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Corn is the most important indigenous grain to the Americas and the second largest grain crop on earth. From its roots in Mesoamerica it traveled northward along the trading routes till it arrived in the region which was to become Canada around 500 A.D. By 1000 A.D. the crop was being actively cultivated as a food source from eastern Canada, including Cape Breton up the St Lawrence River Valley. Recent research has also identified very early corn production and ‘processing’ in what we now call Manitoba.
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
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
Love Your Lentils Canada! For all of May, Canadian lentils are being celebrated across Canada. Have some fun! Get “engaged”! Enjoy what might be your “first date” with this great ingredient. And peek into the kitchens of
There’s only one Bill Pratt! He battled it out on Iron Chef America as one of two sous chefs to Chef Michael Smith, the other one being Rouge’s Paul Rogalski. In doing so, Bill became the very first Canadian Forces Cook
We haven’t really figured out just how avid cyclist Aviv Fried will take part in Food Day Canada but we do know that he will be…and it’ll be a mobile act of some sort. His is a fantastic story, self-propelled
The name says a lot. Nicolette Novak, the owner and dream-meister of the Good Earth Cooking School has been one of the early adopters and on the forefront of the farm to table movement in Niagara, a region renowned for
One look at the Pacific’s menu and it’s clear that this restaurant epitomizes what Food Day Canada is all about. Not only do chefs make all pasta and dough from scratch, the kitchen team is also responsible for making their own sausages,
In Winnipeg, The Lombard Hotel is located near The Grain Exchange, an agricultural heartbeat away from the centre of Canadian agri-food business. The hotel is also perched beside the historic Red River and its confluence with the Assiniboine River. Its
On a bright summer’s day a falcon swoops and touches down briefly in the rooftop garden of the Waterfront Centre Hotel. Little wonder, for this lush, full fledged herbal garden is sheltered and quiet, even in the downtown heart of
On his website Chef Gordon Bailey refuses to label his cooking or his personal style. I couldn’t agree more. Pinning down this free culinary spirit is impossible. He designed his own restaurant, rides a hefty motorcycle, shops from the island
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