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Do you long for a career in the food service industry? Do you spend hours watching The Food Network dreaming that some day you too will grace the stage of Kitchen Stadium, standing toe-to-toe...

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These Hands with Chef Lynn Crawford

January 30, 2012 | 2 Comments

In our recent conversation I asked Chef Lynn Crawford about the two tattoos in the center of her palms. "Why does everyone want to know about my tattoos!?" she says with an undertone...

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The long lost installment of our Real Life. Real Butter. Series. Part IV; Work Experience Student Firoz Thanawalla in conversation with Food Gypsy - behind the scenes at Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa, the Production...

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Back Lane Café – A Defined Vision

September 29, 2011 | 0 Comments

Another of life’s pleasant detours brought me through the doors of the newly opened Back Lane Café under the wing of one of Ottawa’s best guides. Its artful decor, high ceilings, aged plaster walls,...

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The Gospel of Gert – A Family History of Food

September 13, 2011 | 7 Comments

As technology reaches deeper into our lives and processed everything threatens to consume us, we seek comfort in the simplicity of what once was. Is it any wonder that the Cameron Family’s most treasured possession...

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This One’s for YOU…

September 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

... all our delicious readers. Over the summer we've been thrilled to hear from Food Gypsy readers. Foodie Gypsies far and wide who enjoy a little Gypsy sass now and challenged themselves to...

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Inspiration, by the book…

June 28, 2011 | 4 Comments

Life and it's shifts are not always constant. Shift happens, sometimes rapidly and you suddenly find yourself questioning personal direction. This week I found new inspiration between the pages of a classic cookbook....

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Bit of Gypsy Birthday

June 3, 2011 | 2 Comments

Another year, come and gone.   Since entering a decade that starts with ‘four’ birthday celebrations are quiet affairs with those I love, often banning the word “birthday” all together.  A great meal is all I want.  This...

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The Girl with the Bacon Tattoo

May 26, 2011 | 0 Comments

Mild mannered Natasha LeBlanc; Chef by day, Bacon Girl by night. Fighting crimes against bacon everywhere. Now that's my kind of superhero (complete with bacon tattoo). ...

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Waffle Workshop – The Savory

April 28, 2011 | 1 Comments

A day in the Gypsy Test Kitchen started innocently enough... looking for a savory waffle delivery vehicle for some hollandaise and a bit of egg for Mother's day. Next thing you know I'm hip...

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Sprouting in the Kitchen

April 21, 2011 | 0 Comments

Sprouting chickpeas? Really?! In the Gypsy Kitchen? Oh yeah. Nothing I like more than growing things then eating them. When we talk about food in terms of fuel and energy...

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Sexy Food – Natural Aphrodisiacs

February 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

It’s HOT in the kitchen. Valentine’s Day; a much hyped, often loaded, celebration of love. In doing a bit of Food Gypsy research I unearthed a few natural aphrodisiacs that could add a little...

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