It’s sad to say it, but life will always be filled with cynics. You know, the people who say, ”Summer’s over,” even when the sun’s still blazing and the farmers’ markets are still bountiful with the season’s peak produce. We like to tune those people out, and if August’s most popular recipes are any proof, so do you. Between platters of grilled shrimp dusted with Old Bay and bowlfuls of savory peach crumble, plates of stir-fried eggplant and a satisfyingly cold and crunchy cucumber and cottage cheese salad, these late-summer offerings are sure to make it feel like an endless summer. Here, August’s crowd favorites, beginning with the month’s MVP.
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The 10 Most Popular Recipes in August 2019
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New study led by McMaster University expected to change the way doctors treat heart attack survivors
For cardiologists, it has long been an unresolved question: If patients survive a full-blown heart attack, should they be brought back for another procedure to clear other partially blocked arteries or sent home with medicine?
The answer, according to a major new international study led by Hamilton’s McMaster University, is that pro-actively unclogging arteries that have yet to cause a heart attack is significantly better at preventing deaths and future heart attacks than medication alone.
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5 Vegetarian Dinners That Won’t Leave You Hungry
Heidi Swanson knows how to make substantial and beautiful meatless meals.
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The 10 Most Popular Recipes in July 2019
One-Pan Chicken Thighs with Burst Tomatoes, Harissa, and Feta
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Remember leave out the salt! Not necessary.... Enjoy
Tuna Niçoise Salad
PHOTO BY ALEX LAU, FOOD STYLING BY REBECCA JURKEVICH, PROP STYLING BY KALEN KAMINSKI
6–8 servings
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The soup to nuts on healthy meats
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Listen to Chef David on Jazz FM 91.1 on Sunday June 23rd at 10pm
Listen to Chef David on Jazz FM 91.1 on Sunday June 23rd at 10pm. David is hosting his own jazz show together with Laura Fernandez from Cafe Latino.
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CTV News: Increasing red meat intake may also increase the risk of death: study
Steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in McLean, Va. Jan. 18, 2010. (AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
A new large-scale U.S. study has found that increasing the amount of red meat in the diet, especially processed red meat, appears to be linked with an increased risk of death, while swapping it for plant-based alternatives may help lower the risk.
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CTV News: Walk faster, live longer? Study highlights benefits of speedy strolls
Walk faster, live longer? Study highlights benefits of speedy strolls
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National Post: Breaking: Ultra-processed foods remain really, really, really bad for you
The body of evidence is growing against highly processed foods such as chicken nuggets, hotdogs and sugary cereals
Ultra-processed foods include chicken nuggets, fries, soft drinks and sweetened breakfast cereals. Getty Images
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How Salt, Gluten, And GMO-Free Products Could Benefit You
As a passionate self-taught chef, I’ve made it my mission to help people live healthy and happy lives. Through my work, I want to help people from all walks of life enjoy the benefits I have, and enjoy food that is salt, gluten, and GMO-free, but is still full of flavor.
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How to Prevent Your Herbs From Wasting Away in the Fridge
Add ‘em by the handful, not by the pinch.
We’re all familiar with the dreaded market-to-compost pipeline: You buy a whole bunch of herbs for a recipe, pluck a few leaves for garnishing, and then let the rest languish in the crisper drawer, never to be seen until the day they die a sad, wilt-y death.
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The New York Times: What You Eat Matters!
What You Eat Matters!
How to cook dinner if you’re concerned about climate change. (Don’t worry, it’ll still be delicious.)
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CDC Warns People to Stop Washing Their Raw Chicken
Think twice before you turn on the faucet to wash off that raw meat. The Centers for Disease Control issued a stern warning against washing raw chicken and other meat, explaining that it can spread germs throughout the kitchen. In a tweet posted last week, the CDC wrote, “Don’t wash your raw chicken! Washing can spread germs from the chicken to other food or utensils in the kitchen.” Three days later, in response to some skepticism from Twitter users, they released a follow-up post that read, “
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Announcing The New Website
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website!
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New Website Under Construction
New Website Coming Soon!
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What Will Happen if You Eat 2 Bananas a Day
Bananas are an incredibly popular food pretty much anywhere you go. Grown in 107 countries, they represent the fourth most valuable crop the world over. They are delicious ripe, cooked, dried, even slightly under-ripe. They are great plain but nicely complement ice cream, cereal, and yogurt. Bananas are also one of the healthiest snacks you can have, with enough sweetness to make you forget how much nutrition you’re getting. But what would happen if you ate two bananas every day? We will take a look at the health outcomes of that habit, the good and the not-so-good. (Spoiler alert: it’s mostly…
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New Canada Food Guide Does Away With Serving Sizes, Food Groups
The 2019 guide is all about less meat, more water. OTTAWA — Drink more water and eat more plants, Canada's new food guide says, doing away with the traditional food groups and serving counts familiar to generations of students in health classes across the land. The food-guide facelift unveiled Tuesday, the first in 12 years, reflects a new approach by Health Canada aimed at promoting healthier eating and lifestyle choices, rather than emphasizing serving sizes and specific foods. "The guide continues to provide advice on what to eat, but now it also emphasizes that healthy eating is more than the food you eat,"…
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Health Canada wants to make sure you know your food is high in sugar, sodium and saturated fat
WATCH ABOVE: Federal government unveils new food packaging guidelines Health Canada is proposing new regulations that will make it easier for shoppers to identify whether a packaged food is high in saturated fat, sugar or sodium. If the regulations are approved, it means that a warning label would be prominently affixed to the front of all packaged foods that are high in these nutrients – up to half of packaged foods on the shelves. WATCH: Health Canada’s plans to change food labels “Canada is facing an undeniable growing burden of chronic disease,” said Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser to Health Canada. Two in five…
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