Category: What’s Cooking?

What’s the difference between bell peppers and chili peppers?

July 3, 2009 18 Comments

Answer: Bell or sweet peppers and chili peppers are actually from the same family of plants (same as the tomato, in fact!). They were first discovered by the Western world when Columbus travelled to America. At that time, peppercorns were a very prized condiment, so he called these vegetables “peppers”.

Strawberry Risotto

July 2, 2009 No Comments

We await them every year with impatience. But finally, Quebec strawberries are here! Picked at exactly the right time of maturity, Quebec strawberries have their own unique taste. Low in calories, strawberries are an excellent source of Vitamin C, potassium and magnesium. In short, there are plenty of reasons to load up on local strawberries. […]

Welcome to the Pestoblog!

July 1, 2009 7 Comments

Many of you have been writing in to us with your food-related questions and concerns. Rather than replying to each one of you individually, as we’ve been doing until now, we felt that it would be more convenient to set up this interactive blog. Through this user-friendly tool, I will share my culinary agonies and […]

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