Category: What’s Cooking?
Spicy Clove
This aromatic flower bud of the clove tree has been used in cooking for thousands of years (cloves are stuck into onions in all court bouillons!). The tree, which is native to Indonesia, can reach up to 20 metres in height. The buds are picked before they bloom and are dried in the sun until […]
Great testimonial from Line, whose spouse has type 1 diabetes
I’ve been following your SOSCuisine menus for the past 4 to 5 years now. I even talk about it to everyone as the service that brought healthy cooking and eating back into our lives. Here are the reasons that motivate me to use the services of SOSCuisine.
Healthy choices for the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl, an event long awaited by football fans, has turned into a festive occasion that brings together family and friends. So it’s party time with chicken wings, cheese nachos and beer to wash it all down! But if you’re watching your weight, blood sugar or cholesterol, such foods that are hot favourites of […]
10 Companies Control Almost Everything We Eat
Did you know that ten of the world’s most powerful food and beverage companies control nearly everything we buy at the grocery store? Their names are not all widely known by the consumers, but their brands are present in almost each and every home. With a combined annual revenue of about US$430 billions, these giants […]
Price of olive oil on the rise
There’s bad news in store for all you olive oil fans out there: brace yourself to pay more for this basic commodity of the Mediterranean diet, whose merits are praised by gourmets and dietitians alike. The disastrous olive harvest in southern Europe in 2014 is sure to cause an upward surge in oil prices (the […]
Versatile and Gluten-Free Buckwheat
Once upon a time, buckwheat was the most commonly consumed grain by farmers and the working classes across North America, but at the turn of the 20th century, it lost ground to other cereals. But elsewhere in the world, it continued to be consumed regularly: notably in China, Korea and Japan in the form of […]
15 Top Diet Trends For 2015
What’s Trending in Nutrition? Survey of Nutrition Experts Predicts Popular Trends… Gluten-free, GMO-free & Clean Labels, as well as Convenience, Taste & Cost Dictate Consumer Choices Will 2015 be gluten-free? Is Paleo out? Are we eating carbs yet? Is kale still the Queen of Greens or will nuts, seeds or cauliflower take the throne? The […]
Turmeric and Ginger to be in top shape
Each year, in January, millions of people look for some miraculous fixes to counteract the harmful effects of the holiday overindulgence (… and all the excess of the previous 12 months). I personally do not believe that such quick fix exist, and rather prefer to eat well and exercise throughout the year. But if I […]
An espresso in space
In recent weeks, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are savouring authentic Italian coffee with an espresso machine specially designed to overcome the constraints of zero gravity. ISSpresso is the result of collaboration between coffee company Lavazza and Argotec, an Italian engineering company specializing in the design of aeronautic systems and the preparation of […]
TOP 10 recipes in 2014
Once again, the time has come to unveil the list of which SOSCuisine recipes have been the most popular in 2014. Surprisingly, it’s not the desserts which made it to the top this year, but rather some clever recipes to get the most out of two beloved homegrown products: Corn and Potatoes!
Top 10 blog posts in 2014
Every year, we are blessed with more of you reading us, writing to us and asking us questions. To better understand what is of most interest to our fans, and guide our editorial choices for the new year, we analyzed all of the articles that we posted in 2014 and came up with the list […]
Tips to Cook the Leftovers
You cook for hours and manage to conjure up an amazing feast. But the next day, what do you do with the leftover turkey, ham and other stuff? Our grandmothers knew exactly how to put them to good use, but we seem to have lost this knack… Here are some easy ways to use leftovers. […]