7 Chefs Dish on Sustainability
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | OCTOBER 2021 A cross-section of chefs, restaurateurs and culinary instructors agrees that the food […]
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Vision, Flavourvee and Gourmet: Sweet Corn in Waterloo Region
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
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March Maple Syrup Madness!
Maple syrup is a year-long favourite condiment and ingredient and one with a very long history that needs to be acknowledged. Long before Europeans arrived in North America and introduced the honeybee, Canada’s indigenous peoples were drawing sap from trees and creating the sweet elixir: maple syrup
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Crafty Names and Perfect Pairings: a look inside Waterloo Region’s Craft Breweries
When it comes to local craft beer, names are not trivial and bereft of meaning. They provide lots of insights – and fun – when you consider Waterloo Region’s craft beer names and the brewers who named them.
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Micr-‘O’-Fest: Arabella Park Beer Bar Serves up Oktoberfest
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest will be quite different this year with traditional festhallen closed. However, Canada’s largest Bavarian festival is re-imagining itself when it comes to food with a restaurant program, and Arabella Park Beer Bar is participating as a Micro-Festhalle
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Hooray for Hamburgers! Where to find Great Burgers in Waterloo Region
Summertime and the grillin’ is easy. Here’s a collection of just a few Waterloo Region burgers for you to check out over the summer months! (Note: in virtually all locations where they serve hamburgers, there is some sort of vegetarian or vegan offering as well.)
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EATS, DRINKS AND ART FRESCO – HOW TO SPEND A PERFECT DAY IN ONTARIO’S WATERLOO REGION
TravelMammal.com – A day filled with delicious grub, refreshing drinks and stunning art on a beautiful sunny day with friends? Sign me up! Ontario’s Waterloo Region took a bold step and decided to combine both art and food. and recently launched the Art Fresco Public Art Project.
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Milkshakes to say goodbye to summer
The milkshake – and its forgotten great-grandfather “the malted” – has a long and storied history. Now or 100 years ago, the frosty beverages are a perfect summer treat. And they’re perfect, too, for saying goodbye to summer, sad though that is.
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Eat More ‘Hole’ Foods: Donuts in Waterloo Region
At once fluffy and crispy and sweet and savoury, the humble doughnut has made significant strides in Waterloo Region as a delectable and artisanal treat – but one which has never lost its delicious sense of humour and food fun!
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5 Warming Fall Dishes To Try in Waterloo Region
By Andrew Coppolino – Keep the chilly blast and miserable rain at bay with some comfort food – warming dishes from a host of rich food cultures that will be sure to soothe the body and the soul in the face of blustery autumn cold.
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O’Fest Brews: Local Craft Brewers celebrate Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest grew out of agrarian and harvest celebrations — and that of course includes fêting the barley and hops used to make beer. Because Oktoberfest is front-and-centre each fall in Waterloo Region, it makes sense that local brewers are inspired by that brewing history in a glass.
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9 Meals in a Bowl to Try in Waterloo Region
The thing about a meal in a bowl is that it suddenly becomes comfort food, no matter what the ingredients. Whether conventional proteins and vegetables or straight-up vegetarian or vegan, these dishes pack flavour punch and healthy nutrients in a quaint concave vessel.
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Kid Friendly Restaurants in Waterloo Region
If you’re looking for something different – and something more distinctly Waterloo Region – there are indie-restaurants and less expected venues in Waterloo Region that excel at serving kids, from a simple burger joint to more upscale casual craft-beer havens that the parents want to visit too.
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Iconic Dishes of Waterloo Region
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.
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Chef Profile: Scott Mills, Borealis Grille
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.
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7 Killer Dishes in Waterloo Region
Food blogger Andrew Coppolino shares entrees from seven different restaurants that he considers “killer” dishes. Find out what they are, and where you can find them in Waterloo Region!
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8 Beverages to Warm Up With in Waterloo Region
We’re into the depths of winter, with wind chill factors that chill to the bone. You can bundle up to keep the outside warm, but what about warming those bones on the inside? Whiskies, rums, hot chilies, spices, and coffee: here a few warming beverages for frosty nights in Waterloo Region.
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Things are Cooking at the New Conestoga College Waterloo Campus
The recently completed expansion of the Conestoga College Waterloo Campus means an additional 150,000 sq.-ft. of space for classrooms, labs and students. Inside, there are state-of-the-art culinary labs and a new student-run restaurant that will be open to the public
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Profile: Dan Orr, ECOCafe Coffee Roaster
Ottawa-born Dan Orr has overseen coffee-roasting duties at St. Jacobs’ ECOCafe. The Stratford Chefs School graduate has spent most of his adult life working with food in one capacity or another. He intended on taking a bit a sabbatical at one point in his career, but he soon was drawn back in.
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A University Food Tour in UpTown Waterloo
Yes, you can easily tell: school is back in session. That much is obvious from the busy and crowded streets near any university with throngs of students, tightly packed and grouped together, as they make their way through the course of a day – including the pursuit of something good to eat.
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Restaurant Profile: Public Kitchen & Bar
A few years ago, Ryan Murphy and Carly Blasutti set a new standard for sharing plates and culinary adventure when they opened Public Kitchen & Bar in Kitchener. Now in their larger location on Victoria St. in Kitchener, Public continues to be a go-to dining spot in the city.
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Restaurant Profile: EVO Kitchen in Cambridge
EVO Kitchen is in the former office of the Galt Knitting Company (now known as Tiger Brand). The move was the idea of brother and sister team Barry and Taryn Schwartzentruber who started the business in 2010 and since then have served thousands of box lunches to Waterloo Region businesses.
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Restaurant Profile: Fat Sparrow Group
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.
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Adding up the Dim Sum in Waterloo Region
Call it “Cantonese tapas.” Dim sum are those little bites of food that arrive via pencil-and-paper order sheet – and, at one time, via a cart wheeled through the dining room piled high with the delicacies. Each item costs no more than a few dollars, and the selection is wonderfully wide
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