Festivals, food, and friendship
ON THE COVER: Celebrity Chef Lynn Crawford discusses a slower approach to life and cooking.
8 | Goodlife Beaches - December 2013 - January 2014
by Peter Haggert
cessful jewellery heist. More than $200,000 was raised in support of Bidgepoint. You can see proof of the fun they had raising the money on Pages 48 and 49. Let’s not forget the seasonal efforts of Main St.’s Community Centre 55 (Page 46.) Their Share a Christmas campaign helped nearly 800 families last year with essential items and a little bit of Christmas cheer. It’s been 32 years since the centre began the annual campaign and there’s rich appreciation of this community collection of goods that stay in the community for those truly in need. Enjoy the transition to 2014 (where does the time go?) with family and friends. Try a family exercise in cooking. Pick a recipe everyone can own because they contributed to the making. Maybe it’s the start of a family tradition! As always, please let us know what you think of our magazine – and thank you for your support during our successful first year of publication.
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ere we are, preparing to head into a busy season of festivals, food and friendship. So it’s appropriate in preparation for this edition of GoodLife magazine we spent a good deal of time in the kitchen, learning about great recipes, wonderful places to eat and enjoying fascinating tales of entrepreneurial perseverance. You’ve got to cook with passion and you’ve got to cook with love. But first the simple stuff. You thought you knew cocoa? Well guess again with our fabulous trio of recipes on Page 22. Then let celebrity chef Lynn Crawford, owner of Queen Street East’s Ruby Watchco, motivate you with her obvious joy of cooking and an outstanding love for helping the community. Oh yes, and throw in her recipe for an “Everything green salad with green goddess dressing” (Page 14) as a legacy to the reading of Izabela Jaroszynski’s fine story. Then let chef John Cunningham and owner Nathan Hynes warm you with the new story (Page 16) of the Auld Spot. With fresh ingredients, in–house cooking, the Danforth Pub makes a case to become a home away from home for the dining crowd. One more note – congratulations to Bridgepoint Active Healthcare on their suc-
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