Cuisine Canada Scene

Beating Procrastination

According to a recent MailChimp survey based on more than 9 BILLION emails, most of us read and answer work emails from home. If you’re a freelancer, as many food writers are, email alone threatens to eliminate the already blurry line between work and personal time. Add in smart phones, laptops and portable devices such [...]

Recipe Code Plugins to the Rescue

Wondering what the picture is of? It’s an example of the code Google now requires for their Recipe Search feature. If you think it looks scary, you’re not alone. When Dianne Jacobs wrote about the issue on Will Write for Food, more than 100 comments poured in. The curious may read about it here. In [...]

Tools of the Trade

Recently, I posted one of my favourite food science tools on my Facebook page, and it raised a lot of eyebrows among my food friends. The term “food geek” is used on me a little too often. Food is my day job, and what keeps me up all night, and minutia relating to food science [...]

iPad Blows (out the candles)

In a recent episode of Modern Family, Phil blows out virtual birthday candles via his brand new iPad. This party trick is not the imagination of a TV writer. The application, Birthday a la Carte, exists.The screen’s sensor is so advanced it allows users to extinguish candles with their breath. And the app costs $0.99 [...]