Comments on: Is The Great Food Revolution relevant? http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2009/03/21/is-the-good-food-revolution-relevant/ On line. In season. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jennifer http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2009/03/21/is-the-good-food-revolution-relevant/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Jennifer Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:02:20 +0000 http://cuisinecanada.wordpress.com/?p=272#comment-35 Yes, indeed, Anita! Take chef Wade Sirois of Infuse Catering in Calgary as a case in point. For a DECADE he has been using hyper-local products for his high-end catering menus and convincing Calgarians that local is the new exotic. And that local elk, just dug local, organic parsnips, or locally grown asparagus is worth paying a premium for! He also just packed out a Calgary community centre for a Saturday afternoon series of speakers on the reality of building up our local foodshed. This guy should have been the focus of one of these episodes. It's sad that what happens in the hinterlands rarely gets the attention of "national" media but we keep trying:) Yes, indeed, Anita! Take chef Wade Sirois of Infuse Catering in Calgary as a case in point. For a DECADE he has been using hyper-local products for his high-end catering menus and convincing Calgarians that local is the new exotic. And that local elk, just dug local, organic parsnips, or locally grown asparagus is worth paying a premium for! He also just packed out a Calgary community centre for a Saturday afternoon series of speakers on the reality of building up our local foodshed. This guy should have been the focus of one of these episodes. It’s sad that what happens in the hinterlands rarely gets the attention of “national” media but we keep trying:)

]]> By: amyproulx http://cuisinecanadascene.com/2009/03/21/is-the-good-food-revolution-relevant/comment-page-1/#comment-34 amyproulx Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:17:14 +0000 http://cuisinecanada.wordpress.com/?p=272#comment-34 I agree, Anita. There are lots of interesting localvores in Canada, lots of interesting grocery stores here at home, plenty of home grown topics. Mind you I can't think of a store with a monorail, but we have a spectacular Loblaws in Toronto at Yonge and Sheppard with glorious escalators descending two stories out of the mall atrium into the middle of the produce section. I don't feel I've learned anything, but it makes for interesting prime time. Perhaps it might open some non-foodie eyes to new ideas. I agree, Anita. There are lots of interesting localvores in Canada, lots of interesting grocery stores here at home, plenty of home grown topics. Mind you I can’t think of a store with a monorail, but we have a spectacular Loblaws in Toronto at Yonge and Sheppard with glorious escalators descending two stories out of the mall atrium into the middle of the produce section.

I don’t feel I’ve learned anything, but it makes for interesting prime time. Perhaps it might open some non-foodie eyes to new ideas.

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