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The world of the Sandwich Monster

The world of the Sandwich Monster

Talk sbout eating with your eyes! Art director, Kasia Haupt, has mastered the art of sandwich making with her edible - and scary - creations crafted out of typical sammy ingredients like bread and cheese. The result? A gorgeous collection of images, Sandwich Monsters, that demand a place in an art exhibit rather than on our dinner plates.

Exposed: Top 10 cooking myths

Cooking myths: they’re the lore in every kitchen that can be traced back to a great grandmother or well meaning aunt who loved to cook and doled out culinary wisdom like hot cakes. But not all lore is true ─ in fact, a lot of it is fiction. So we did some sleuthing to come up with our top ten list of tall tales that need to be debunked, STAT. Got some of your own you’d like to share? By Mary Luz Mejia

Every day ingredients we wish were cheaper

With a recent survey that indicated Canadian adults are doing more comparison shopping as food prices have been raised in the past year, we thought it would be interesting to ask some die-hard food lovers which of their favourite, every day ingredients they wish was a bit easier on the pocket. Here’s our wish list ─ what’s on yours? By Mary Luz Mejia

Easy-peasy two ingredient recipes

Gone are the days when you have to run out to the grocery store because you don’t have that one small ingredient the recipe calls for. We have found 10 two-ingredient recipes that taste delightful. From pizza dough to soufflé, these recipes are sure to impress. By Leia Smoudianis

The world’s most expensive desserts

Do you have money to burn? Is that $3 ice cream just not cutting it for you? Then try one of these over-priced (but delicious) desserts. By Leia Smoudianis

Bugilicious: Creepy crawlies worth eating

According to the United Nations, there are over 1400 kinds of edible bugs from which to choose and at twice the protein punch of beef, it’s a greener, cheaper option. We’ve chosen ten varieties that you might want to embrace as a low-cost, high-energy boosting meat replacement. By Mary Luz Mejia

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Entertaining Tips

Create a Latin fiesta at home
Your next weekend soiree can conjure up memories and tastes of warmer climes.
Dinner parties a la Hollywood
Reel inspiration for a night that celebrates our favourite movies.
Guestiquette refresher for dinner party guests
Invited to a formal dinner party? Here are the dos of being a good, not a ghastly guest.

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Boozy alternatives not from the LCBO

Boozy alternatives not from the LCBO

Phew! With the LCBO strike in Ontario called off just in time for the May 2-4 long weekend , it got us thinking of alternate patio libations straight from the source. Here’s a list of some proudly Canadian wines and spirits that will have you partying in style. By Mary Luz Mejia

The most expensive alcohol in the world

The recent theft of a $26,000 50-year-old bottle of scotch in Toronto got us thinking about ridiculously expensive booze. The prices of these 10 bottles of alcohol would make the average drinker weep. By Samantha Edwards

Canada’s most luxurious, outrageous and delicious cocktails

Forget the boring gin and tonic. These 10 cocktails push the boundaries with unusual, bizarre and delicious ingredients like bacon, wasabi, lobster and egg whites.

10 hangover remedies from around the world

From the classics like greasy eggs and bacon, to the questionable (pickle juice, anyone?), here are 10 hangover remedies from across the globe. By Samantha Edwards

10 boozy songs inspired by cocktails

From Feist and Jimmy Buffett, to the Beastie Boys and The Eagles, musicians of all sorts love singing about cocktails.

Family

Inventor lights up fiancée’s life with glowing engagement ring

Inventor lights up fiancée’s life with glowing engagement ring

Ring lights up whenever the two lovers are near each other, meaning she will always be able to keep track of her man.

Lacklustre libido for ladies leaves us lusting for a solution

New drug may help women deal with depressing loss of desire. Maybe what really needs to be fixed is marriage.

Finally, the perfect technology: Pizza at the push of a button

NASA project uses 3D printers to make food, which could put an end to world hunger (and to the endless "What's for dinner?" questions).

Don’t sleep on it. Sharing the parental bed is a leading cause of SIDS.

Despite its growing popularity in Canada, co-sleeping with one's infant increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.

Do we care more about animals than we do about people?

It’s either a heartwarming story or a giant waste of time and money: a Good Samaritan flew an injured turtle more than 400 kilometres so it could get emergency medical care.

That just might have been the last Mother’s Day

An elementary school in Halifax drops Mother's Day and Father's Day celebrations so no kids feel left out.

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