Cuisine Canada Scene

Member Q&A: Dean Tudor

Dean Tudor is Ryerson University Journalism Professor Emeritus and the author of  the book Finding Answers. He taught Canadian news media, law and ethics, and computer-assisted reporting and research. He has been writing about beverage alcohol and food since 1968. His articles and books were published in the USA by Libraries Unlimited, R. R. Bowker, [...]

Food Trends: 2010 Cookbooks

A Look Back at 2010 Cookbook Trends By Dana McCauley As part of my trend tracking duties at Janes Family Foods, I read a lot. From blogs and trade publications to magazines and cookbooks, I always have a stack of reading by my elbow.  It’s often a big job just to curate my reading list [...]

Food Trends: Paris SIAL Food Show

Fast, Faster, Fastest Makes an Impact on French Lifestyle By Dana McCauley A trip to France is always enriching for a professional food trend tracker; but a trip to France that includes visiting the bi-annual  SIAL food show as well as two intensive retail study tours is truly a glutton’s buffet of food focused learning [...]

Member Q&A: Fiona Lucas

Fiona Lucas is a food historian by inclination and training, co-founder of Culinary Historians of Ontario, and currently the Chair of the Canadian Culinary Book Awards sponsored by Cuisine Canada and the University of Guelph. She lives in Toronto. What’s your weakness? Dessert or mains? Desserts. I have a sweet tooth. Who or what got [...]

Cuisine Canada – Past, Present, Future

Cuisine Canada, Past, Present, Future By Jo Marie Powers and Amy Proulx The seedling that grew into Cuisine Canada was a small conference held in Stratford, Ontario, in 1993, for the purpose of exploring and celebrating Canadian cuisine. Called “Northern Bounty” this conference brought together story-tellers from across the nation to detail their region’s cuisine. [...]

Member Q&A: Marilyn Rootham

New board member  Marilyn Rootham is the founder and CEO of  Rootham Gourmet Preserves. Back in 1983, Marilyn preserved the best produce from her acre home garden. What started as a home business is now a flourishing company with distribution across Canada.  Marilyn’s products have been featured in Chatelaine, House and Home, Toronto Life, and [...]

Introducing Your New Board of Directors

We’re here, and we’re here to work for you. Introducing your new Cuisine Canada Board: Nettie Cronish In her varied career as a chef, Nettie Cronish has been a health spa chef, the owner of a vegetarian frozen food company, and a recipe developer for products and websites.  A respected natural foods  chef, teacher and [...]