Chef Michael Stadtlander is Canada’s Father of Farm to Table
Chef Michael Stadtlander with his wife Nobuyo and their son Hermann in the kitchen at Haisai Serendipity sometimes happens. It was on a Saturday evening in November when we drove on dark country roads...
View ArticleAppetite for Favourite Cookbooks
I will begin with a shocking fact: I have about 1,000 cookbooks. When I moved into my narrow, tall townhouse in downtown Toronto about a decade ago, I organized them on shelves in my third-floor office...
View ArticleMy Pal Rosemary is a Free Spirit
(Left to right) Rosemary at work several decades ago in Toronto: In the kitchen at Bumpkin’s Take-Out and behind the bar at the Empire Diner. (Left to right) Bumpkin’s Take-Out menu. Rosemary at the...
View ArticleLesleigh Landry Loves her Work and Has the Recipe for Success
You must possess cooking skills. You have to have experience in the kitchen. You should pay attention to detail. You must have intuition. It’s essential to be calm in the face of failure. Lesleigh...
View ArticleDelicious Fab Food Finds, Part 2
Food Finds, Part 2. Do you Notice I Have a Sweet Tooth? My Reply: Everything in Moderation. “Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and...
View ArticleMy True Roots are in Montreal
My parents met over a dissected frog. Both of them were studying at McGill University in Montreal. My father Melville Schachter was attending the Faculty of Medicine. My mother was studying biology and...
View ArticleRadio Waves Blast from the Past
Listen to CBC radio’s archival tapes by clicking on play buttons in the audio players below. Marion on Vintage Vicki Gabereau I worked as the food editor/columnist at the Toronto Star for 18 years. I...
View ArticleMy Fun Eatcyclopedia from 1989
I began my career in food journalism by accident. Before that, I attained B.Ed. in French and English as a Second language. I taught New Canadians for several years and I was a social worker. In the...
View ArticleRoasted Chicken Three Ways
Francis Lam, a brilliant food writer and the host of the radio show The Splendid Table, interviewed the famous chef Jacques Pepin a few years ago. Francis asked Jacques: “I noticed in your new book,...
View ArticleMy Delicious Food Finds, Part 3
From apples to smoked salmon to yogurt, I share my latest fabulous food finds “This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook — try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless and...
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