In the food industry in Ottawa for more 30 years, Jo-Ann Laverty is a woman of the kitchen with true grit. From her beginnings with the Emerald Bakery to her most recent venture (with partner...
Read More →The Moore Farm (La Ferme Moore), an ambitious agricultural, ecology, education center with a built-in farmers market and farm-to-table bistro, set on 88 acres of heritage farm land in the heart of Gatineau. It’s new,...
Read More →A pleasant country drive just outside Aylmer, Quebec Potager Eardley has become a favorite weekend family destination and our local kitchen garden. Filled with local, seasonal fruits and veg, a short selection of baked goods,...
Read More →Ottawa’s Emulsify, a specialty shop featuring two items that combine in an almost endless variety of taste experiments. Shelves lined with extra-virgin cold-pressed olive oils and aged balsamic vinegar (both dark & white), flavored...
Read More →One step inside the tiny store front of Suzy Q Doughnuts, intoxicated by the aroma of sugar and yeast, all effort at self-restraint is wiped away. You’ll find yourself swooning like a five year-old over...
Read More →Brunch in our nation’s capital takes on new meaning as we ditch delicate girly fare for the plain spoken, straight-up meat & potatoes style of Murray Street Kitchen on Ottawa’s Byward Market. On assignment for...
Read More →Join us Friday November 1st, 2013 for fun, food and fundraising at Ottawa’s Culinary Conspiracy for Pop-Up Food Gypsy and try my signature burger for next month’s World Food Championships in Las Vegas. It’s a...
Read More →Sugar addicts beware, behind it’s gasto-trattoria leaning menu lurks a vicious addiction: the Salted Caramel Ice Cream Sundae (with caramel popcorn and peanuts) at Ottawa’s Town. Worth skipping lunch for, worth ordering first, or saving...
Read More →The Ottawa Bagelshop & Deli, home to wood-fired bagels in the Montreal-style, is our favorite Westboro stop for great deli and a bag of bagels, fresh from the oven. It is impossible for us to...
Read More →Boiled Peanuts, Fried Pickles Biscuits & Gravy, Fried Yardbird and Chess Pie, soul food and casual style at Ottawa’s Union 613. Lunch with my gal Mary, delicious food, scandalous gossip. I am greatly blessed to have gal pals who indulge...
Read More →Over the last month an idea became edible art, as two Chefs were let loose to experiment and play as they prepared for the Carefor Chocolate Competition, held last Saturday in Ottawa. The Chef in my...
Read More →The scent of chocolate was overwhelming as they threw open the doors to the ticket buying public at the 9th Annual Carefor Chocolate Competition in Ottawa’s Centurion Centre on Saturday. Competitors brought their best game, judges brought their discerning palates and guests brought unbridled...
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