CANADIANS + FOOD

Who better to know about edibles for our garden, than author Mike Lascelle, a nursery manager and certified arborist. He brings 35 years of experience that includes estate gardening, landscape construction and design along with authoring several books on plant selection and garden design, as well as articles for various publications. He lives in Maple Ridge, […]

If you’ve driven across Canada, either west bound or east, you’ll say the same thing…are we ever going to get out of Ontario??  Having family in North Bay, I always thought that’s as far north as I want to go…until I worked and stayed in the Thunder Bay area a few times. Yes, the winters

Photo: Amos Family Picnic, 1937. Taken by Harold G. Amos, at Lighthouse Beach near North Bay.   I was intrigued with this cover photo as my dad is buried in North Bay and spent his last years there.  He enjoyed eating outdoors and was a social butterfly in large crowds. With this picture and others in this

For many of us living on either side of Manitoba, the most we see of this beautiful province is the TransCanada Highway taking us to our destination.  But the next time you’re passing through, insert some time into your travel plans to explore the many culinary adventures within the province.    We’ll start in Winnipeg as

We’ve all come to love hummus over the last decade and it’s become a staple in many people’s fridges.  But if you want to elevate your hummus experience, you need to go to talk to Yohannes. Entrepreneur Yohannes Petros along with his parents and family immigrated from East Africa in 1980 and settled in the

Quebec Maritime Region Culinary Tourism Photo credit: ©Studio du Ruisseau/Le Quebec maritime When my kids were pre-teens, we took a road trip through Quebec, navigating the Gaspe Peninsula, staying in Perce, before heading to New Brunswick.  The drive around the peninsula is a must drive for any road tripper…it’s absolutely spectacular.  While you navigate steep

Tim Hortons is as iconic to Canada as saying “eh”!  When I traveled for business, I could always count on a Timmies being somewhere within reach for my daily dose of caffeine.  In the town my kids grew up in, for a population of 25,000, there are six Tim Hortons – guess we needed a

Johwanna “Jojo” Alleyne brought her project development and photography skills to a business that has grown to include pickles, condiments, beverage syrups, and shrubs.  Mojo Jojo Pickles is processed in Albert, BC and Saskatchewan and can be found in local grocers, deli’s, butchers and artisan shops across Canada.  Or you can go to her website

You’re having a party tonight and realize you’re short on alcohol mixes and you know your guests love their cocktails.  No worries…you just go to the cupboard and pull out a box of little cocktail bombs and plop them into some fizzy water, add the appropriate spirit, and voila, a cocktail is ready!  Who came

When your children are little, you want to instill a healthy sense of well being including the food they eat.  Babies, toddlers and small children develop personal food preferences from an early age and what better time to incorporate a love of healthy food.  They will go through stages when they spit out the broccoli