When you crunch down on a cob of corn, you’re biting juicily into 10,000 years of history. Domesticated in Mexico, corn is a large grass that was an elemental foodstuff for a variety of American cultures – and at this time of the year, it’s also a particularly delicious local food in Waterloo Region
Waterloo Region is home to some wonderful grocers selling everything from locally-sourced goods to some rare, hard to find items from all over the world.
Farmers’ markets are abundant in Waterloo Region, and are almost as plentiful as the vegetables, fruits and other products that fill their vendor’s stands! They’re a great way to take home fresh produce, and an even better way to meet the people responsible for growing your food.
Posted on Toronto Life – If you think fries that take six hours to make might be potato overkill, drive to Ayr in North Dumfries Township, take a seat at chef Murray Zehr’s new pandemic-inspired pop-up, Culinary Academy 1909, and order the Thai Fry.
Dec. 15, 2019 – Everyone knows that the best parties always end in the kitchen. 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 Thompson Tran of The Wooden Boat Food Co. in Kitchener
What’s happening at the St. Jacobs Market? Well, a lot when it comes to food. Markets represent entrepreneurs, both from a farming perspective and prepared food from vendors. With over 200 entrepreneurs at the Market, an important grouping of them provide visitors with some amazing foods.
Nov. 6, 2019 – Appleflats Foods Inc., founded by brothers Glen and Alex Smyth of Wellesley Township, was featured as a signature local food business at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Appleflats combines the tart juice crabapples with a little sugar to make a drink mixer and crabapple jelly.
Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa has been named a Finalist in the Culinary Tourism category at the 2019 Canadian Tourism Awards. Winners will be announced at the Canadian Tourism Awards on November 20, 2019 at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa.
During the summer months, Tuesdays are Market Days at the St. Jacobs Farmer’s Market – a welcome addition to their year-round Thursday and Saturday markets! Produce vendors, food vendors and booths filled with unique crafts and their makers are set up to welcome the thousands of people who stop by
CBC News April 27, 2019 Make no mistake, in Waterloo region, we have our own iconic dishes that give us both an understanding of our past and a view of how we have evolved as a community. Many foods chronicle our cultural evolution, immigration patterns and geopolitics.
Farm-to-table in Waterloo Region means chefs can meet face to face with local producers, buy their products, and savour those ingredients in dishes prepared in their restaurants all in the same day. Lancaster Smokehouse and 5 Chicks and a Farmer are one example of this special type of relationship
Farm-to-table in Waterloo Region means chefs can meet face to face with local producers, buy their products, and savour those ingredients in dishes prepared in their restaurants all in the same day. Martin’s Family Fruit Farm and Fat Sparrow Group are one example of this special type of relationship
Farm-to-table in Waterloo Region means chefs can meet face to face with local producers, buy their products, and savour those ingredients in dishes prepared in their restaurants all in the same day. Puddicombe House and Mountainoak Cheese are one example of this special type of relationship
Borealis Grille & Bar chef de cuisine Scott Mills says the food scene in Waterloo Region is evolving nicely. It’s a position he takes given his experience in the diverse and bustling Vancouver restaurant market.
Langdon Hall is #4 on the 5th annual list of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants 2019. Voted on by food critics, leading chefs, legendary restaurateurs, elite diners and food fanatics from across the country, this is the definitive list of the best restaurants in Canada.Â
There is help you can access to make meeting and event planning easier. Team Waterloo Region – Director of Sales, Jennifer Eddings and Sales Manager Emily Deckert – can provide a number of different services, designed to assist planners and event organizers throughout the implementation process.
The Fat Sparrow Group continues to grow, and it has spread its wings into St. Jacobs, the company’s first foray outside of Uptown Waterloo. Stone Crock has been a St. Jacobs landmark and destination for locals and tourists alike for over 40 years. Nick and Natalie Benninger look forward to growing.
Whether groups are looking to leave a positive mark on Waterloo Region, or looking for spaces that are working to lessen their environmental footprint, venues in Waterloo Region provide opportunities to incorporate Corporate Social Responsibility and green initiatives into meetings and events.
In Waterloo Region, it’s possible to meet our producers, see where their produce is grown, and savour those ingredients in dishes prepared by restaurants all in the same day. It’s part of our diverse and growing food scene. It’s a true farm to-table culture.
The Fat Sparrow Group business appeared in Waterloo Region in only 2017, but the names behind it have long made a mark when it comes to food and hospitality; it’s a parent company for the collection of eateries that chef Nick Benninger spearheads.
While farmers’ markets such as the ones in Cambridge and Kitchener have been operating since the mid-1800s, a renaissance of the institutions has been driven in good part by consumer demand for access to fresh local food.
It’s still a few weeks away yet, but get ready to pick your own strawberries. Local farms and farm-stores have crops and times that you can pick your own. Perhaps the most popular venue for pick-your-own strawberries in the area is Herrle’s Country Farm Market in St. Agatha.
Jody O’Malley and Kirstie Herbstreit have owned and operated The Culinary Studio in Kitchener’s Belmont Village for about seven years. The business has grown as the interest in food culture has blossomed in Waterloo Region
The growth in popularity of Eby Manor Golden Guernsey milk has been a marvel to observe in Waterloo Region. Delivered in retro glass bottles, this unique milk is now found in many restaurants, cafes and food stores locally and as far away as the GTA.
