Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 35 – Cookbooks For Christmas

Shawn and Simon have already given their ideas for cheap holiday gifts… Now that we are all on the home stretch, maybe it’s time to find that tome for a loved one who loves to cook! Lots of recomendations for beginners, intermediates and people who have lost their minds and want to bake. Happy Holidays everyone!!!

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

  • Jamie’s Dinners by Jamie Oliver (For the beginner!)
  • The three-book series by Jeffery Alford and Naimoi Duguid (For the Coffee Table!)
  • Cooking by Hand by Paul Bertolli (For the Intermediate with passion!)
  • The Tassajara Bread Book by Edward Espe Brown (for the aspiring baker!)
  • RIPE Cookbook by Ann Kask which proceeds go to Diabetes Canada (featuring yours truly!)
  • Rebar, Modern Food Cookbook by Audrey Alsterberg and Wanda Urbanowicz
  • Tartine by Chad Robertson
  • Ready for Dessert by David Leibovitz
  • Baked, New Frontiers in Baking By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
  • My Pokemon Cookbook By Victoria Rosenthal
  • And the necronom nom nom
  • Bonus Mentions: Flavour Bible By Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg and Anything by Hank Shaw

More Cookbooks!!!!

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 34 – Prepping For The Holidays

As we careen into the most wonderful, often times stressful and most financially difficult time of the year Simon and Shawn share some ideas for cheap gifts and activities in the kitchen that will really bring your loved ones together.

Questions, comments or corrections? Hit us up at email@eatdrinkcheap.ca

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

Deadfall Brewing: https://www.deadfallbrewing.com/

Tasting HIstory with Max Miller: https://www.youtube.com/c/tastinghistory

What the hell is a Woodchuck? https://a-z-animals.com/animals/groundhog-woodchuck/pictures/

Broken Record Podcast: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/broken-record

Hermanos Guiterrez: https://www.hermanosgutierrez.ch/

Eat | Drink | Cheap Episode 19 – 2022 Holiday Special

Happy Holidays Everyone!!! Shawn and Simon spend some much needed time off to discuss their favourite Christmas movies, music, cheese boards, drinks and memories.

Questions, comments or corrections? Hit us up at email@eatdrinkcheap.ca

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Music by John Palmer

Show notes and Shout Outs:

The Muppets Christmas Carol: https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/the-muppet-christmas-carol/6BumPfZlq5OH

Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory: https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/willy-wonka-chocolate-factory

Love Actually: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Actually-Bill-Nighy/dp/B001JIES4Q

Pork and Chicken Liver Pate: https://www.eatdrinkbreathe.com/pork-and-chicken-liver-pate/

An Urban Modernist Christmas: https://www.mixcloud.com/greg-vickers/urban-modernists-christmas/

Pentatonix Christmas: https://www.ptxofficial.com/

Charlie Brown Christmas: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/a-charlie-brown-christmas/umc.cmc.mbxalimrwrtq72wj4h601pyf

Alton Brown’s Aged Eggnog: https://altonbrown.com/recipes/aged-eggnog/

Five Minute Candied Walnuts: https://natashaskitchen.com/5-minute-candied-walnuts/

Mulled Wine

  • 1 Bottle Red wine (Malbec or Merlot) 
  • 100g White Sugar
  • 25 Ish Cardamom Pods
  • 2 Cinnamon Sticks
  • Sprig of Rosemary
  • 1 Fresh Ground Nutmeg
  • A Couple of Cracks of Black Pepper

Grandmother’s Macaroons

  • 2 Egg Whites
  • 100g Sugar

Whip to stiff peaks then gently fold in:

  • 75g Unsweetened coconut

Spoon on to a baking sheet and Bake for 20 minutes at 300 degrees.

2019 Post Holiday Gift Guide – Audiobooks About Food

I know what you’re thinking; “Post-Holiday Gift Guide” sounds like an article that took a little too long in the oven, maybe a deadline or two got missed and now it’s past time to be of any practical Christmas shopping use. Well, I assure you dear reader that I’ve got a good reason why you’re reading this now instead of a week or two prior to the holidays, just stay with me.

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2018 Holiday Guide: Gifts for Sausage Making at Home

My wife and I have somehow found ourselves with a bit of time off this holiday season and have decided this is the year to indulge in our strange, shared desire to make sausage. Don’t laugh; I’ve wanted to craft tube meat since I attended the NVICA event back in April and Crystal’s been saying we pay too much for prefabs forever.

So we pooled our meager pre-Christmas funds and went in on a sausage stuffer, not knowing that it takes a wee bit more gear to actually get stuffing. A quick peek through all the charcuterie books on my shelf and a couple eleventh hour Amazon orders later we now have a complete kit for sausage making ready for a holiday sausage party. Read More