Cuisine Canada Scene

Foraging Etiquette, Foraging Regulations

As you enjoy your long weekend hikes through the woods, and are tempted by the marvelous wild delicacies, please remember the following: -When foraging plants, remember the general etiquette: know your plants, and know about their life cycle.  Never take more than the plant can quickly regenerate within a year.  Some of my personal recommendations [...]

Canadian Grilling Trends

The chill of an early May snowfall in Edmonton has not prevented me from cooking on my gas grill. Just like 43 percent of the 1009 consumers surveyed in this year’s Weber Canadian Grillwatch Survey, I choose to grill year round. I am proud to admit that I fall into the category of hardy Canadian [...]

Member Q&A: Karen Baxter

Karen Baxter, Brazilian born, from German immigrants, has now settled in Fergus, Ontario, where she lives with her husband and daughter. She has started her career in Business Administration, later completing her MBA at the University of Guelph with a specialization in Hotel and Food Management. Karen works as a Project Manager with Cuisine Canada [...]

The “Eat Canadian” Plan?

It seems the local food movement is getting more political.  Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals have developed a platform for a Canadian food policy, and with their announcement Monday, the food community is aflutter with comments focusing on what positive changes this might bring, or whether it is just more political grandstanding. Even with the [...]

Member Q&A: Ronald Doering

Ronald Doering is well known in the food industry having had the lead responsibility for setting up the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and serving as its President for several years. Since retiring from government in 2002, he practices regulatory law (particularly food law) in the Ottawa offices of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, and he [...]

Fighting Food Fraud

The naked eye can’t tell the difference between sturgeon caviar and roe from Mississippi paddlefish. But with the help of DNA technology developed at the University of Guelph (U of G) in Ontario, the US is hoping to clamp down on food fraud. Whether it’s inferior olive oil passed off as extra-virgin,  cow’s milk cheese [...]

Feeling full, satisfying hunger

What is the Canadian law for satiety claims? Written by Ronald L. Doering The food, beverage and supplement weight management product market in the U.S. last year was $3.64 billion and growing fast. There are several approaches including providing slimming ingredients that increase energy expenditure, moderating carbohydrate metabolism and blocking dietary fat absorption. For the [...]