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Get to Know a Cheese Expert

June 18, 2013 By: Kirsty1 Comment

Pretty much everything I know about cheese I have learnt in the past year from an exceptionally hilarious and kind Fromager named Cecilia. This former nurse turned committed cheese expert has helped to create a cheese revolution in Uxbridge, Ontario. ... [ Read More ]

Ship is in a Salad Daze

June 13, 2013 By: Mother Ship5 Comments

Words and images by Ship. Living in the South offers up some perks like an early spring and close proximity to locally produced fresh fruit. It starts in February when the Florida grown strawberries begin to appear in our local grocery stores. ... [ Read More ]

What’s in your Farmers’ Market Basket?

June 5, 2013 By: Dana5 Comments

Each Wednesday we enjoy a Potluck of inspiration at Hot Pink Apron.com. We bring the conversation starter, you bring the comments stuffed with personal touch. ---- With spring comes fresh produce and passionate foodie chats, thanks to the launch ... [ Read More ]

How Does Your Garden Grow?

May 31, 2013 By: Dana6 Comments

Narratives from 3 Apronites who are getting started on (what hopes to be) a bountiful garden season. Caitlin’s Raised Box of Zen I've been a hobby gardener ever since I got my first solo apartment in Ottawa seven years ago. It was on the third ... [ Read More ]

Potluck: Setting Kitchen Goals

May 29, 2013 By: Dana4 Comments

Each Wednesday we enjoy a Potluck of inspiration at Hot Pink Apron.com. We bring the conversation starter, you bring the comments stuffed with personal touch. What are some of the kitchen goals you've set for yourself this year? ... Because, ... [ Read More ]

Pilaf Your Clothes and Dive Right In

May 28, 2013 By: Caitlincomment

Words and images by Caitlin. I don't usually tell people this, but I'm an absent-minded cook. I don't follow recipes closely, I don't go out of my way to source obscure ingredients (notwithstanding the Saffron Incident of 2006, but in my defense, ... [ Read More ]

When Life Gets Salade Niçoise Messy

May 23, 2013 By: Kristina3 Comments

Words and images by Kristina. I just moved this past week. The morning after moving day I was flung into a week-straight of meetings and company dinners (life’s tough, I know) so I've only been home to shower, sleep and feed my cat. Needless to ... [ Read More ]

Potluck: Eat Local, But Where?

May 22, 2013 By: Dana6 Comments

Each Wednesday we enjoy a Potluck of inspiration at Hot Pink Apron.com. We bring the conversation starter, you bring the comments stuffed with personal touch. Think Global, Act Local - especially when it comes to dining out. Apronites, from around ... [ Read More ]

Potluck: Your Dream Cookbook

May 15, 2013 By: Dana6 Comments

Each Wednesday we enjoy a Potluck of inspiration at Hot Pink Apron.com. We bring the conversation starter, you bring the comments stuffed with personal touch. Have you ever fantasized about publishing your very own cookbook? We have. We do. A ... [ Read More ]

A Post for the Picky Eater and Histamine Challenged

May 10, 2013 By: Mother Ship3 Comments

Words and images by Mother Ship. When I’m not rocking my foxy pink apron and hanging out in the kitchen, I guide yoga classes and run weekend yoga retreats.  I have taken it upon myself to handle the logistics, design the menu, shop and cook the ... [ Read More ]

Keep the Fiesta Going with Baked Black Bean Burritos

May 9, 2013 By: Jodi5 Comments

Words and images by Jodi. Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, I decided to pull out a burrito recipe from my friend Linda and get down to business. Because of my weekly organics delivery, I was lucky enough to have a lot of ingredients on hand for her ... [ Read More ]

The Vegan Elvis

May 8, 2013 By: Caitlin6 Comments

Words and images by Caitlin. I'm a lifelong vegetarian, raised by parents who've been off the meat since the days of buying textured vegetable protein in bulk off the back of a hippie-helmed truck. But I've definitely dabbled in meat eating, or ... [ Read More ]

Mayday, Mayday, It’s Fun Friday!

