A Family Road Trip to Waterloo Region
Originally Posted on Ontario Culinary August 12, 2022 – Just an hour and a half from …
Don’t Skip this Dish! Injera at Muya Restaurant, Kitchener
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | AUGUST 2022 For some time, Muya Restaurant flew under the radar as a major …
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4 Local Chefs have got it Growing On!
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | JULY 2022 Chefs who garden. They are a unique multi-tasking breed who work busy …
Dont’ Skip this Dish! PâtĂ© en croĂ»te at Jacob’s Grill, St. Jacobs
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | JUNE 2022 As he plates an appetizer (which looks a lot like a slice …
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Waterloo Region Restaurants are Greening Up
From compostable takeout packaging to reducing their carbon footprint, local restaurants are doing their part for the environment
Fall in Love with these 5 Desserts
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | FEBRUARY 2022 At some point in linguistic history, the word dessert was derived from …
4 February Date Night Ideas in Waterloo Region
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | FEBRUARY 2022 February is a month to be positive especially when we note …
Breakfast like a Local at these 5 Restaurants
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | JANUARY 2022 The old saying is that breakfast is the most important meal of …
Cozy up to these warm winter beverages
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | DECEMBER 2021 If you’re hunkering down and staying doors during the year’s coldest weather, …
Mac ‘n Cheese: Variations on a Comfort Food Classic
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | January 2022 Canadians each eat about three boxes of KD every year, easily …
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Add some ‘Light’ to 2022 with these Healthy New Year dishes
by Andrew Coppolino | UPDATED January 2022 As we emerge from a fraught year – and …
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7 Bakeries that will Satisfy your Holiday Sweet Tooth
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | DECEMBER 2021 Cinnamon, chocolate, peppermint, marshmallow, gingerbread and anything that has to do …
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Foods that celebrate all holidays
by Andrew Coppolino | November 2021 Christmas isn’t the only holiday, festival or celebration that includes …
7 Chefs Dish on Sustainability
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | OCTOBER 2021 A cross-section of chefs, restaurateurs and culinary instructors agrees that the food …
Enjoy Waterloo Region’s bounty with Taste the Countryside
Taste the Countryside – currently ramping up to run September 23 to October 3 – is a ten-day prix fixe (set menu) dining event designed to support Waterloo Region’s rural food businesses. It’s an important initiative not only for sustaining business but for economic and community growth.
The Pandemic Pivot: Waterloo Region Restaurants continue to change and adapt
Nick Benninger is a Waterloo Region-based chef and restaurateur, and together with his wife Natalie they own Fat Sparrow Group. He spoke with food writer Andrew Coppolino about re-opening again during Covid-19, and how the pandemic has changed the local food scene, in some cases for the better.
OUR FAVORITE ONTARIO TAKE OUT: WATERLOO REGION
Culinary Tourism Alliance – Indoor dining is currently shut down across Ontario, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy some of the best restaurants our province has to offer. Here are some of our favourite spots to order takeout in Wateroo Region.
Waterloo Region Restaurants are Greening Up
Adopting “green” strategies and maintaining them during a pandemic is no easy matter.
Chef Profile: Vanessa Stankiewicz, La Lola Catering
From its first appearance at the Kitchener Market in 2019, to its current location in the Preston area of Cambridge, La Lola Catering has provided an authentic Spanish cooking experience to Waterloo Region.
Uptown Waterloo Comfort Food Crawl serving up 9 tasty dishes this year
KitchenerToday.com – With nine local restaurants participating, there’s a rainbow of mouthwatering dishes to pick from at this year’s Uptown Comfort Food Crawl. Tracy Van Kalsbeek of the Uptown Waterloo BIA said this year, there will be nine different restaurants participating.
MEET DENIS HERNANDEZ OF SWINE AND VINE Restaurant in Kitchener
Culinary Tourism Alliance – With our series, Kitchen Party, we’re sitting down with Feast On Chefs to get to know them and the local foods that inspire them a little better. Meet Chef Denis Hernandez of Swine and Vine restaurant in Kitchener.
Chef profile: Sourabh Gandotra, Public Kitchen & Bar
While the pandemic has knocked down a lot of businesses, Sourabh Gandotra is positive in the face of dining room closures and other Covid-19 restrictions. He maintains an excitement for what he has been able to do – and to learn – as a young cook at Public Kitchen & Bar.
More Lessons Learned by Local Restaurants during the Pandemic
One of the biggest lessons learned in the year that was 2020 is just how adaptive and innovative our restaurant community is, We checked in with several Waterloo Region restaurateurs and other food operations to see what kind of changes might represent a new normal in the future.
There are Lessons to be Learned during a Pandemic
Despite a food and beverage industry that’s been hurt badly, there are positive steps and outcomes that can be taken away from our Covid-19 nightmare and used in the future. The restaurant industry is nothing if not adaptive and able to pivot, to use a popular new term.