Cuisine Canada Scene

Cuisine Canada Board Nominations Deadline Extended

Recently, Cuisine Canada members received an email informing them that the deadline for Cuisine Canada Board Member nominations had been extended. Unfortunately, not all computers could read the attached information and some members were left wondering when the new deadline is. Uh… Tomorrow. That’s Wednesday, July 21st. So, if you wanted to nominate someone and [...]

Okanagan Food & Wine Writer’s Workshop 2010

With hundreds of world-class wineries, and increasingly home to a number of Canada’s best chefs, the Okanagan Valley is a top global food and wine destination. It’s also now host to the Okanagan Food & Wine Writers Workshop, based out of Penticton, British Columbia, a two-and-a-half-day workshop with professional development seminars open to writers of [...]

2010 NASFT Fancy Food Show

Summer 2010 Fancy Food Show By Dana McCauley With over 180,000 products showcased by 2,500 Exhibitors at New York City’s Javitz Center, the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) Fancy Food Show offers an interesting glimpse into the current culinary landscape. Here, in no particular order, are my observations: Pink peppercorns were featured [...]

Happy Canada Day 2010

Last year, I posted my Canada Day menu and no one (!) posted back. You’ve had a year now to get used to this whole blog-comment-box thing, so I’m trying again. To celebrate Canada’s 143rd birthday, I’m grilling beef kebabs made with Canadian-grown beef and served on homemade flat bread made from Canadian wheat. A [...]

Congratulations to the Nation’s Table Winners

Long in the works, a national honour for the food sector has finally been awarded.  The Nation’s Table is the Governor General’s award for excellence in the food and culinary sector.  Founded by Jean-Daniel Lafond, the award intends to celebrate the leaders and innovators who best exemplify social values, innovation, and cultural impact that we [...]

What’s New in Manitoba Food?

There’s a stereotype that all the excitement in the Canadian food sector lies in a few locales.  That’s wrong – there are delights to be found across the country and  good things are cooking in Manitoba — or are being served up in their raw, marvelous, unprocessed glory. Here’s a quick rundown of some of [...]

Member Q&A: Jo Marie Powers

When Jo Marie Powers retired from the School of Hospitality and Tourism, University of Guelph, in 1998, as a volunteer activity she began the Canadian Culinary Book Awards. In the beginning this was a way of collecting cookbooks for the University’s culinary collection (now numbering more than 12,000 titles) and letting Canadians know who our [...]