Food in Season
We celebrate four distinct seasons in Canada. When we’re eating fruits and vegetables in season, it means we get to enjoy them at their...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 275 min read
1. What Are the Top Trends Shaping the Hospitality Industry Today?
What are the latest trends in the hospitality industry? As a testament to its resilience, agility and innovative spirit, this article...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 254 min read
"Discover the Delicious World of Lamb: From Cuts to Cooking Methods"
A rack of lamb, also known as carré d'agneau (though this term may also refer to other cuts), is a lamb cut that is perpendicular to the...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 226 min read
Cured, an Introduction to Handcrafted Charcuterie
Charcuterie, the French word for assembling cured meat products, refers to artisanal dry cured meat, most commonly of Spanish or Italian...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 202 min read
The Earl of Sandwich
A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 183 min read
Ancient Grains
Ancient grains is a marketing term used to describe a category of grains and pseudocereals that are purported to have been minimally...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 153 min read
St Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. 'the Day of the Festival of Patrick'), is a religious...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 132 min read
Colonel Custard and Friends
Nope, not a blog about the Colonel, it's all about custard though. Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk,...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 116 min read
What's in a Chef's Knife?
What is a Chef's Knife? A chef's knife is a multi-purpose kitchen tool that can be used to slice, dice, and chop ingredients with...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 82 min read
Exotic Herbs
Exotic culinary herbs have been grown and cultivated throughout the world, from the Mediterranean to the Tropics, their versatility is...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 64 min read
What's in a Recipe?
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 45 min read
Exotic Spice Blends
As global dishes continue to dominate restaurant food trends and you explore new international recipes for your menu, you may run across...
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Brent MacGillivray
Mar 14 min read
Rice
Rice is a cereal grain, and in its domesticated form is the staple food for over half of the world's human population, particularly in...
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Brent MacGillivray
Feb 282 min read
Potatoes
The potato /pəˈteɪtoʊ/ is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world....
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Brent MacGillivray
Feb 263 min read
Charcuterie you say?
A very popular trend these last few years that in my opinion is misunderstood. It seems that terms like charcuterie, tapas, mezze and...
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Brent MacGillivray
Feb 232 min read
Kraft Dinner
MAY CONTAIN CHEESE! Kraft Dinner has been called a de facto national dish of Canada. Packaged in Quebec with Canadian wheat and milk, and...
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Brent MacGillivray
Feb 214 min read
Diploma in Culinary Administration
Food choices are no longer about what we will have for dinner. Behind those choices are the biggest challenges of our time: how do we...
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Brent MacGillivray
Feb 197 min read
How to shop in a Sustainable Manner.
Every dollar spent shopping casts a ballot for or against a sustainable future. While many goods are produced in ways that deplete...
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Brent MacGillivray
Feb 94 min read
Your kitchen without Plastic
It feels impossible to go plastic free nowadays, but even if we can’t solve the problem overnight, there are plenty of ways to help...
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Brent MacGillivray
Feb 63 min read
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. In Chinese,...
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