Creating a balanced and nourishing diet can often be challenging. Given our hectic lifestyles, there’s often limited time to plan a weekly menu. Add to that the increasing number of fast-food outlets popping up along every street, it can sometimes
Bao Nguyen is steady and strong, but, in his own words, not particularly interesting. His grades are average and his social status unremarkable. He works at his parents’ pho restaurant, and even there, he’s not his parents’ favourite employee. Linh
I was attracted to Occasionally Eggs by its cover, so simple in design and so effective in drawing me in that I imagined sitting down at that table and devouring that bowl of spring green soup. I was also attracted
Save Me the Plums is a memoir that chronicles Ruth Reichl’s career ascent from restaurant critic for The New York Times to editor-in-chief of the now-defunct food magazine Gourmet. Reichl writes with candour and humility about her journey into what
Even though Corayne an-Amarat lives by the sea, far away from the center of the realm, she can feel something sinister in the air. She’s spent her entire life seeking adventure, not surprisingly, as the daughter of a pirate captain.
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Henri Haltiwanger is a star debater and a popular student at the prestigious FATE academy in New York City. He’s also a trusted dog walker for his wealthy neighbours, and dreams of attending Columbia University in the fall. While he
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Can you imagine being diagnosed with a condition so rare and aggressive that there are no known survivors? That is the situation that Harriet, a 15-year-old schoolgirl from suburban Toronto, found herself in when, in 2002, a nasty cold that
Seventeen-year-old Mia Jennrow lands a spot in an elite ballet program in the beautiful city of Paris, France and she is one step closer to achieving her dreams of dancing for the American Ballet Theatre.