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Super Rice Takes Centre Stage
TORONTO — Herbert Kronzucker hopes to solve the world’s hunger dilemma one grain of rice at a time. The 43-year-old researcher’s quest to breed super grains that resist the dangers caused by salt,...
Code of Honour
TORONTO – The Toronto-based Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) declared a small victory for one of its recent lobbying efforts, when it welcomed the recent announcement, made yesterday...
Russia Standard Vodka Arrives in Canada
TORONTO — Russian Standard Vodka and Beam Global Canada has announced that Russian Standard Vodka is now available in Canada. Distilled and bottled in Russia, and made with 100-per cent Russian ingredients,...
Senators to Sup on Seal in Ottawa?
OTTAWA — Canada has come under fire from the international community for its annual seal hunt. When Sir Paul McCartney lent his weighty support to the cause, and made the journey to Îles de la Madeleine...
Newly Named SIAL Canada Promises Bigger, Better Show
MONTREAL – SIAL Montreal has been renamed SIAL Canada. The change was made to reflect its positioning as an international trade event, and when the new SIAL opens its doors April 21 to 23 in Montreal,...
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SAIT Grad Goes Global
CALGARY — Don’t let SAIT Polytechnic graduate, and Olive Restaurant first cook, Stephanie Schnepf’s age fool you. While she’s only 22, she’s already gaining serious culinary cred. Schnepf recently...
Curriculum Costs
EDMONTON — Students hoping to get an education in the culinary arts in Alberta may soon find it a little more difficult. If a recent proposal from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)...
B.C. Bottles vs. Bottled in B.C
VANCOUVER — B.C. wine connoisseurs can now more easily identify wines made from 100 per cent B.C.-grown grapes, and those made partially or in whole from foreign fruit, and “Cellared in B.C.” According...
Go Ahead, Get Bitter
VANCOUVER – Cocktail lovers on the West Coast have long bemoaned the lack of options when it comes to the selection of the required bitter element in their drink of choice. Sure, they could always fall...
Vancouver’s Fuel To Close
VANCOUVER – Three years after it opened, the owners of Fuel Restaurant in Vancouver have announced they will host the eatery’s final service Sunday, Nov. 29. Friends and fans of the Kitsilano restaurant...
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They Cook, They Score
TORONTO — Athletes and chefs don’t often come together, but for the past six years the two professions have shared a common stage at the Gold Medal Plates competition. This year’s celebrity-studded...
Briars Awarded Again
JACKSON'S POINT, Ont. — For the second consecutive year, The Briars Resort has received The 2009 Vintner’s Quality Alliance Restaurant Award of Excellence, from the Wine Council of Ontario, in recognition...
Fairmont Highlights Eco-Certified Salmon
TORONTO — It was billed as a celebration. True North Salmon, a division of Cooke Aquaculutre, was in Toronto this week to present its eco-certified salmon to its partners, customers and supporters, who...
Top Winemaker to Visit Bayfield Inn
BAYFIELD, Ont. – The Little Inn of Bayfield is getting ready to welcome a Niagara wine celebrity this weekend. The guest of honour will be Sue-Ann Staff who hails from a family with a background in...
Pizza Nova Gives Back
TORONTO – Pizza Nova recently presented its "Rising Star Scholarship" to seven aspiring Variety Village athletic students in hopes that the support will help make their journey to success a little bit...
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N.S. Tourism Numbers on Upswing
HALIFAX — According to statistics released recently from the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage, the province welcomed 1,676,800 visitors from January to September, up one per...
N.S. HST Hike on Hold
His economic advisors may be recommending it but, for now, Nova Scotia Finance Minister Graham Steele will be holding off on a two per cent harmonized sales tax (HST) hike, despite the province’s economic...
Cavendish Farms Gets Helping Hand
CHARLOTTETOWN — The provincial government has stepped in to support Cavendish Farms during a series of planned rolling shutdowns due to begin this week at its plants in Prince Edward Island and the States,...
Starbucks Jumpstarts P.E.I. Business
P.E.I – Some local coffee shop owners may have the folks at Starbucks to thank for a spike in business. According to a recent CBC News report, java joints in downtown Charlottetown have been drawing...
Driving Culinary Tourism to P.E.I.
TORONTO – Last week’s Toronto Royal Winter Fair was the launching pad for a new Prince Edward Island culinary tourism promotion campaign that will see more than eight million potato bags inked (or...
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Canadian University of Dubai to Launch Food Safety Centre
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Canadian University of Dubai has announced it will be launching an International Food Safety Centre in hopes of improving food safety and security in the United Arab...
NBC’s New Culinary Competition
LOS ANGELES — NBC has revealed plans for a new culinary series where competitors will face-off in hopes of winning one of the largest prizes in reality-TV history. Competing restaurateurs will vie...
UK’s Pasta King Under New Management
LONDON, England — NBGI Private Equity Ltd. has acquired Devon-based foodservice company Pasta King, as part of a $23-million management buy-in. Pasta King is one of the UK’s developing meal solutions...
Breath of Fresh Air
LONDON, England — This Christmas, menus at select Holiday Inn hotel restaurants across the pond will be garlic-free. The new “Fresh Breath Menu” is intended to help single customers secure a festive...
Aussies Fight for Raw Rights
KALAMUNDA, Australia – Foodies in the land down under are rallying around a new petition aimed at loosening existing regulations on raw-milk cheese production across the country. An article on Australia’s...
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