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Ask kids about their favourite foods and chicken fingers are likely to land on the list. For Sandi Boulanger, the favourite comes with a childhood memory as sweet as a side of honey dill.

Shawarma poutine might be the ultimate Canadian-Middle Eastern dish at Corydon restaurant Arabesque.

For Cheryl Zealand, inspiration arrived in a pot of cold oatmeal. At the time, her twins were 2 and her older child was 7 years old. With the children’s needs pressing, the oatmeal she’d made earlier in the day had been forgotten.

Hope Mallett is in it for the long run. The owner of the Green & Grain has persevered in a business where many stumble.

The holidays can be a time when we’re tempted to go a bit overboard. Generation Green’s owner Sherry Sobey shares a few of the items she has in store to help you have yourself a merry little Christmas – one that’s kind to the planet, too.

Kembel, the driving force behind EMK Clothing, began sewing when she was in Grade 5, although her mom’s creativity set the pattern for Kembel’s pursuits well before then. By the time she was in junior high, she was sewing clothes for herself and friends.