Ironically, Chef Rod Butters’ cooking career began with an injured arm. An excellent athlete, he was offered a baseball scholarship to Indiana State University, however his professional sports ambitions were cut short after...
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The first thing you’ll read upon opening Chef Rod Butters’ cookbook The Okanagan Table: The Art of Everyday Cooking is a quote from the chef himself: “When you cook with passion, you feed...
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Michaela Morris wears many hats. She’s a wine writer, educator, speaker, and a judge for wine competitions as well. In her past life, she worked as marketing manager for premium wine importing company...
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Angela Aiello’s alter ego is ‘Super Wine Girl’ – fitting as I imagine that her super powers include being a sharp entrepreneur with a deep understanding of branding, and the ability to translate...
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Chef Louise Lu was born and raised in Chengdu, Sichuan province of China and moved to Canada at the age of 17. Her love of food was inspired by her great-grandmother and fueled...
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Portrait by Murtaza N. Daud. Pour la version française, cliquez ici. Irene Matys and her family came to Canada as refugees in 1976. Only six years old at the time, she remembers feeling amazed by Toronto’s...
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Portrait by Murtaza N. Daud. Pour la version française, cliquez ici. Born in Somalia and raised in Italy, Bashir Munye has called Toronto home for more than two decades. He says he can still...
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Though Chef Paul Rogalski grew up in Calgary, he spent summers in Durham, Ontario with his Ukrainian grandparents. It was there that he grew to appreciate good food. His grandmother would grow fresh...
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Chef Andrea Carlson of Burdock & Co in Vancouver, British Columbia equates the local terroir to ‘unique moments in the season’. These moments are fleeting, but they’re rooted (pun intended) in nature, and...
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This Saturday, August 3rd is #FoodDayCanada and we’re excited to help spread the word! Food Day Canada was started 16 years ago by Anita Stewart, a culinary author and food advocate, with the...
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