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Italian and Indigenous cuisine together: interview with Theresa Contois (and the Native’s recipe for bison stew)

VANCOUVER – A “culinary” bridge between the Italian and Indigenous communities: the idea comes from Apci Canada, the Professional Association of Italian Chefs chaired by Chef Giovanni Trigona, an Italian in Vancouver, British Columbia, who is currently launching a collaboration with fellow Chef Theresa Contois, a Native of the Long Plain First Nation in Manitoba. A friendship destined to lay the foundations for a series of initiatives that will see the collaboration of Italian and Native chefs for the first time in history (in the pic above, Giovanni and Theresa). 

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EASTER BREAD RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 ¼ cups milk
  • ⅓ cup unsalted butter
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons yeast (1 packet)
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 egg beaten plus 1 teaspoon water
  • 3 eggs hard-boiled and dyed
  • sprinkles

 Add butter to milk and heat in a small pot until butter melts thoroughly. Remove from heat and allow to cool. (more…)