Articles in today's 'Toronto Star'

[Pen]

Found some interesting articles in today's Star--four that are digestively related (mentions IBS, dairy, constipation etc), and one recipe. Not sure if you need to log in, but the links are below (or you can access today's newspaper contents from here http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Page&cid=970599119419 and scroll down to the 'Health' section). Can't remember if these articles can be accessed after today (Friday).

1. 'Hooked on Colonics' http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1133477414647&call_pageid=970599119419

2. 'Remains of the Day' http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1133477414657&call_pageid=970599119419

3. 'How to help bowels get a move on' http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1133477414667&call_pageid=970599119419

4. Full of Fibre http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1133477414664&call_pageid=970599119419

5. 'Corn Cakes--a new twist on Flapjacks' http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1133435704022&call_pageid=970599119419

[Pam]

The corn cakes sound interesting but I've never heard of cilantro - what is that? Does all purpose flour have a rising agent in it? In the UK we have plain flour (nothing added) or self raising flour (contains a rising agent). I didn't read all the bowel articles - not at this time in a morning, but might look later.

[Pen]

For cilantro, read coriander. Yes, All Purpose Flour is SR Flour. Unfortunately we have some strange names for foods out here--it was like learning a whole new language when we moved here six years ago.

[Pen]

Ooops! It seems that I am not yet fluent in Canadian! ALL PURPOSE FLOUR IS PLAIN FLOUR! Sorry about the wrong info. A girl can get quite confused here as look at this lot that I just found when surfing to check my info...

American flours and British equivalents:
Cake and pastry flour = soft flour
All-purpose flour = plain flour
Bread flour = strong flour, hard flour
Self-rising flour = self-raising flour
Whole-wheat flour = wholemeal flour
(http://www.recipezaar.com/library/getentry.zsp?id=64)

And I don't think I have ever seen 'self-rising' flour in Canada. I always thought that 'cake and pastry flour' was SR Flour. But then I never baked much, even before my gluten-free life.

[Pam]

Thanks Pen. I like coriander so i might give those corn cakes a try.