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Anne's crab dip *****
A brilliant appetizer or party dip that is ideal served with tomato soup, stuffed into mushroom caps and placed under a hot broiler for a minute, or sided with crusty bread, breadsticks, rice crackers or crostini. Serve hot or cold. [More]

Anne's don't-tell-anyone-it's-a-soup-mix dips ****
These are so ridiculously fast and easy, I ought to be arrested for sharing my guilty secret. But what REALLY makes these dips shine is the one-or-two "customized" ingredients . . . read on . . . [More]

Anne's sour cream-mustard-dill dip *****
This is one of those "Guilty Pleasures" type dips. . . for crudités, heaped onto a baked potato (the optional parmesan cheese is a wonderful addition for this application), delicious with carrot wafers, celery sticks, or peeled, sliced raw mushrooms. Mmmm. . . [More]

Becel's lemon bars recipe *****
Yummy. . . and easy. [More]

Cajun Corn Sticks ****
Here, we are trying to replicate the famous Cajun corn sticks once (but no longer) produced by Harry & David. If anyone has a better version, please send it on in! [More]

Crudités ****
A fancy name for a simple dish. Also suitable for guests. [More]

Food agency launches probe into power bars, sports drinks *
Internal report by federal inspectors questions safety of consumer fad foods. [More]

Garber Gastronomic: Back to school with healthy snacks *
It may seem still too early in the summer to do back-to-school food shopping...No, wait! I take that back. Back-to-school specials have been running in everything from office and stationery supply stores to drugstores and supermarkets since the beginning of July. [More]

Garber Gastronomic: Rose Reisman (Garber interview) *
Rose Reisman is Canada's pre-eminent cookbook author, with more than 750,000 books in print, and she is also a newspaper columnist, product spokesperson, owner of her self-named cooking school, caterer, television personality and mother of four. [More]

Jalapeno Corn Sticks ****
A cool -- I mean HOT -- snack. [More]

Minute Pizza ****
Cheap, fast, easy -- what more can you say about this simple snack? Oh yes...tasty! [More]

Quick Dill Pickles ****
I experimented last year by adding one perfect, carefully cleaned jalapeño pepper to each jar before pouring in the hot vinegar water. Results were exceptionally good! [More]

San Francisco Fudge (Ghirardelli Chocolate Fudge Microwave Recipe) **** 1/2
A remarkably good fudge recipe, and a family favourite of ours for years. Not the crumbly fudge we had in Tintagel, but pretty darn good. [More]

Tongue Twisters (Garber review) ****
Love tapas? Then this cookbook will prove to be one of the most treasured additions to your home cookbook library.

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Tuna Melt ****
Ah, the old tuna melt stand-by. So-o-o easy. [More]

Uncle Ray's Marinated Beets ****
Says Ray: "Great with rind cheese and bread!" [More]

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Dangerous fats lurk in seemingly healthy snacks *
Granola bars, microwave popcorn among foods found loaded with trans fatty acids. [More]

Fire-roasted Tomatillo Salsa with Basil *** 1/2
A nice salsa for guests or at-home snacking. [More]

Grilled Pineapple-tomatillo Salsa *
Ideal served with Douglas Rodriguez's Turkey with Mole Rub, from the same cookbook. [More]

Mama's Faux Welsh Rarebit ****
A great, fast meal involves the freshest bread or buns you can find. [More]

Papaya and Black Bean Salsa *
Substitute mango for papaya, if you wish, but remember to use slightly less lime juice. [More]

Sugar use too high globally, experts report *
Soft drinks, juice targets in study that found changes in diet over 40 years. [More]

The un-cola gets un-done *
Soft-drink purveyors say they will remove colas and other carbonated drinks from vending machines in Canadian elementary and middle schools by the start of the next school year. While insisting that all its products are suitable for kids -- a dubious claim at best -- the industry acknowledges that it is responding to increasing health concerns. [More]

Tomatillo-avocado Salsa ****
Author:recipe courtesy of Susan Curtis and Kathi Long
The light fresh flavour of uncooked tomatillos adds an interesting twist to the familiar guacamole. Serve with tortilla chips, tacos or fajitas. Quite acidic, but great with bland chips. [More]

Tomato Salsa ****
An easy and tasty salsa [More]

Twice-fried mashed potatoes ****
Best enjoyed in front of the television, while watching cartoons or the Space channel. Truly a guilty pleasure! [More]