Cuisine Canada Scene

Summer Break – Back in August

With Canada Day fast approaching, we’re taking a break to enjoy some berries and the warm weather. We’ll be back in August when we announce the Canadian Culinary Book Awards short list, provide details of  the student cooking competition and share reviews of the short listed titles. Have a safe and happy July. The Cuisine [...]

World Oceans Day: Sustainable Convenience

A Sustainable Fish on Every Table By Dana McCauley Since last spring when I started to work for a food manufacturer, I’ve received quite a bit of criticism from people who accuse me of selling out and abandoning the true and noble culinary path. Although I won’t say it doesn’t bother me, I can say [...]

Weber Canadian Grill Watch Survey Results

Grilling Canadians Written by Barbara Barnes May is National Barbecue Month, a month I have celebrated for decades. Being a media type, I anxiously await the results of the annual Weber Canadian Grill Watch Survey and sharing the stats. The results of the 22nd annual Canadian survey are hot off the grill. This year, of [...]

Help us out. Take the survey.

Cuisine Canada Scene is just over two years old. And like most toddlers, we’re eager to get into things but need a bit of guidance. Got two minutes? Help us out and take a simple survey. We won’t collect any personal information or pester you with follow up questions. We’ll just collect the answers and use [...]

Cookbook Karma

Between Foodgawker, Tastespotting, Photograzing and This Is Why You’re Fat, you’d think there are more than enough food photo sites on the internet to satisfy everyone. But a recently launched food photo gallery has an added feature cookbook authors might like. With an emphasis “on recently published cookbooks and images associated with dishes made from [...]

Case Study: Complete Book of Knife Skills

So what do you do when you are asked to write a book on a topic that’s demonstration-based and has been done again and again? Jeffrey Eliot faced this dilemma when asked to write the Complete Book of Knife Skills for Zwilling J.A. Henckles. ”I had every knife skills book on the market,” Eliot says. “And they [...]

Spring at the Ancaster Mill

For the past four years, the Ancaster Mill has helped feed hungry attendees at the Canadian Culinary Book Awards’ post-ceremony reception. Focused on Earth to Table cuisine, they source the local, seasonal ingredients from near-by farms and food artisans. To celebrate spring, the Ancaster Mill is featuring eco-friendly celebrity chef Michael Stadtlander. Tuesday, April 19th [...]