50 Years of Fresh: the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market
St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market is celebrating 50 years at a time when local, seasonal and sustainable shopping couldn’t be a hotter topic.
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Local First, Delicious Always! Feast On Restaurants in Waterloo Region
Feast ON is a certification program that recognizes restaurants committed to sourcing food and beverage grown and produced in Ontario.
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Discover Kitchener’s diversity through a World of Flavour: The DTK Travellers Tour 2025
Discover Kitchener’s diversity through a World of Flavour: The DTK Travellers Tour 2025 February – March
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Farm to Fork in Waterloo Region
by Andrew Coppolino |UPDATED April 2025 Waterloo Region is truly a “farm to fork” experience when it comes
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Meet Chef Destiny Moser, Cedar Spoon Indigenous Catering
by Andrew Coppolino | November 2022 Personal chef Destiny Moser recently started Cedar Spoon Indigenous Catering in collaboration
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Don’t Skip This Dish! Apple Fritters at the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | SEPTEMBER 2022 For Marianne Witzel, the idea to make fritters at the St. Jacobs
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Eat Your Way through Waterloo Region’s Year-round Farmers’ Markets
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | AUGUST 2022 Three cities. Three farmers’ markets. A local food trifecta. As the summer
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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
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Beautifully Bespoke: Chef Lenore Johnson of LenJo Bakes
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | MAY 2022 As a judge on the Food Network’s Wall of Bakers, LenJo Bakes
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6 Waterloo Region restaurants among top spots in Canada for brunch
Originally Posted on CityNews Kitchener | April 21, 2022 Open Table is out with its best
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Make Memories, Leave only Footprints: Sustainable Travel Ideas in Waterloo Region
BY MEGAN HONAN | UPDATED SPRING 2023 With Earth Day quickly approaching, it’s time to re-think our
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LANGDON HALL’S NEW COOKBOOK PROVIDES A TASTE OF PLACE
BY ANDREW COPPOLINO | APRIL 2022 Chefs love cookbooks. They are inspired by them and many imagine
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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
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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
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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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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.
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Family Meal Deals Guide
Our friends at Curated KW have put together a list of take-home meal ideas to help you spend less time cooking, and more time connecting, thanks to the Meal Deals Guide.
This guide was developed through a partnership between Explore Waterloo Region and Curated KW.
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Patios that are turning up the heat in Waterloo Region
Even as the weather begins to cool, there are still plenty of opportunities to enjoy dining al fresco
thanks to several heated patios in the Waterloo Region!
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A Foodie Road Trip Through Waterloo Region
FamilyFunCanada.com – If you live with food intolerances, you will know how hard it can be to eat out. But that is changing fast. On a recent 2-day getaway to the three cities of Waterloo Region—Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge—I discovered a host of great food outlets that cater to intolerances.
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A Family Bikepacking Adventure in Waterloo Region
Cycling enthusuast Joe Meissner set off with his wife and three children on what they called their “urban bikepacking adventure”. The route took them through several area trails that were also close to many local amenities. Here is how their 3-day adventure in Waterloo Region went.
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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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