Dorothy Sandercock

Stories by Dorothy Sandercock

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Food day in Canada

Celebrate the bounty of Canada’s unique food traditions and abundant local ingredients this week. Aug. 3 is Food Day Canada, an annual celebration where Canadians can share their food and food stories with each other. It started about 10 years ago with Anita Stewart (www.anitastewart.ca), who has a way of fanning the flames of passion […] Read more
Farro is a type of wheat common in Italian cooking. It has a nutty flavour with a slightly crunchy texture. Although it’s a distant cousin to the wheat berry, it cooks in a fraction of the time. Farro can be found in health food stores or substituted with wheat berries. | canolainfo.org photo
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Summer salads with whole grains

I love salads full of lentils, beans, rice, nuts, dried fruit and whole grains. I am not sure if it is my age, but I no longer think of whole grain as healthy food I should eat, but rather delicious food I want to eat. Whole grains that work well in salads include wild rice, […] Read more
Asian sesame quinoa salad is one of the recipes featured in the Breast of Friends series of cookbooks. The project was started by 10 friends from Foam Lake, Sask., in 2004, who have since raised $1.4 million for cancer charities. | Breast of Friends photo
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Authors of best-selling series have another hit cookbook

The Breast of Friends campaign has come a long way from its rural roots in east-central Saskatchewan to being a world force in charity fundraising and cancer awareness. The project has published six best selling cookbooks and raised $1.4 million in donations since its start in 2004, when 10 friends from Foam Lake, Sask., channelled […] Read more

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