LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2024

WORDS OF WISDOM

JENNIFER MALONEY Home cook with a passion for simple seasonal recipes (Bracebridge) seasonsandsuppers.com Instagram @seasonsandsuppers

MICHELLE RABIN Food stylist, recipe developer, producer (Toronto) Instagram @michellerabin Dial Down Stress “Oven space can be an issue when cooking for a crowd. Focus on one hot main dish and serve everything else at room temperature. Assign guests tasks to help with the meal. They want to pitch in.”

Easy, Tea-rific Sippers “My favourite zero-proof drink is a Dressed-Up Iced Tea. Steep a few bags of herbal, green or white tea in hot water, along with honey, agave or sweetener of choice. Brew your tea ahead, chill overnight and serve in wine glasses with frozen fruit to keep the drink cold. Add sparkling water or soda, if desired.”

Dessert in a Hurry “If guests are visiting on short notice, make a creamy lemon posset, served in individual ramekins. It has just three ingredients—heavy cream, sugar and lemon—and takes only 15 minutes of cooking time.”

NILE KENNEDY Content creator, Instagram and TikTok (Wellington) Instagram @yes.please.food Update a Classic “Our family always has my dad’s sticky toffee pudding with whipped cream and toffee sauce for dessert. It’s delicious. The secret is soaking the dates in espresso to deepen the flavour.” Game-Changing Turkey “Brining turkey makes a big difference. It comes out moist and well-seasoned. Soak it in a food-safe bucket and place a plate

PHUONG TRAN Food blogger (Toronto) Instagram @foodiefork Celebrate Local

“Give local, Ontario-made food items as gifts, like stunning bonbons with Asian flavours from Onyx Chocolates (onyxchocolates.com), artisanal panettones from Toronto Panettone (torontopanettone.com), small-batch Vietnamese sauces from Rude Mama (rudemama.net), and Matt’s Craft Sodas (mattscraftsoda.ca), a mix of fruit juice and sparkling water based on a German drink style called schorle .”

on top of the turkey to keep it submerged.”

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