Don Genova's Blog

This woman is One Smart Cookie!  She is Julie Von Rosendaal, and she helps me bake healthier cookies this week on Food For Thought.  To listen to the 5 minute documentary, click here.  Julie has a blog, as well, so if you want to check out what’s going on in her crazy cookie-cutter life, check out Julie Was Here.
 

One Smart Cookie is an updated version of the original version Julie wrote several years ago.  I like this book a lot, as it’s one of those cookbooks that have you saying as you page through it, "oh, I want to make that, and those, and these, too!"

You can order the cookbook through Amazon.ca by clicking here, and you’ll help me support the costs of this blog while saving 37%!

My next podcast will feature Julie as well, in a fun-filled conversation that spans two recipes, including the Cinnamon Bun Crunches you see here.

If you’re looking for ‘The Guy Can’t Cook’ contest, click here. 

This week, for listeners outside of the BC region, you’ll hear a story about how new meat inspection regulations are threatening the livelihood of farmers, and meat and poultry processors in British Columbia, particularly on Vancouver Island.  At left is Lyle Young of Cowichan Bay Farm and Farmhouse Poultry, who has invested a great deal of his own money to keep his farm alive, as well as those of other small farmers on southern Vancouver Island.  You can listen to the 6-minute documentary in mp3 format by clicking here .  You can get more information on these regulations by visiting the appropriate pages on the BC Centre For Disease Control website.  And if you’re thinking of upgrading our starting your own meat processing facility, be sure to visit this page from the BC Food Processors Association.