Gotta chowhound in your house?

Restaurants want to give them a pawsitively fantastic time on their patios.

From barkuterie boards to pina dogladas to bone broth beers, more patios are pup-friendly.

Yes, this week's column went to the dogs.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/puppy-patios-the-wooly-beertown-dog-beer-brumasters-barking-brew-1.7587327

Photo credit: Kat White/The Wooly

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As Cole Porter once wrote, it's too darn hot.

To give you a break from summer's swelter, this week's column is about refreshing and tasty cold soups found here in Waterloo Region.

(As an aside: I can attest to how refreshing these soups are. I pretty much lived on them during June’s hot spell)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cold-soup-kwc-zupa-kw-korean-la-lola-1.7582670

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It's asparagus season and I've got the spear-it in me!

This week, it’s about the first vegetable of the season

Had greats visit with Tim Barrie at Barrie's Asparagus, and Chef Ace from Cambridge’s The Blackshop about that towering veggie. Tips, tricks and a recipe for Bang Bang Shrimp in this week’s column

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When a chef I trust pulled me aside to tell me about someone who's fighting the odds to start a hot sauce company, I took notice.

Jacob Wilkinson, who is visually impaired, turned a pandemic project into Blowing Smoke, featuring Ontario-grown produce with fantastic names like Devil’s Night and Yellow Snow.

Am so honoured he let me tell his story.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/visually-impaired-hot-sauce-maker-jacob-wilkinson-blowing-smoke-1.7531060

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Monday is Cinco de Mayo! Lord of the Tacos' Chef Eduardo Perez talked about some delicious Mexican dishes available here in KW!



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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cinco-de-mayo-chef-eduardo-perez-mexican-cuisine-waterloo-region-1.7524649

Since so many of us are choosing Canadian and local, maybe it's time to look at Ontario wines? Chatted with a couple of local wine experts and got some ideas about some ideas beyond what's on LCBO shelves.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/jasmine-mangalaseril-ontario-wines-beyond-lcbo-shelves-1.7507938

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Thought it time to do a bit of a dive into fish! This week’s column is bound to reel in those who are just dipping their toes in eating (more) fish at home. Great advice from local fish people from everything to choosing fresh fish to cooking it, so your experience can go swimmingly!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cooking-fish-t-j-seafood-white-rabbit-1.7495988

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Five years ago, Covid kept us home while restaurants and other food businesses looked for ways to stay open.

From cookies, to cooking classes to cooked meals, owners had to be creative about what their businesses were, could do, and could be.

Grateful to the following for talking to me about that headspinning journey:

Lou at Sweet Lou's
Fran at Frannie's
Jody and Kirstie at The Culinary Studio

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/jasmine-mangalaseril-covid-19-pandemic-look-back-five-years-later-1.7489702

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Pi Day is only one day, but pie can be had every day! My latest food column is up, along with some tasty handheld pies available in town!

Thanks to these fine people for sharing a slice of their time with me :)

Dianne and Henry from Sweet and Savoury Pie
Nathalia from Melina's Kitchener
Adam from Damask Resto-Market

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/pi-day-pie-sweet-and-savoury-pie-company-damask-melinas-1.7482688

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My final post in this series!

Day 30 of 30 Days of Local Food: @oddduckwandp

I started this list with a favourite and I’m ending with another favourite. I met Jon Rennie a few years ago when he was in a restaurant kitchen, and then he turned up at my then-butcher’s counter. He told me of his plans to open a restaurant with his best friend, Wes Klassen. What they proposed seemed so different to what we have here. Sure, lots of places do local, seasonal, but theirs is about what’s at the peak of readiness, bringing in disparate influences. The bar program also focuses on small producers we may not have heard of (and I’ll say their sober cocktails are fantastic). It’s a respectful workplace where servers don’t have to put up with *those* behaviours, *those* words to work for a tip. Good people. Doing good things. Creating food that’s well above good.



Odd Duck Wine + Provisions: 93 Ontario Street South, Kitchener #BuyLocal #Canada #SMB #WaterlooRegion #WellingtonCounty #GuelphFoodies #Waterloofoodies #kitchenerfoodies #CambridgeFoodies #KitchenerWaterlooFoodies #Restaurants #LivingWage #ExploreWaterlooRegion #Food #Mastonom