CANADIANS + FOOD

https://sweetapolita.com/ Can you imagine your life surrounded by sprinkles?  Ask any 5 year old and you’ll get a resounding Of Course!!   From her background as a professionally trained baker, Rosie Alyea took her experience into a specialized field and opened the world’s first premium artisan sprinkle confectionary and baking brand…Sweetapolita.  Along with her baking skills, […]

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A whole book on pepper?  Who knew there was so much information on this spice alone!   Joe Barth provides an in-depth study of pepper throughout history and its rise to prominence in the kitchen. Pepper was used by many countries’ explorers as a commodity and exchanged by merchants for other valuable trade.  While India has

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https://prairieoils.ca/ I love exploring specialty ingredients and experimenting with infused oils and vinegars.  And knowing where your ingredients are coming from and how they are made, makes you confident in the kitchen….it is the base of fun with food!  Prairie Oils & Vinegars does just that –  “Because our Balsamic Vinegars are Traditional Style Balsamic Condimento

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Award winning tea duo David and Sarah met like many Canadians – at a ski resort in British Columbia in 2008.  From there they picked up their backpacks and travelled to Taiwan for five years learning first hand about hand-crafted artisan teas.  As with specialty coffees and chocolate, tea is slowly coming into the artisan

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“We need food to stay alive; we embrace cuisine out of enjoyment” (pg 9) Prof. Lenore Newman, Director at the Food and Agriculture Institute, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of the Fraser Valley takes us on a historical and personal journey through the extinction of food

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Bow Valley BBQ is all about Flavour and quality. Period. https://bowvalleybbq.com/ In a world of sauces, rubs and other condiments, Bow Valley BBQ has risen to the top.  With chef backgrounds, it was important to entrepreneurs Jamie Ayles and Chris Dean to develop a product that would be considered exceptional. And just in time as

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PINNACLE BOOK ACHIEVEMENT AWARD GOLD WINNERBOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD GOLD WINNERWISHING SHELF BOOK AWARD BRONZE WINNERLITERARY TITAN AWARD GOLD WINNER This book caught my attention because my son was obsessed with his Joey as a little boy. Even though he’s in his 30’s now, he still has his precious companion. And as kids head back to

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Let’s change the way we eat. Let’s change the way we live. Let’s change the way we treat each other. https://www.joshnamaharaj.com/take-back-the-tray Joshna Maharaj is a chef that believes in changing the way we eat when we’re most vulnerable: the disenfranchised community, students, hospital patients – and everyone that believes a quick hamburger at the drive-thru is

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By Jan Wonghttps://janwong.ca/ Shortlisted, 2018 Taste Canada Awards and 2018 Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction Longlisted, 2018 RBC Taylor Prize What scenario can you conjure up that would take you to three countries and bring your young adult son with you? And would he be a willing companion? Jan found herself

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The taste of the Swiss Alps from our farm to your table! https://stonetowncheese.com/ If you’ve ventured away from the mass produced cheese to artisan styles, you’ll notice the difference…the taste and quality is far beyond your run-of-the-mill dairy products. The variety and authentic taste of Stonetown cheeses exemplify the love and attention to make a

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