Top Chef Canada recap: And the winner is…
Through near-eliminations and immunity saves, challenges that saw chefs cooking with bizarre ingredients and putting out fires (literally) and more gimmicks than you can shake a wooden spoon at, it has...
View ArticleTop Chef Canada: an interview with the winner
Asked about the moment it was revealed, the winner of Top Chef Canada can replay it like it just happened. The ongoing deliberations over dishes by Chef Mark McEwan, the five minutes of silence, the...
View ArticleCooking the Books: Ruth Reichl returns with new cookbook reflecting Gourmet...
The sudden closure of the iconic Gourmet magazine sent waves of grief through the food community. None were more blindsided than the then editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl who was on a book tour promoting a...
View ArticleCooking the Books: The cream of the cookbook crop (plus our blooper reel)
If an occupational health and safety co-ordinator walked past my desk right now, I’d probably get a stern talking to. While true I don’t keep the cleanest of desks, the greater danger comes from the...
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