Individual Sticky Toffee Buns

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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 3 (45 g each) Mackintosh’s Creamy Toffee Bars, chopped
  • 1/3 cup whipping cream
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tube (391 g) refrigerated pizza crust
  • 3/4 cup chopped pecans
  • Sweetened whipped cream

Directions:

  1. Melt toffee with cream and cinnamon in a small saucepan set over medium heat.
  2. Roll pizza crust to be 16×12-inches. Spread three-quarters of the toffee mixture over crust; sprinkle with pecans.
  3. Roll into a log and cut into 12 rounds. Place each round in a greased muffin cup.
  4. Bake, at 375°F, for 15 minutes or until golden.
  5. Rewarm remaining toffee mixture and drizzle over warm buns. Garnish with whipped cream.

Makes 12 servings.

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Support Significant for Typhoon-Ravaged Philippines

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Donations still being accepted at all London Drugs stores

In less than one week, London Drugs customers have donated over $23,000 towards the Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan Fund through cashier tills at all of our 77 store locations. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our customers for rallying to help the Philippines recover from one of the most powerful storms on record.

The donations go directly to the Canadian Red Cross recovery program. They are currently setting up a field hospital which is expected to be operational by Wednesday. In addition, they will be working to provide the most urgent needs including emergency medical assistance, clean drinking water and food.

The federal government will match each dollar Canadians donate to registered charities, including the Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan Fund.

Proud to match Passport Canada imaging technology

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Bon Voyage! It’s winter travel season and time to check passports. Passport Canada has a new ePassport or Biometric Passport system and London Drugs is the only retailer in Canada with the same biometric imaging technology.

One of the new aspects of the passport technology is the measurement of unique physical characteristics, such as facial features, for the purpose of verifying identity with a high level of certainty.
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Canadian Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan relief donations accepted at all London Drugs locations

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Ottawa pledges to match Canadians’ donations

The Disaster

Typhoon Haiyan ravaged six central Philippine islands on Friday. It is one of the strongest storms to ever make landfall. The true scale of devastation has yet to emerge as communications and transportation links have been shattered, however it is clear that the country is in dire need of help to support rescue, emergency medical assistance and provide basic necessitates to the more than 9.5 million people affected.
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Book of the Month – November 2013

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This month we are reviewing the book The Harem Midwife by Roberta Rich

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Hannah and Isaac return in this riveting and suspenseful sequel to the #1 national bestseller The Midwife of Venice. Hannah and Isaac Levi, Venetians in exile, embark on a new life in Constantinople. Isaac runs a silk workshop, while Hannah, the best midwife in all of Constantinople, plies her trade in the opulent palace of sultan Murat III, where she tends to the women of his lively and infamous harem. One night, Hannah is unexpectedly summoned to the palace. She is asked to examine Leah, a shockingly beautiful Jewish peasant girl who has been abducted from her village and purchased by the sultan’s harem. The sultan favours her as his next conquest and wants her to produce his heir, but Leah wants only to escape. Will Hannah lie and risk her life to protect this young girl, or will she perform her duty as imperial midwife?

Reviews
“The Harem Midwife, sequel to The Midwife of Venice, follows protagonist Hannah to her new home in Constantinople. After being summoned to the Imperial Harem, she must decide whether to risk her own safety to help a young slave girl.
I found the book to be an easy read, and found the historical aspects of life in the Ottoman Empire to be interesting. However, the story was quite implausible at times, and I didn’t really find myself rooting for our heroine. I would recommend it as a very light, casual read.” – Review by Melissa

“The Harem Wife is a sequel to Midwife of Venice by Canadian author Roberta Rich.  It continues on with the story of Hannah a Jewish midwife and her husband Isaac.  In this book they have moved to Constantinople and Hannah is sometimes called to work in the palace of Sultan Murat III.   The book has a number of twists and turns and is very interesting for the true historical information that is included as part of the fictional story.” – Review by Carolynn

“I liked the book and thought it was well written.  I found it suspenseful and sad at times but also inspiring when you see some of the choices the main character has to make.  I also really liked getting a glimpse of what it would be like living in that time and culture, even if it may have been a bit farfetched at times. Overall a good read.” – review by Sharlie

Book of the Month
Every month we will be featuring a new book to be showcased in our Book of the Month. Staff members and friends will be reading the book and posting their reviews. We’d love to hear what you thought of these books as well. Post your comments and let us know.