Cuisine Canada Scene

The Good, The Badly Needed and The Tasty

The Good Founding member, Anita Stewart, has been awarded the Order of Canada “for her contributions as a journalist, author and culinary activist and for her promotion of the food industry in Canada.” Over the years, two of Stewart’s cookbooks — The Flavours of Canada and Anita Stewart’s Canada — won Gold at the Canadian [...]

Taste Canada — Book Awards Announce New Name, New Logo and New Deadline

2012 marks the fifteenth year for the Canadian Culinary Book Awards. In keeping with the shifting culinary landscape, the Awards Committee and the University of Guelph are proud to introduce a new name, a new logo, and revised award categories. Taste Canada―The Food Writing Awards is an evolution of the former Canadian Culinary Book Awards. [...]

What’s Happening — April 2011

It’s a new month. Fresh starts. New projects. Exciting news? We’ll be posting the list of Canadian Culinary Book Award nominees soon. In the meantime, tell us what you’re up to this month — or even what you did last month. We’re flexible. Cooking demonstrations, workshops, publications, book signings, media appearances, website news, product launches… [...]

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 [...]

What’s Happening – February 2011

Just because we are all bundled up for winter doesn’t mean our members aren’t out doing all sorts of great things. It’s impressive, the ever-increasing number of winter themed events that focus on food.  After all, what could be more fun than great people and great food to warm our Canadian soul? Let us know [...]

Happy Holidays

Cuisine Canada is taking a short break over the holidays. We’ll be back in 2011 with more interviews, more trend reports, more events and more exclusively Canadian content. Wishing you all a very happy and safe holiday season. The Cuisine Canada Team Photo © Jennifer Donley. Published under a Creative Commons License.

Member Q&A: Margaret Demerson

Margaret Demerson was born and brought up in the east end of Toronto. She eventually moved East, graduating in Home Economics from Mount Allison University and Honour English from St. Thomas University.  She worked in the Food Services Branch of Canada’s Armed Forces in Canada and France, taught Home Economics in Lachute High School, Lachute, [...]