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Mexican food has an Oaxacan accent at this Sun Valley restaurant – Daily News

It was back in the day before cell phones and email when you could just chuck all responsibility, stuff your meager possessions in a backpack, and head out to see the world. The part of the world I had chosen for on one particular adventure was Mexico and Central America — a three-month jaunt to see what was up south of the border, by train, bus and thumb. And one of my most life-changing discoveries came when I arrived in Oaxaca, checked into a cheap room over a cantina, and headed out to sample the local cuisine. It was that…
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Tim Hortons pizza? Chain looks to break through in crowded food market – National

Tim Hortons executives and chefs have collectively eaten thousands of flatbread pizzas over the last several years. There were versions that were spicy, others that begged for flavored oil to be added to the base and a slew designed to figure out which combination of cheeses would nail the “ooey gooey factor.” The fast-food chain’s aim was to craft a slate of flatbread pizzas hitting restaurants this week that would satisfy their youngest and oldest customers alike, but there was also a deeper mission: get diners in the door beyond breakfast. “We were really strong in the morning … but…
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Slammed: Food banks in Montreal are at a crisis point, and have ‘hit a wall’

This story is the first part of an ongoing Global News series called Slammed: Montreal’s Food Bank Crisiswhich explores how these non-profits are straining under increased need. On Wednesday morning, with snow sprinkling the sidewalks, Kiranjeet Kaur Dhillon made her way to a Montreal food bank, her eight-year-old son in tow. Dhillon was the last one in line, as she waited for her monthly food basket. In a mix of Punjabi and English, and with the help of a translator at Resource Action-Alimentation de Parc-Extension, Dhillon explained the food bank is her lifeline. She left India just two weeks ago,…
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