Articles By: Anita

Lighthouse Picnics, Ferryland, Newfoundland

Lighthouse Picnics, Ferryland, Newfoundland

0 May 17, 2012 12:18 pm

Roll out your blanket and experience Food Day Canada at its most easterly location, at a lighthouse perched on the rocky headland jutting out into the often-raging ocean. This is honest, home cooking at its finest, largely because of the

Buca Osteria & Enoteca, Toronto

Buca Osteria & Enoteca, Toronto

1 May 11, 2012 9:15 pm

In spite of the restaurant’s Italian name…and it’s food voice, Chef Rob Gentile cooks more “Canadian” than most chefs in the nation. We first met out in the country near Stratford, Ontario one very cold winter’s day when he was

Foie Gras Gnocchi Poutine

Foie Gras Gnocchi Poutine

0 May 11, 2012 3:08 pm

Monforte Dairy Cheese Curds and Goat Cream & Cabernet Franc Lentil Jus Vote for Chef Ryan Crawford HERE   When  Chef Ryan Crawford cooks, it’s from farms and purveyors as close to the back door of his restaurant as possible.  

Smoked Bacon Lentil Ragout

Smoked Bacon Lentil Ragout

0 May 11, 2012 2:47 pm

Vote for Chef Dana Hauser HERE The Waterfont Centre has a marvellous herb garden and was the second hotel in Canada to have it’s own bee hives. When Dana serves this at Heron’s , it’s a menu component in her Pan-seared

Canadian Lentil Meatballs with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce

Canadian Lentil Meatballs with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce

0 May 11, 2012 2:45 pm

Vote for Chef Hamid Salimian HERE   This is a wonderful home-style Persian dish, the kind that Hamid grew up enjoying.  The Cucumber Sauce is more of a method than an actual recipe.  Like all great chefs, he tastes as

Pickled Pacific Mackerel and Lentil Salad

Pickled Pacific Mackerel and Lentil Salad

0 May 11, 2012 2:43 pm

Vote for Chef Jefferson Alvarez HERE   Pickling fish is a very traditional way of preserving it but one not as widely used in Canada as it should be.   If you cannot find really fresh mackerel,  any firm white

Locals Island Bison Tournedos with Braised Lentil Ragout

Locals Island Bison Tournedos with Braised Lentil Ragout

0 May 11, 2012 2:40 pm

Vote for Chef Ronald St Pierre HERE   This dish is a serious course in the elements of classic French cooking.   The Braised French Lentil Ragout is outstanding.   And yes, bison are being farmed (ranched?) on Vancouver Island, near Black

Red Lentil Crusted Albacore Tuna with Beluga Lentil and Cherry Tomato Vinaigrette

Red Lentil Crusted Albacore Tuna with Beluga Lentil and Cherry Tomato Vinaigrette

0 May 11, 2012 2:37 pm

Vote for Chef Quang Dang

Lentil-Crusted Quadra Island Scallop Black Lentil Panelle

Lentil-Crusted Quadra Island Scallop Black Lentil Panelle

0 May 11, 2012 2:34 pm

With Smoked Lentil Ragout, Asparagus & Honey Lime Vinaigrette   Vote for Chef Mark Filatow HERE   The dish says “Spring in British Columbia!”   Not only does Chef Filatow use the season’s first asparagus and the marvellous scallops harvested from

Warm Lemon Lentils with Cumin, Coriander, Spinach and Fairwinds Farm Yogurt served with Spiced Lentil Crackers

Warm Lemon Lentils with Cumin, Coriander, Spinach and Fairwinds Farm Yogurt served with Spiced Lentil Crackers

0 May 11, 2012 2:29 pm

Vote for Chef Andy Bujak HERE   Andy understands flavour! This dish, minus the yogurt topping, is totally vegan.   Using Red Fife flour, the heritage grain popularized by the Fife family in the mid-1800s  and one of foundations of Prairie agriculture,