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All the ways you can disaster dine with crab

Last week, we put some Toronto community members' culinary skills to the test with a disaster dining challenge. One of the contestants, Chief of Emergency Management Ontario, Dan Hefkey shared with us these yummy recipes with canned crab for when you...

Meals for any disaster

[slideshow]Yesterday, we held our first ever Disaster Dining Challenge. The contestants’ culinary skills and know-how didn’t disappoint. Since it’s Food Friday, we thought we would share some of our favourite dishes from the contest. Maybe some of...

A fire chief and his trifle

Toronto Fire Platoon Chief, east command, Norm Clements didn't take home the golden spoon, but the judge declared his recipe the best dessert of the Disaster Dining competition. Take a look to see how this firefighter played to the judge's sweet toot...

Disaster Dining photos

Check out these photos from our Disaster Dining event today, launching a 3-week in-store campaign at Walmart in support of Canadian Red Cross local disaster relief operations. Competitors had 30 minutes to prepare their best dish using only foods tha...

Disaster Dining – coming to a Walmart store near you

If you are a frequent follower of this blog, you know how much we like to talk about dining solutions for disaster situations. This month, the Canadian Red Cross along with select Walmart stores across Canada will be hosting disaster dining ch...

Introducing the tornado potato

We read about this culinary creation in a Toronto Star article written by Jennifer Bain this morning. We thought it would be perfect for Food Friday. It’s a potato in a spiral shape just like a tornado. We don’t have a recipe for this, but basical...

It’s a defibrillator! It’s a toaster!

It’s a defibrillator toaster! Our friends at Red Cross PDX recently wrote about this one-of-a-kind toaster on their blog. And since every Friday is Food Friday on this blog, we just had to share it with all of you. Not only does it toast your b...

Food Friday

*Every Friday we invite Red Crossers to share their favourite recipes, or recipes that remind them of the Red Cross. This Food Friday is a favourite of Red Crosser Nancy Twerdohlib. “This salad may sound a little strange, but any time I've made it...

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