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Cilantro: to Love or to Hate?
Do you hate cilantro? I do. What I’ve come to realize with cilantro over the years is that you either absolutely love it or hate it with a fiery passion. And I mean hate. There’s even an entire website...
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Falling Loonie, Rising Produce Part 1
Grocery shopping on a budget is already pretty hard for students, and unfortunately it’s not going to get much easier in 2016. Several factors have caused the price of produce to skyrocket in Canada....
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UofT’s Iron Chefs: Ben, Harrison & Vanessa
The inter-university Iron Chef competition took place on Saturday, February 20th, hosted by the University of Ottawa. Several North American universities trekked it out to the capital to participate in...
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Featured Location: Tortilla
Students enjoying Tortilla in late September (from our Instagram account). Time to fiesta! Have you been to Tortilla yet? It’s one of the new concepts added to campus in September 2015 at Sid’s Cafe,...
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Your Guide to Pulses
The theme of 2016’s Nutrition Week is pulses! Don’t know what a pulse is? Don’t worry, neither did I. Pulses are the edible seeds of legume crops, like dry peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas. Canada is...
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Happy Cold Cuts Day!
It’s National Cold Cuts Day! Everyone should be excited for this food holiday—who doesn’t love a good sandwich! But do you know what is actually in your glorious sandwich? Do you know your pancetta...
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Pulses: A Versatile, Long-Lasting Superfood
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2016 as the International Year of the Pulse, a theme suggested by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) due to pulses’ healthy,...
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The Water Efficient Pulse
Pulses are great for more than your body—they are environmentally friendly as they are highly water efficient. Compared to other sources of protein (i.e. meat), they require thousands of litres less of...
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How to Melt Chocolate
Easter is just around the corner! What goes best with this rabbit-centric holiday? Chocolate, of course! Take a look at our quick how-to all about melting chocolate, plus a recipe to make your own...
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The Sustainable and Rejuvenating Pulse
2016 has been declared the International Year of the Pulse by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Why choose a relatively unknown crop? Because of it’s multiple benefits, both for...
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A Snapshot in Time: 1947
Tomorrow is UofT’s 189th birthday! With so much time having passed since it’s founding in 1827, our illustrious institution’s history is a long and rich one. For starters, UofT was actually originally...
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Falling Loonie, Rising Produce Part 2
Grocery shopping on a budget is already pretty hard for students, and unfortunately it’s not going to get much easier in 2016. Several factors have caused the price of produce to skyrocket in Canada....
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Common Myths of St. Paddy’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day UofT! May everything you see today be green! Let’s talk about the origin of this esteemed celebration. Saint Patrick, the holiday’s namesake, was the patron saint of Ireland in...
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All About Chocolate
Chocolate. Heavenly, heavenly chocolate. Its the go-to treat for most holidays, its smell can relax you and its taste can brighter your mood. In a concentrated amount it is full of antioxidants, and...
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What’s Up With Easter?
Easter is coming up, meaning rabbits and chocolate and eggs galore! Those three things really don’t seem to have much in common, though, do they? And what do any of them have to do with Easter? We...
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Featured Location: Stone Oven
The last of our new concepts to be featured is Stone Oven Pizzeria, one of the additions to the MSB cafeteria in September 2015. Well, this isn’t your average fast-food pizza joint! Stone Oven offers...
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Should I Eat It?
We’ve all had those moments: doubting whether this tomato is still any good, or if that wilting lettuce really is okay to use in your salad. Food, inevitably, goes bad. I find this a problem especially...
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How to Store Your Food
Previously, we posted an article about food safety and edibility. Well, in conjunction to that, to keep your food fresh as long as possible, you have to store it properly. Sure, chucking it in the...
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Your Campus Coffee Fix
Ready for round two of exams? If you’re like most students, caffeine is the number 1 drink of choice during this hectic season. There’s your regular Tim Horton’s, Starbucks’ and Second Cups around the...
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Easy Exam Eats
Exam time is hectic for everyone, and in that chaos it can be easy to let yourself slip with meals. But, you don’t have to sacrifice good and healthy food for study time! There are plenty of easy meals...
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