Sunday Night Dinner

At the beginning of Chef Caren McSherry's new cookbook, STARTERS, SALADS AND SEXY SIDES, Chef Lynn Crawford writes: “Caren McSherry is truly a Canadian culinary icon. I can tell you that she is one of the most passionate, talented, generous, smart, creative, hilarious, life-loving, food-loving people I have ever met.” Caren lives in Vancouver, Canada and she’s often on TV and radio in British Columbia. She’s the founder and owner of the Gourmet Warehouse, a food and housewares emporium that stocks a wide-range of products from all over the world. She’s the author of seven cookbooks, and in 1978, she founded Caren’s Cooking School, which is Canada’s longest-running, privately owned school.

Caren worked as a flight attendant for many years and she took advantage of free flights to take cooking classes all over the world. And she didn’t like tofu until she created this Spicy Asian Glazed Tofu which she made for Sunday Night Dinner.

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A grilled cheese sandwich is, for some, the perfect Sunday night dinner. The simplicity of it is appealing, and, for Chef Miriam Streiman, it's a great way to show off two of her favourite ingredients: cheese and bread. For this episode of Sunday Night Dinner, she used a variety (ok, 6!) of Monforte Dairy cheeses; her husband, Neil's, homemade bread; and lots of butter. The key to the crispiness is to press the sandwich with a heavy lid as it cooks, and the key to making it even more delicious? Listen to find out! Comfort food made by one of the most generous chefs around. Listen to some of her memories of Italy, and what Sunday nights mean to her. From running Mad Maple Inn on a 100-acre farm in Creemore, Ontario, to her new home in downtown Toronto, Miriam embodies hospitality.

Listen to Jesse Brown, writer, journalist, founder of CANADALAND -- the incredibly popular news site and podcast network that focuses on media criticism and media reporting. He's making Spaghetti Carbonara. Known by some as the guy who broke the Jian Ghomeshi story, and by others (including himself) as "unapologetically sensational", Jesse makes podcasts that always wrestle with the important stories of the moment.

At the end of the day, after marching on Loblaws, Jesse goes home and will sometimes make this easy, comforting, classic dish. Cook along with him as he talks about pissing off CBC executives, arguing at the dinner table, and Dr. Snuggles.

The second half of the school year is right around the corner, and Laura Keogh and Ceri Marsh (authors of HOW TO FEED A FAMILY and THE SCHOOL YEAR SURVIVAL COOKBOOK) have some tips for how to make busy weeks a little less fraught. They started their blog Sweet Potato Chronicles- The Never-Ending Story of the Well-Fed Family while they were on maternity leave from FASHION magazine. Their evenings of glitzy cocktail parties turned into night feedings and research on how to feed kids. And they decided to share their hard-earned strategies with the world. Listen as they make Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie (two pies, actually, one for dinner and one for the freezer to be pulled out on a Wednesday when you need an easy meal). There's a pretty great strategy right there!

Sharon Hapton of Soup Sisters makes Jann Arden's Kitchen Sink Chicken Soup by Suzanne Hancock

Chef Jamie Kennedy- one of the most influential and respected chefs in Canada- has a tradition of making Christmas cake every year. He invited me to his farm in Prince Edward County on his cake-making day, and we talked about traditions, his Summer Dinner Series, and how his barn has become his commercial kitchen. An intimate and surprising profile of one of Canada's most celebrated chefs and local food advocates.

Aimée Wimbush-Bourque is bringing back Sunday night dinner. In her first cookbook BROWN EGGS & JAM JARS, she encourages readers to open their homes to friends and family for that last meal of the weekend. Forget about not having enough time, and dispense with the need for the perfection of the Instagram food world. Make something simple, open a bottle of wine and enjoy the company. In this episode you can listen to Aimée making ricotta (so easy!) and making spinach lasagna stuffed sweet peppers (both recipes are from her new cookbook THE SIMPLE BITES KITCHEN). It's a beautiful, colourful dish that's perfect year-round. Come cook with us!

The stars of FOLKSBLOGEN.com cook over an open flame by Suzanne Hancock

For 20 years, Barbara-jo MacIntosh owned the iconic cookbook store Books To Cooks. Join her while she makes a classic braised pork recipe from Molly Stevens' book All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking.

Senator Larry Campbell makes spatchcocked chicken on the barbecue. He's the ex-mayor of Vancouver, and he served as the Chief Coroner for British Columbia until 2001. The brilliantly written and casted TV show 'Da Vinci's Inquest' is based on his life. Now he splits his time between Galiano Island and Ottawa. He's got stories.

Marinade for the chicken:

1 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic

4 tbsp honey

2 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tbsp soy sauce

4 tbsp ketchup

Saute onion and garlic until soft, then add the other ingredients and simmer for about 2 minutes. Brush over the spatchcocked chicken and marinate for about 30 minutes. Cook on BBQ at medium heat for about an hour.

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