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St Lawrence Market, a Foodie Mecca In…. Toronto?!

St Lawrence Market, a Foodie Mecca In…. Toronto?!

With multiple Chinatowns, not to mention a Koreatown and a Little India, Toronto’s food scene is a lot more diverse than you might think. And, no, it’s not all about poutine. That famous combination of chips, cheese and gravy comes from Quebec, not Toronto – 

It’s Samphire Season!

It’s Samphire Season!

Samphire is up there with artichokes as a plant that doesn’t look like it was meant to be eaten, and with fiddlehead ferns as one of the most satisfying plants to forage. And, despite some abysmal weather, samphire season is well underway in the UK. 

Green Invaders…

Green Invaders…

Brussels sprouts are, famously, one of those vegetables folk either love or loathe. And scientists at the Eden Project, in Cornwall, England, are currently exploring the theory that this preference is, quite literally, encoded into your DNA. According to the scientists involved, sprouts contain a