When it comes to exploring and tasting the next big food trends, I was thrilled to attend the 2019 Winter Fancy Food Show (WFFS) in San Francisco, California last week. With over 1400 exhibitors around the world, thousands of new …
Trendspotting at the Winter Fancy Food Show 2019 Read more »
Have you heard of nootropics? This is one of the most unique subjects in my What the Heck Is series. Nootropics (Greek translation: ‘towards the mind’) is an umbrella term for, simply, any natural or synthetic compound that directly or …
Last spring, I was sitting around a table with a few food industry people and none of them understood the term umami when I said it. I thought, “Wow, how is it possible to be in the food industry (including …
Enter and taste part two of my Tuscany Food and Wine series. Let me share with you my favourite recipes from the cooking experience at Toscana Mia located in Gaiole in Chianti, Italy. Keep in mind, the two sauce recipes can be used …
Welcome to part one of my Tuscany Food and Wine series. Ciao from Toscana Mia in the Chianti Hills! A cooking school I arranged through a Vancouver company, Mama Margaret and Friends Cooking Adventures in Italy (I became familiar with …
Cooking at a 13th Century Farmhouse in the Chianti Hills Read more »