Cuisine Canada Scene

Barbecue to Support the Pork Industry

Live in the Guelph area and love pork? The University of Guelph, Ontario Pork, the Ontario Farm Animal Council (OFAC) and others, are hosting a barbecue in support of the pork industry. Pork sandwiches, salads, ice cream and beverages will be for sale. Proceeds will benefit OFAC’s public education efforts and AGCare (Agricultural Groups Concerned [...]

Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival

The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, March 23 to 29, 2009, is a must for any wine (and food) lover. It’s been going for 31 years and is among the top three wine festivals in North America. Part of what makes it special is that a winery principal must be in the Festival Tasting Room [...]

How to beat the winter blues in Quebec — with food of course

Apparently we have good reason to be suffering a severe case of the winter blues, with the RECESSION and all.  On top of low Vitamin D blahs and too much shovelling, for those of us in the restaurant business, the dire economic forecasts mean an even more uncertain future with our perishables and slim margins, [...]

Culinary Landmarks – A conference

It’s a book. It’s a conference. It’s our very own Liz Driver. In April, 2008, Elizabeth Driver published the 1008-page ground breaking bibliography, Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian Cookbooks 1825 – 1949. This May, she’s the keynote speaker at a conference celebrating the book’s publication. The conference, sponsored by The Culinary Historians of Ontario, [...]