Just the other week Good Food Revolution took a little field trip down to Niagara-On-The-Lake to catch up with Hillebrand‘s Head Winemaker Craig McDonald. Craig had a little surprise in store for us with his Hillebrand Showcase Wild Ferment Sauvignon Blanc, a wine vastly different from...

Finally, a show about local food in Canada, across Canada. The Chef’s Domain premiers on July 2 on Discovery World, and features a stellar line-up of acclaimed working restaurant chefs (as opposed to look-good-on-TV-chefs) sprung from their kitchen doors into their adjoining countryside...

Just as Summer eased its way into our lives here in Toronto we were paid a visit by Canadian/Australian Winemaker Brad Rey from Dandelion Vineyards, Australia. After a smashing outdoors tasting in Trinity Bellwoods Park we decided to get the man on camera to talk about his upcoming release in...

As I was editing these videos Toronto Chefs Amanda Ray (Biff’s), Paul Boehmer (Boehmer), Mark Ota (416 Snack Bar), Thessavan Maniceavasakan (Southern Accent), and Kyle Deleary (Canoe) were outside in the bright Nova Scotian sunshine, grading and sorting oysters on the dock of Eagle...

A couple of months back I noticed an unfamiliar book hanging around on our kitchen table alongside the cookbooks I had been flicking through. The book was Meghan Telpner’s UnDiet, and thinking it to be yet another mediocre diet program I found myself dipping into it, perhaps looking for...

As I type this Toronto Chefs Amanda Ray (Biff’s), Paul Boehmer (Boehmer), Mark Ota (416 Snack Bar), Thessavan Maniceavasakan (Southern Accent), and Kyle Deleary (Canoe) are outside in the bright Nova Scotian sunshine, grading and sorting oysters on the dock of Eagle Ledge Oysters on Eel...

Lifford and Ponte Wine & Spirits along with Visa Infinite Dining Series present Canada’s Master Sommelier 2013 challenge at George’s Restaurant. Watch as John Szabo, Bruce Wallner, and Jennifer Huether (Canada’s only 3 Master Sommeliers) pair a 4 course meal from...

Rosewood Estates have been making some pretty damn good Ontario Semillon for over half a decade now, and with the upcoming release of the 2011 and the introduction of new Winemaker Luke Orwinksi (previously their Assistant Winemaker and Vineyard Manager), Rosewood are seriously hitting their...

On a recent tasting trip to Piemonte for the superlative Nebbiolo Prima 2013 I happened to bump into the enchanting Valentina Abonna. Valentina’s family have been at the very heart of the Piemontese wine industry for many a generation, and so it was with great pleasure that I sat down...

Back in the mid 90′s, when I was learning my Sommelier trade at Edinburgh’s Atrium restaurant under the tutelage of the late, great James Sankey, I was introduced to a supplier who was to change the way I looked at wines forever. Over the decades Zubair Mohamed has grown his...

In the Spring of 2011 I was sent to Australia by the lovely folks at Wine Australia, all the while videoblogging for the LCBO and producing content for Good Food Revolution. Unfortunately, after innumerable videos being posted online, my hard drive became corrupted, and I lost most of the...

Between the years of 1993 and 1997 I somehow stumbled into the prestigious role of Sommelier at Edinburgh’s now-shuttered Atrium restaurant. For almost 20 years acclaimed Chef Andrew Radford and his wife Lisa ran what was arguably one of Scotland’s finest dining establishments,...

David Gleave MW is undeniably one of the most admired and respected fellows in the world of wine today. Back in the mid 90′s he was one of my many teachers at the Glasgow School Of Food Technology as I was going through my WSET Diploma. I was always both thrilled and confounded by his...

Whist Grand Electric has been enjoying insane line-ups coupled with massive hype for their months-old barbecue joint Electric Mud, that old Parkdale stalwart The Cadillac Lounge has been going through quite the culinary transformation thanks to consultant Chef Michael Pataran. Seeing as...

As a prelude to next week’s piece regarding the way in which Lambrusco has been variously loved, lambasted, and lauded over the decades, we present an interview with a gentleman I feel makes some of the most interesting Lambrusco out there: Alberto Paltrinieri of Cantina Paltrinieri,...

Ann Thrupp PhD is the Manager of Sustainability and Organic Development at Fetzer Vineyards, in Mendocino County, California. The former sustainability and environmental academic became interested in the winery, which was originally founded as a biodynamic farm in the 1950′s, after...

After spending many a year in the world of wine distribution, ex-Montrealer Nathalie Bonhomme decided that she’d like to try her hand at making wine in Spain. Back in 2007 she partnered with Valencia’s Rafael Cambra to produce a Monastrell/Cabernet Sauvignon Bonhomme label wine...

Hitching Post‘s captivatingly entertaining Gray Hartley was in town just the other week to present his wines to a few Toronto wine lovers. We took the opportunity to sit him down and catch up, seeing as it had been almost six years since we caught up last. …     If you...

Many moons ago Chef Jamie Kennedy and I met Cornas Winemaker Matthieu Barret at the legendary Return To Terroir Biodynamic tasting, hosted by The Living Vine’s Mark Cuff and featuring the incomparable Nicolas Joly . Throughout that afternoon both Chef Kennedy and myself took great...

Those who visit this site on a regular basis will no doubt be aware of my love for the wines of the Jura. When visiting the Jura recently I had the pleasure of being introduced to Caroline Hughes-Beguet, a young lady from England who was acting in the role of translater throughout our time...

They’re back: Shereen Arazm, Mark McEwan and Lisa Ray reappear on the Food Network on Monday, March 18 in  the third season of Top Chef Canada. The three of them and their guest judges will, for our viewing pleasure, terrorize 16 young cooks vying for TCC’s bragging rights and...

Many years ago, when I first began recording audio podcasts, I spent a few hours with the late David Booth, Viticulturist with FitaPreta, Alentejo, Portugal. Upon hearing of his passing I was deeply saddened as we had gotten along famously upon the handful of occasions that we had crossed...

While perusing the artisanal foods pavilion at last year’s Enologica conference in Faenza, Emilia Romagna, Italy I was fortunate enough to bump into the delightful and charming Irena Lucia Melone, whose family have been making balsamic vinegar since 1770. Irena was kind enough to grant...

Three Stratford Chefs School students recently spent a day at Toronto restaurant Richmond Station with alumni Chefs Carl Heinrich and Ryan Donovan. This was in preparation for their lab dinners at the school the following week. We chatted with each of them about what they were learning from...