Reading Time: < 1 minuteLocal restaurants are noticing a phenomenon that’s impacting their bottom line: The “hermit consumer.” It’s a term Waterloo, Ont., restaurateur […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt would be an arduous 30-kilometre pedal from downtown Kitchener, but however you travel to Fixed Gear Brewing Canteen in […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt Rade’s Restaurant and Bar, an Ethiopian restaurant in downtown Kitchener, chef-owner Okuba Tefsa carries a large platter of freshly […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen she was 10 years old, Jihye Kim was helping her mother prepare meals — kimbap, mandu dumplings and the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCall them what you will, but “dishes to share,” “smaller plates”, “tapas” or simply “shareables” add value to your restaurant […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe ubiquitous chicken wing is ready for kick off and will most certainly win game MVP – Most Valuable Poultry […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDon’t feel like dining out? Don’t want to prepare a meal? Then snag a frozen savoury pie from Mom’s. My […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter two decades writing about food and beverage in Waterloo Region, I have only just discovered the hot table at […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesA sine qua non for a diner, it has been said, is that everything is advertised as “homemade” — even […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo restaurant groups with more than 100 years of combined experience in the hospitality industry in Waterloo Region have struck […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteVertical farming is just what it sounds like: growing plants and crops in vertical layers — often without soil — […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChildhood imagination while growing up on a farm just outside Stratford was the inspiration, decades later, for the name of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDuring 2023, I ate virtually every type of cuisine imaginable. Many dishes were delicious, and made even more memorable because […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeitan, tempeh and good old vegetables. Quick-service fast food restaurants have embraced plant-based diets like never before: Impossible burgers, vegetarian […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpecial occasions demand special, seasonal foods no matter what the celebration. From figs and pomegranates to clementines and sweet limes, […]