Everyone who loves sugar knows that chocolate on Valentine’s Day makes for a great gift. But if you’re really trying to impress your favourite chocolate-lover on February 14, you can’t just pick up the first bar or box of sweets (or any, to be quite honest) that you find on the grocery store shelf. Instead, […]
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Tinápe is serving Filipino breads and pastries in Bedford
Baking has always been a passion for Sharon De Leon, but her career in preparing Filipino breads and pastries began almost accidentally. For years, it had always been her side gig where she’d fulfill orders at home whenever she found the time outside of working as a professional chef. But now, she’s made baking her […]
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Where I Work: Creamy Rainbow Bakery and Cafe
Creamy Rainbow Bakery and Cafe 1526 Dresden Row WHO SHE IS Helen Zhao dreams about cakes, breads and desserts as soft as clouds. Raised in China, where bakeries are filled with a combination of savoury, sweet and creamy treats, Zhao couldn’t find the equivalent in Halifax. She craved dough mixed with egg milk and stuffed […]
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Quality Street chocolates, the video breakdown
It was last year around this point in the season that Coasters Stephanie Johns, Tara Thorne and Allison Saunders took their “walk down Quality Street to dissect the residents of the holiday season’s most iconic coffee table treat.” The story they wrote, “The original tin,” became a foil-wrapped flashpoint for debate. This year, our NSCC […]
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The original tin
There’s nothing blatantly festive about Quality Street, it’s actually available year-round though for some reason it tastes like a certain time of year. But these days it’s as common a Christmas ornament as a poinsettia, decorating office front desks and grandmothers’ coffee tables, a perfect afterthought gift and guaranteed conversation starter. So as an ode […]