May 3, 2013 By: Danacomment

FUN FRIDAY: Sometimes we need to loosen the apron straps and write about some of our influences outside of food. Don’t worry, it always comes back to food. This is a recap of some of the fun the Apronites have had devouring the internet this ... [ Read More ]

Welcome to the Thunderdome: My Limones Rellenos de Coco Challenge

May 2, 2013 By: Reagancomment

Words and images by Reagan. So, Dana suggested I try out a limones rellenos de coco recipe because I love Frida Kahlo and apparently Kahlo loved these. (Sidebar rant: I can’t back this claim up. Any search for limones rellenos de coco and Kahlo ... [ Read More ]

Potluck: Talking Tequila

May 1, 2013 By: Dana1 Comment

Each Wednesday we enjoy a Potluck of inspiration at Hot Pink Apron.com. We bring the conversation starter, you bring the comments stuffed with personal touch. We're still working out our personal menus for this Sunday's Cinco de Mayo ... [ Read More ]

Small Ch-Ch-Changes to a Healthier You

April 24, 2013 By: Dana3 Comments

Each Wednesday we enjoy a Potluck of inspiration at Hot Pink Apron.com. We bring the conversation starter, you bring your own personal touch. F U bikini section taunting me as I walk into the mall. I know how much cake I ate this winter, you don't ... [ Read More ]

Cathartic Chicken Cacciatore

April 19, 2013 By: Kirsty6 Comments

Words written by Kirsty. Images by Dana. Cathartic & comforting is the best way I can put into words spending an afternoon at my sister's house going through my mom's old recipes cards and handwritten journals. As with many of her belongings, we ... [ Read More ]

It’s Fun Friday! 04.19.13

April 19, 2013 By: Danacomment

FUN FRIDAY: Sometimes we need to loosen the apron straps and write about some of our influences outside of food. Don't worry, it always comes back to food. This is a recap of our weekly Apronite adventures devouring the interweb. This week on Hot ... [ Read More ]

Spring Cleaning: The Foodie Way

April 17, 2013 By: Dana4 Comments

Each Wednesday we enjoy a Potluck of inspiration at Hot Pink Apron.com. We bring the conversation starter, you bring your own personal touch. The days are becoming longer, temperatures are [finally!] rising, and your windows are reflecting a ... [ Read More ]

Scribbles, Spills, and Love on Paper

April 12, 2013 By: Caitlincomment

Words and images by Caitlin. The first cookbook I actually cooked from isn't really even a book at all. It's a turquoise plastic duo-tang my mother threw together in 2001, shortly after I had moved into my first real apartment.  I spent those ... [ Read More ]

Get Your Green On, Smoothie Style

April 10, 2013 By: Dana5 Comments

Each Wednesday we enjoy a Potluck of inspiration at Hot Pink Apron.com. We bring the conversation starter, you bring your personal tastes. Reagan gave us a delicious green smoothie recipe yesterday to boost our energy while our limbs are ... [ Read More ]

As I am Pulled, Kicking and Screaming, into the Kitchen

April 10, 2013 By: Jodicomment

Written by Jodi Cooking and I are frenemies. Through the chapters of my life, we’ve had our ups and our downs but I’m now committed to entering the kitchen without fear and facing the stove without trepidation. It’s been a long, uphill journey ... [ Read More ]

Perfecting the Single Hand Meal

April 8, 2013 By: Reagan2 Comments

Words and images by Reagan Now that I’m out of the really intense new baby time, I can look back and think, damn girl, that was tricky. Yes, it took six months for me to feel REALLY out of the thick of it. Little E is sleeping pretty well, my ... [ Read More ]

“You Can’t Name It THAT!” Chocolate Cake

March 31, 2013 By: Mother Ship8 Comments

Words and photos by Mother Ship. Given that I am on a pretty restrictive diet, I have had to alter the way I eat most foods. I’ve become pretty good at swapping out ingredients to make old favourite recipes gluten, dairy, meat and refined white ... [ Read More ]

HBO Dinner Date

March 22, 2013 By: Danacomment

HBO's Game of Thrones ramps up this month with its 3rd season and we plan to devour every meaty moment like lamb on shank. Preparing a Westeros-inspired menu, lead us to ponder the question: "Which HBO gang would you most want to invite for dinner ... [ Read More ]

Awesome Apronite: George Kourounis

September 17, 2012 By: Dana1 Comment

I asked good friend, TV Host and food-loving Awesome Apronite, George Kourounis to take a short break from his globetrotting adventures and introduce himself to the rest of the Apronite gang. George's show "Angry Planet" takes us from the ... [ Read More ]

Too Legit to Quit: Durham Region Foodie

April 4, 2012 By: Dana6 Comments

I can only imagine what comes to the mind of a farmer that has been working their fields for the past 50 years, when I mention the word "blog" to them. They likely think I'm about to be sick - "BllllOgg", what a weird sounding word. It's hard to ... [ Read More ]

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