Northern Ontario Feast
0We celebrated Food Day in Canada with a feast at our family cottage on Dunlop lake, 45 minutes north of the city of Elliot Lake. We have a water access only property 10 miles down the lake totally off the
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Canada IS Food!
From the boreal forest to the tundra; from the Prairie grasslands to Ontario’s Carolinian woodlands, Canada is stunningly rich with flora and fauna. Bio-diversity is our most valuable heritage. With 71,000 species which have been scientifically described and another estimated 69,000 * species yet to be named and classified, it becomes crystalline that the protection of our ecological heritage is absolutely paramount.
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A Casual Food Day Canada in Calgary
0From Liana Robberecht, the Executive Chef of the Calgary Petroleum Club which was closed on Saturday July 30. To celebrate food day, my neighbors and I had a great BBQ Salad: Broxburn tomato salad Hotchkiss green salad Curried Cous Cous Salad
Audrey’s Birthday Dinner
0It began innocently enough 6 years ago when I was living in Ottawa but made a summer visit to Toronto.It was Audrey’s birthday and I offered to make dinner for herself,her husband and another couple.I was still catering at this
Let them eat steak!
0There is nothing better after a busy week than having a quiet meal:) So on Saturday night, we celebrated Food Day with a fabulous grilled rib eye steak, fresh corn on the cob, grilled veggies and mashed new potatoes with
Ottawa’s brilliant backyard!
0Celebrated in the Kawartha Lakes, with food foraged in Ottawa, and from the garden on the lake: lamb kebabs ( La Ferme Albe) with a jumble of Le Coprin mushrooms in a warm potato salad, plus corn on the cob
LATE NITE SUPPER
0FIRST I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THE WONDERFUL SOAKING SHOWERS WE ENJOYED THIS WEEK. I WAS BUSY CUTTING HAY LAST NITE SO ATE AFTER DARK. MENU WAS AN ONTARIO CORN FED RIB STEAK,SWEET CORN NEW POTATOES AND LOCAL WATERMELON.A
An Ode to Joe
0Every year our friend, farmer Mark Lass, raises a pig for us and a few others. He usually buys six or seven piglets and they live in a stone barn with access to fields and forest as they grow up.
Summer Bliss in Ottawa
0Once again (we’ve been doing a Food Day Canada BBQ party since 2003), we light up the grills, enjoy the sunshine and the pool while grilling some wonderful goodies from our region(s). Today, we are keeping things very simple and
Norfolk County Snack Foods
0I will be selling Norfolk County local foods at my retail store, Cashmere & Cobwebs -primarily in the snack category. Yes…you can eat local on snacks. We have lots of cottagers and campers here in Port Rowan on Lake Erie
Centre Wellington celebrates Food Day Canada
0We are celebrating here in Fergus and Elora with a giant picnic on Saturday from 11 am to 3 pm in Bissel Park, a beautiful river-side setting in Elora. Our fabulous all local menu includes: A pig roast, beef sliders,
Loaf Bakery, Fernie, B.C.
0Everything you see on the Loaf menu is handmade from fresh ingredients by our team in Fernie, so we’re proud to join this celebration of Canadian food. We use Canadian flour and all the meat in our sausage rolls, sandwiches
Caviar Indulgence
0From Kingsbrae Arms in St. Andrew’s, New Brunswick,Chef Guillaume Delaune writes: ”In time for “Food Day Canada” on July 30, we’ve got a very special delivery coming from a local farm. Breviro is raising short nose North Atlantic sturgeon, both
Ontario Table Menu
0A locally inspired alfresco lunch on the veranda of the romantic Grand Victorian. Surrounded by vineyards, winemaker Klaus Reif pairs his favourite summer wine with recipes from ‘locavore’ Lynn Ogryzlo’s new cookbook, The Ontario Table. The local food luncheon will be
All Local Farmers’ Market Barbecue (Covent Garden) London, Ontario
0“This is our fourth year doing an “All Local” barbecue during our Saturday farmers’ market. It is going to be another delicious event! On the menu for this year: Organic chicken burgers, Bison burgers, Elk bratwurst, and Portabello mushroom burgers
Urban Garden Salad
0Nothing tastes better than a meal picked straight from the garden. Our urban garden in downtown Ottawa provides our family of three with plenty of vegetables and fruit all summer long. This is a typical mid-July salad: spinach, snow peas,
Mom’s Kitchen – All Ontario Lunch
0Hospitality Services at the University of Guelph is featuring a TASTE REAL – all Ontario Grown Lunch at Mom’s Kitchen in the University Centre on Wednesday July 27th in support of Anita Stewart’s Food Day Canada! MENU Local Chicken Breast
Market special: hot off the grill
0Diane Clark writes: My Saturday starts with brecky out with my hubby, then off to market we go gather our supplies. Dinner tonight is Ontario smoked pork chops @ 1 inch thick. Fresh local baby potatoes scrubbed wrapped in foil
Hot Canadian Summer
0From Vanessa Currie, of Guelph Ontario. During recent upgrades to my kitchen, I had to take down the wooden wine crates that serve as bookshelves for my cookbooks. It gave me a chance to revisit some of my old books,
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