Cuisine Canada Scene

Recipe Code Plugins to the Rescue

Wondering what the picture is of? It’s an example of the code Google now requires for their Recipe Search feature. If you think it looks scary, you’re not alone. When Dianne Jacobs wrote about the issue on Will Write for Food, more than 100 comments poured in. The curious may read about it here. In [...]

French Canadian Spice Question – Can you help?

Pat Crocker, a long-time Cuisine Canada member, and cookbook author emailed with a question. “My friend, Dr. Arthur Tucker, a research professor at Delaware State University, specializing in the chemistry and identification of herbs and author of The Big Book of Herbs and others, recently asked me about Mignonette Pepper, of which I have no knowledge.” [...]

Case Study: Chives Canadian Bistro

On March 1st, more than 400 chefs, food writers, food and beverage experts, restaurateurs and leaders in the hospitality field gathered at the Terroir Symposium in Toronto. While sessions ranged from steak tasting to social media, branding to (not surprisingly) terroir, the day opened with The Art of Hospitality. Chris McDonald of Toronto’s Cava Restaurant started [...]

What’s Happening — March 2011

It’s all about you! You, you, you. Since Cuisine Canada’s mandate is to focus on networking, we’re handing the mike to you. Tell us what you’re up to. Events, workshops, publications, book signings, media appearances, website news… we’re open to anything food related that involves our members. Just post a comment and after a brief [...]

Google Recipe Search

Will Google Recipe Search Help or Hurt Us? Written by Charmian Christie Google has added a new search function, Google Recipe Search, that allows people to locate highly targeted recipes using a wide range of parameters. Want chicken curry without cardamom? Just click a few buttons. Got a time limit? Set that too. And don’t [...]

Starting a Movement in Food Product Development

Public Confession: I’m Equal Parts Lone Nut & Follower By Dana McCauley As the head of new product innovation at Janes Family Foods, I spend a lot of time thinking about how creativity works and examining the creative process. My goal is two-fold: one, if I understand how I get from white board to packaged [...]

Member Q&A: Nettie Cronish

In her varied career as a chef, Nettie Cronish has been a health spa chef, the owner of a vegetarian frozen food company, and a recipe developer for products and websites.  A respected natural foods chef, teacher and cookbook author, she and her recipes have been featured in magazines, newspapers, on radio and television. For [...]