The Hot Plate is your complete guide to culinary confidence!
Are you looking to start with the basics? Our 30-second ‘how-to’ videos teach you everything from simple knife skills to a chiffonade. Need inspiration for dinner tonight? We upload new 5-minute episodes every Tuesday as well as multiple weekly recipes with step-by-step photos. Need a new way to use up leftovers? Just type the ingredients into our search bar and we’ll show you tons of mouth-watering meal ideas!
We’re always getting steamy in the kitchen so check back often for updates!
WEEKLY RECIPES
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Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad
January 25, 2012
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Spinach Chive Frittata
January 18, 2012
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Sour Cream French Toast
January 13, 2012
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Potato Galette with Clarified Rosemary Butter
January 11, 2012
Hot Tips
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Eat Seasonally, Save Money!
January 11, 2012
We know that when it comes to making great food at home price can be a factor. Just because we can't afford Kobe Beef, or Lobster Risotto for dinner every night doesn't mean more...
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Brine for a Better Bird
December 1, 2011
Our friend's at Chicken Farmers of Canada have a great tip this holiday season. For those of you that are new to hosting the holidays brining is a must try! Brining (from more...
Featured Seasonal Ingredients
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Mushrooms
November 17, 2011
Mushrooms are without a doubt one of my favourite ingredients. The mushroom's first recorded use in cooking dates back to ancient Egypt. In fact, mushrooms were believed more...
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Butternut Squash
October 13, 2011
Butternut squash is among the most widely consumed and important winter squashes on the market, and my personal favourite. It's cultivation dates back more than more...
Learn from the Experts
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Rocco Agostino – Family Style Italian
December 19, 2011
It has been well over a year since my first trip to famed West end pie joint, Pizzeria Libretto. I had just moved to Toronto to continue working on The Hot Plate more...
NEWS
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All I want for Christmas Contest
November 25, 2011
It's hard not to like Christmas! All the Jingle bells, candy canes, Christmas trees and fa-la-las it is definitely a very joyous time of year. Probably the happiest day more...
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The Hot Plate & MaRS Upstart Competition
November 23, 2011
I can't believe that just this past May 2011 April and I won MaRS Discovery District's Upstart Competition in Toronto! It has been an exciting couple of months since that more...
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Recipe to Recipes – Savoury Pie Showdown
November 11, 2011
This week's Recipe to Riches winner, Sweet Potato Hazelnut Bannock Pie, didn't just dish up amazing food, but a vocabulary lesson too. Foodies in Toronto may recall the more...
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Bacon, Bacon, Bacon Contest
November 10, 2011
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times if I could be reincarnated as anything it truly would be bacon. Yes, it would not be a long second life, but it more...



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