Cuisine Canada Scene

Member Q&A – Karl Wells

Karl Wells is a food writer and restaurant reviewer with The Telegram in St. John’s Newfoundland. He has hosted and produced many television food segments for CBC in the past two decades and currently hosts the popular Rogers TV programme, One Chef One Critic, seen throughout his home province. In addition to judging many culinary [...]

Quinoa

This is quinoa in bloom. Until recently I’d never seen a picture of the plant. I knew quinoa was a South American ancient grain carrying many nicknames. Despite being dubbed Incan Gold and Gold of the Gods, I hadn’t paid much attention to quinoa after an unfortunate experience with it in pasta form more than [...]

Member Q&A – Heather Travis

A card-carrying carnivore and voracious vegetable lover, Heather Travis left life in the city for life in the country and now boasts an extensive rubber boot collection. Travis is the Director, Public Relations for the Beef Information Centre. What’s your weakness? Dessert or mains? Mains for sure, although I am sucker for apple pie – [...]

Member Q&A – Nancy Hinton

Nancy Hinton, Chef de cuisine, works at Les Jardins Sauvages, a country restaurant specializing in wild edibles just outside Montreal, She works alongside her partner, François Brouillard, a long time forager by profession and lineage. Her business card also reads Consultant, but only to cover all the other culinary odds and ends she does on [...]

Red Maple — The Other Maple

Being one of the most abundant and widespread hardwoods in Quebec, the red maple (acer rubrum) is familiar to most of us, populating our forests and ornamenting our sidewalks; yet when it comes to maple syrup, it remains the underdog.  It is the sugar maple (acer saccarum) that is king, scooping up all the glory. [...]

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 [...]

Does no trans fat mean no business?

Come October 2009, British Columbia restaurants will be trans-fat-free thanks to provincial legislation. As a consumer, I avoid trans fats and would be happy to know they can’t creep onto my plate when I dine out. But as a restaurateur, how do you feel? Were you ahead of the curve on this ban or do [...]