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    welcome to the home of traditional cooking and modern inspiration!

    myfoodistry presents the World's traditional food, recipes, cooking and cuisines; together with suggestions for literary and non fiction books, films, ideas, documentaries, news, articles, opinions and talks about food and well-being.

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Linguine with Clams

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A simple yet immensely delicious recipe, Linguine with Clams. Incredibly easy to make: first the sauce, then the pasta, then you combine - and that's it. The only trick: it has to be served hot. Enjoy! :)

7 March 2021
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Dried and Salted Cod with Tomatoes and Raisins in the Oven

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Dried and Salted Cod with Tomatoes and Raisins in the Oven is a delicious, somewhat unusual, quick and easy recipe, combining the saltiness of the dried and salted cod with the sweetness of the raisins and onions in a hearty olive oil sauce.

10 February 2021
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How to Desalt Dried and Salted Cod

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Dried and Salted Cod offers a great variety of savouring experiences and dishes but before it's ready for cooking it has to be desalted - and that takes approx. 24 hrs. Do not despair, however: desalting a piece of cod is a fairly easy process. Here's how to desalt dried and salted cod.

6 February 2021
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Honey Macaroons

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Honey Macaroons are oven-baked biscuits soaked in syrup. Traditionally made as a Christmas sweet, the beauty of Honey Macaroons is that every home-cook can make them. Enjoy!

22 December 2020
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Deconstructing the Mediterranean diet – fiction: a critical review of a 40 year-old fallacy

by Chris G

Deconstructing the Mediterranean diet - fiction: a critical review on a 60 year-old fallacy. If the suggestion of an East China Sea Diet is unacceptable, how is the suggestion of a Mediterranean Diet reasonable?

29 August 2020
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Latest Posts – All Categories

  • Linguine with Clams
  • Sushi In Suhl (2012)
  • When Banana Ruled
  • The Future 50 Foods Report
  • The Lost Art of Mixing
  • Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship
  • The First Supper (2019)
  • Dried and Salted Cod with Tomatoes and Raisins in the Oven
  • How to Desalt Dried and Salted Cod
  • Love Is A Piece Of Cake (2020)

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 myfoodistry is about food – as common sense used to have it, our elders used to make it and our fellow citizens think about it. (A  simple enough raison d’etre.) (Yes, we’re from Canada.)

In the About page you will find – inter alia – the “reason why” we started this blog.

Cook presents traditional cooking, cuisines and recipes from all over the World.

Think presents editorials, ideas, opinions, news and articles concerning food and well-being.

Imagine offers feature film and documentary trailers and suggestions for literary and non-fiction books about (what else?) food and well-being.

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Recent Posts - Literature

myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - the lost art of mixing
20 February 2021

The Lost Art of Mixing

Lillian and her restaurant have a way of bringing people together. Their lives collide and mix with those around...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - dinner with Edward
13 February 2021

Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship

Dinner with Edward: as Edward and Isabel meet weekly for the glorious dinners that Edward prepares, he shares so...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - the restaurant of love regained
11 November 2020

The Restaurant Of Love Regained

The Restaurant of Love, Regained. Returning home from work, Rinko is shocked to find her flat is totally empty....

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - poetry - billy collins
30 May 2020

Billy Collins Teaches Reading and Writing Poetry

Known for his wit, humour, and profound insight, Billy Collins is one of the best-selling and most beloved contemporary...

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Recent Posts - Non fiction Books

myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - the longevity film 2019
30 January 2021

The Longevity Film (2019)

The Longevity Film investigates the complex topic of ageing by documenting the longest lived, healthiest & happiest cultures from...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - a year in Provence book Peter Mayle
23 November 2020

A Year In Provence

A Year in Provence is a 1989 best-selling memoir by Peter Mayle about his first year in Provence, and...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - a grain of salt
18 September 2020

A Grain Of Salt

Should we follow a keto diet? Is sugar the next tobacco? Does fermented cabbage juice cure disease? Are lectins...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - sitopia
11 September 2020

Sitopia

Food is the most powerful medium available to us for thinking in a connected way about the numerous dilemmas...

