LIFE: Lifestyle Stories by Tony Lacroix, OurHometown.ca http://www.ourhometown.ca/lifestyle/lacroix as the title says, I love, love food! This column is dedicated to sharing my love of food with the masses! From tips and tricks to food reviews, I cover it all. My love of food came at a very young age (about 12), being the eldest in my family and my mother and father both working late one of my responsibilities was preparing dinner for five of us. Don't get me wrong, I loved it! Cooking with your Garden with Tony Lacroixhttp://www.ourhometown.ca/news/NL1045.phphttp://www.ourhometown.ca/news/NL1045.phpTony Lacroix is a food lover and writer on LoveLoveFood.com, his passion of food started at a very young age where he would cook complete meals starting at the age of 12. His partner and his mom are some of his biggest supporters and inspirations when it comes to preparing food. Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:00:54 +0000What’s a peanut?http://www.ourhometown.ca/lifestyle/TL0002.phphttp://www.ourhometown.ca/lifestyle/TL0002.phpIt is thought the peanut originated in Brazil, then came to the United States from Africa as many Southern delicacies have. In the 1890's George Washington Carver, of Alabama, started to promote this legume (the peanut) as a substitute for cotton crops (which most had been destroyed by the boll weevil). By the time 1903 came around he had successfully created hundreds of uses for peanuts in all type of recipes. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:37:57 +0000Food this, food that!http://www.ourhometown.ca/lifestyle/TL0001.phphttp://www.ourhometown.ca/lifestyle/TL0001.phpWinter is a time where most of us seem to have more time to cook. The solution to this is a slow cooker, every kitchen needs one of these, you can now find them quite inexpensively at your local department store. Today, Tony writes about one of his favorite recipes, pulled pork. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:06:16 +0000