Nov 24, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, events
For the past 19 years, Taste Canada has promoted Canadian culinary writing by recognizing the best of the year with the Taste Canada Awards. As a cookbook lover and a proud Canadian, I think it’s so important for us to support the wonderful writing talent we...
Nov 21, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, events
This year, Taste Canada received 150 submissions (96 books and 54 food blogs) and awarded 22 winners with a Gold or Silver Award. You can read about my experience of the Red Carpet and Reception here. The 2016 Taste Canada Award recipients: Disclosure: This is not a...
Nov 12, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, events
If you’ve checked out my blog before, then you probably already know that I kind of adore cookbooks. ADORE. So, imagine my shock when I was asked to be a Blogger Ambassador for this year’s Taste Canada Awards! I’ll be covering the red carpet, Gala...
May 17, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, events
As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to check out the first Inspired to Taste Canada event, hosted by Matt Basile, Hudson’s Bay and Taste Canada. Before the start of the event, there were booths set up around the area for the event sponsors to share...
May 10, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, events
Spring is in the air and that means there will be lots of great food events popping up! One series of events I’m pretty excited for is the upcoming Inspired to Taste Canada. Throughout May, Hudson’s Bay will be hosting some very talented cookbook authors...
Sep 18, 2015 | beyond the kitchen, events
One of the great things about being a food lover in Toronto is that there are so many food events going on in and around the city (and by “so many” I mean, like, a gajillion). The only problem is that there are great ones, good ones, and bad ones…...
