch for their kids, moms and dads have reliable favorites like PB&Js, bananas or maybe a bagel. Jenny Mollen has an unusual go-to — candy eyes.
The Middle East’s bright solution for stale pita bread

The Middle East’s bright solution for stale pita bread

Tuscany’s solution for stale bread, panzanella, is just the start of salad solutions for stale bread.
All you need to know about the newest bakery at New West SkyTrain station

All you need to know about the newest bakery at New West SkyTrain station

In place of the bubble tea spot Bobacabana is now a coffee and desserts bakery called Passenger Cafe.
Catch an NFL game at these five sports bars in New Westminster

Catch an NFL game at these five sports bars in New Westminster

Plan to have an NFL watch party? Here are five sports bars in New Westminster where you can go watch the games over drinks and nibbles.
Red miso is the secret weapon for grilled skirt steak

Red miso is the secret weapon for grilled skirt steak

One of our secret ingredients to build flavor fast is miso. As an umami base, it helps balance and unify sweet and sour notes in everything from chicken to pasta, even cookies.
Health officials warns public not to consume two spices amid Markham, Ont., probe

Health officials warns public not to consume two spices amid Markham, Ont., probe

MARKHAM, Ont. — York Region public health has alerted the public not to consume two products linked to a food poisoning investigation after 12 diners who ate at a Markham, Ont., restaurant last weekend became seriously ill. Dr.
School lunch ideas for pint-size vegetarians

School lunch ideas for pint-size vegetarians

Do you have a vegetarian living in your home? Even a little one? There are many kinds of vegetarianism, but many folks are reducing the amount of meat in their diets, or cutting it out altogether. And these choices are being made by kids, too.

Five things to know about aconite, the toxin suspected of sickening diners in Markham

Twelve people were sick enough to visit local hospitals after eating the same chicken dish from a Markham, Ont., restaurant over the weekend. Dr.
Spice containing toxin suspected of sickening Markham diners: doc

Spice containing toxin suspected of sickening Markham diners: doc

A spice contaminated with a plant-based toxin was used in a chicken dish at a Markham, Ont., restaurant over the weekend and is believed to be responsible for sending a dozen people to hospital, the region's top doctor said Tuesday. Dr.