Reading Time: < 1 minute Passersby will miss the blackboard sign on the porch at Jake & Humphreys’ Bistro on Peel Street. The iconic and […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Yam Seller, a popular African-Caribbean grocery store at 1031 Victoria Street North, Kitchener, is holding a “Naija” food bazaar […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2017, my colleague Terry Manzo and I started working on a project — albeit working in quite different media […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes I have a very old, bulging-at-the-seams book of notes and recipes from the restaurant that, at once, makes me smile […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute “Stone Soup: A Gleaner’s Story” will air on CKWR FM-98.5’s Promenade, hosted by Martin de Groot, on March 23 beginning […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute [Previously published] An update to something I’ve written about previously — the iconic (and delicious) Jamaican patty. Kevin Thomas of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Meet the cooks in your neighbourhood, the men and women who cook up great food that gives you both sustenance […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute This is good! Finally, there’s a movement away from the restrictive and puritanical provincial liquor laws — especially timely during […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Sugar RunQueen Street SouthKitchener, ON N2G 1V8(226) 747-3847 Sugar Run has recently started a collaboration with Swine and Vine, the […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes I hadn’t been to Imperial Market and Eatery since the space it occupies was a pub called Eddly’s, and that […]

Reading Time: 1 minute With a “Black Friday” kick-off, THEMUSEUM is supporting local hospitality with its annual holiday membership promotion. That means that every […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes Sugar Run Rum Bar, while it has night club hours, is more like a relaxed lounge, according to co-owner Kypp […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ken Sushi HouseBlair House256 Phillip StreetWaterloo, ON N2L 6B6(519) 883-7272kensushihouse.ca My first visit to Ken Sushi House, ensconced in “Blair […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Kypp Saunders’ name is a familiar one to those in the food and beverage industry in Waterloo Region. A few […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you hear it? May 20 is “World Bee Day” and Friends of the Earth wants us to create a […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Local food businesses and chefs are finding that online demonstrations and virtual classes — usually via Zoom — are a […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes [Previously posted] Inside, it looks a bit like something you might see on a Bourdain episode as the cook-turned-culinary-celebrity traipses […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Because it doesn’t use a bacterial culture or rennet (an enzyme), ricotta cheese is technically a “dairy product,” but it’s […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes Executive chef Scott Hergott attended Waterloo Collegiate and Conestoga College for food and beverage management — elevation about 390 metres […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Stroll the streets and discover the rich and varied food scene of downtown Kitchener! Those of you reading and continuing […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes [This article appeared previously in The Kitchener Post] There are two types of people in the world: those who like […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Please check in here for news and information about walking tours in Waterloo Region and Perth County. A downtown Kitchener […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Join me at the Stratford Writers’ Festival and “Appetite For Words” on October 26.

Reading Time: < 1 minute I will be at the authors’ table at Taste Real Wellington County on Sunday, June 23.

Reading Time: 1 minute Arrabbiata [ah-rah-bee-AH-tah] The multi-syllabic word has to do with “anger” or “angry” in Italian, but it also makes for one […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s true. Sort of. Tune in to CBC-KW’s “The Morning Edition with Craig Norris” Friday at 7:40 a.m. We’ll go […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Halloumi [Haw-loo-me]It’s a variety of cheese that I describe as squidgy because of the squeaky-squidgy sound it makes when you […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A classic of Italian cooking, carbonara is a mere few ingredients — and easy to throw together, right? Wrong. The […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes While they seem to be gaining in popularity in specialty food shops and on more restaurant menus, fresh figs are […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Restaurants close and new restaurants open: it’s a regular cycle in the industry, and one that has likely seen a […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute After searching for manufacturers and travelling to Los Angeles in 2012, Taco Farm had a taqueria-sized tortilla machine shipped to […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute With the fall comes cooler weather. With cooler weather comes meat preservation — if the fall happened to be Waterloo […]