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Doing the mental math on “deals” in grocery stores is essential to making your dollar stretch. But if your math skills are not very good under pressure while shopping, you can always rely on us to use a trusted calculator and tell you where the best sales are locally. As the corn season is upon […]

What do Texas, Mexico, Disneyland and Doritos have in common? They all connect to the creation of the modern-day taco salad! Taco salad is a spectacular blend of two different cuisines. It has its origins in the state of Texas when Mexicans migrated and brought their rich culture and tradition along. It was a blend

You may have heard about the lollipop style chicken drumstick but have you ever heard of the delicious butterfly drumstick? A butterfly style drumstick means that you cut lengthwise from top to bottom, pushing the meat to the sides in order to flatten the drumstick. Now you might ask yourself: why should I butterfly chicken

Making homemade meatballs is a smart way to use up tough, cheap cuts of meat and turning it into a meal that will quickly feed a hungry family. Most of us, use meatballs in a variety of culinary dishes but what do we really know about the meatball? Possibly originating in Persia, the meatball immigrated

One of the most popular sandwiches in the world is the humble hamburger. Introduced to North America by German immigrants around 1900, the popularity of hamburgers was slow at first. As time went on, hamburgers became more and more popular. So popular that today the average North American now eats a hamburger three times a

The simple chicken wing. The chicken wing can be a delicious snack (if you have a few), lunch (if you have a few more), and dinner (a whole plateful). Chicken wings have long been a staple of Southern cooking but the actual concept of smothering chicken wings with hot sauce only occurred in Buffalo in

The greatest inventions often happen as a result of necessity. But there are those rare occurrences when some of the greatest inventions are born through accident. The invention of the club sandwich was an accident just waiting to happen. A man (as the story goes), arrived at his home one night after the family and

In North America, Italian sausage often refers to a style of pork sausage that contains 85% pork meat that has been seasoned with fennel. Sausage has a long-sorted food history, dating back to the Sumerians living in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) somewhere around 3100 BC. By 900 BC sausages had become a staple of the

The full flavour of the hearty pork shoulder makes for some tender and juicy pulled pork meals. And once you have finished cooking your pork shoulder roast using your favourite ZEG Sauces, the leftover meal ideas are endless. There must be at least 50 ways to use your leftovers of pulled pork and here are

Beef stroganoff is a Russian dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce of mustard and smetana (aka sour cream). From its origins in mid-19th-century Russia, it has become popular around the world with many variations from the original recipe. Beef Stroganoff recipes vary significantly not only based on geography but also the