by Twyla Campbell | Dec 27, 2021 | Food
A few weeks ago on CBC Edmonton AM, I started a series on comfort food. My first segment was on soups of Latin America. I knew from personal experience that Edmonton has some great Lain American restaurants but it had been a while since I’d been to some of them,...
by Twyla Campbell | Mar 3, 2020 | Food, Restaurant Review, Uncategorized
For such a simple concept, soup is a pretty fascinating dish. I mean, all you do is add bits of things to water and let it all cook and yet the end result is something beautiful, nourishing and complex. Soup reflects culture, history and the land. A bowl of soup has...
by Twyla Campbell | Sep 26, 2019 | Food, Life
Recently, my friend, Loretta, put up a post on Facebook asking people what their favourite soup is to eat when they’re sick. Loretta is the author of Your Canadian Food Story, a book that contains recipes and over 110 stories from Canadians about their food...
by Twyla Campbell | Sep 16, 2019 | Food, Recipes
When I was undergoing treatment, 80% of my meals were either soup or broth delivered to me by friends. I’m not they will ever know how much I treasured their offerings on those days I wasn’t feeling well. Long ago, I had read about the health benefits of...
by Twyla Campbell | Jan 29, 2018 | Food
Chili has never been my go-to for comfort food, but I spied a recipe in the Canadian Cowboy Cookbook that got me to thinkin’ how good a bowl of this spicy stew would taste and feel. It’s been a long cold month and I just wanted a little warmth in my life....