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Recent Posts - Feature films

myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - sushi in suhl
5 March 2021

Sushi In Suhl (2012)

The film is based on a true story. A local countryside cook in the DDR (Communist East Germany) is...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - The First Supper 2019
12 February 2021

The First Supper (2019)

The First Supper is a about a family reuniting for a meal, following a funeral's last rites and cremation....

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - love is a piece of cake 2020
5 February 2021

Love Is A Piece Of Cake (2020)

In Love Is A Piece Of Cake Jessie Dale is a third generation baker who loves her cake shop...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - the trip to Greece Steve Coogan
28 January 2021

The Trip To Greece (2019)

When Odysseus left Troy it took him ten years to get back to his home in Ithaca. Steve Coogan...

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Recent Posts - Documentaries

myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - when banana ruled
27 February 2021

When Banana Ruled

WHEN BANANA RULED is a French documentary telling the story of the men who made bananas the most ubiquitous...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - I, Pastafari
24 December 2020

I, Pastafari. A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story

With millions of believers worldwide, The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the world’s fastest growing religion. Mr....

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - Diana Kennedy Nothing Fancy documentary
17 December 2020

Diana Kennedy – Nothing Fancy (2019)

Diana Kennedy - Nothing Fancy features extensive interviews with Diana Kennedy and famed chefs José Andrés, Rick Bayless, Gabriela...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - sweetgrass documentary 2009
15 December 2020

Sweetgrass (2009)

Sweetgrass presents a riveting and poetic portrait of the American West just as one of its traditional ways of...

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Recent Posts - Ideas and Opinions

myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - the mindfulness conspiracy
1 August 2020

The Mindfulness Conspiracy

It is sold as a force that can help us cope with the ravages of capitalism, but with its...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration
10 March 2020

What we do (and we don’t) know about the Coronavirus

Public health expert David Heymann, who led the global response to the SARS outbreak in 2003, shares the latest...

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myfoodistry - why dieting doesn't usually work
8 February 2020

Why dieting doesn’t usually work: Sandra Aamodt

In Why Dieting Doesn't Usually Work neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important...

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The global food waste scandal | myfoodistry
24 January 2020

The global food waste scandal

The global food waste scandal. Western countries throw out nearly half of their food, not because it’s inedible --...

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Recent Posts - News and Articles

myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - the 50 future foods report
24 February 2021

The Future 50 Foods Report

It is at least refreshing, even positively promising, to come across a "Future 50 Foods" study devoid of synthetic...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - SONY AI Gastronomy App
13 January 2021

Sony AI (Artificial Intelligence) launches the “Gastronomy Flagship Project&...

In addition to Sony’s existing business areas of “gaming” and “imaging & sensing,” Sony AI has set “gastronomy” as...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration - Hershey's against West Africa
2 December 2020

In a Global Chocolate War, It’s Hershey Against West Africa

Some in the world’s chocolate markets see a hefty premium charged by the largest cocoa producers as a blunt...

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myfoodistry - traditional cooking and modern inspiration
21 October 2020

How diet became the latest front in the culture wars

“Eat!” screams one headline. “Diet!” shouts another. Cut out carbohydrates, suggests one report. Carbs are good for you,...

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Links to Websites and blogs we like

  • Denise Minger
  • Marion Nestle
  • Dr. Kate Shanahan
  • Michael Pollan
  • University of Toronto: Department of Nutritional Sciences
  • Centre for Science in the Public Interest
  • Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity
  • Organic Facts
  • The European Food Information Resource
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency: Alerts and Product Recalls
  • USDA – Food Safety and Inspection Agency (USA)
  • Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN)
  • Environmental Defence (Canada)
  • Second Harvest Canada
  • Seva Food Bank
  • University of Gastronomic Sciences
  • Food Bloggers of Canada
  • Free eBooks – Project Gutenberg
  • The Feast. Meals that made history
  • Yore Oyster
  • The Millions

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myfoodistry is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada sacred land that has been home to human cultural activity for over 15,000 years.

We honour and acknowledge the original caretakers of this land: the Mississaugas of New Credit, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Anishinaabe and the Huron/Wendat, and all peoples and living beings who are unnamed in history.

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