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t's been a crazy few weeks - Blue Monday has hit and it has hit some harder than others.

I have some cool new labels for my baking supplies and am having fun labeling them.

Plus, a new cookie baking book - Zoe Bakes Cookies.

I visited a culinary innovation kitchen and a few more things.

Tune in for a recap of what's been happening.

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Look at me getting back into consistently posting episodes!  Feels so good to be back and I'm making so much progress doing my annual clean up and yearly planning!

Today, I get ranty about alternate milk pricing at coffee shops.  Listen in to hear all the reasons why plus, the article that mention is here:

https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2025/01/starbucks-coffee-chains-class-action-lawsuit-canada/

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I'm back with a new episode, a Happy New Year, an update, some thoughts on the future, and a few ramblings as well.

Thanks to you all for being here and making our 2024 awesome! We've got lots more in store for this year, can't wait to share it with you!

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In this episode, I am absolutely thrilled to interview Pam Williams and Alysha Kropf, two influential figures in the chocolate industry. Pam created Ecole Chocolat, an online chocolate school plus so much more! The school has trained some of the best chocolatiers and chocolate makers in the world!

We chat about their journeys in chocolate making, the importance of education in the field, and the challenges...

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In this episode, I have the absolute pleasure to interview Allison Landin, founder of Truffula, a company specializing in plant-based cheese. Seriously, the best plant based cheese out there!

We discuss Allison's journey from a healing process involving food to creating a successful business. There's so much to running a business, so we cover the challenges of maintaining product quality, the importance o...

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Today's conversation with Elaine Doucette, The Herbal Mama is a fascinating chat about all things farms, farmers, foraging, fermenting, and fun! All the F's are given here in this episode.

I have had the pleasure of eating the ferments that Elaine creates and they are highly addictive in the best possible way with the probiotic pickled carrots being my absolute favourite.

To connect with Elaine you can fin...

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I've got a super treat today, I reconnected with two of my favourite people from when I lived in the Bow Valley, Alberta, Canada. Chris and Shari-Lynn Williams, were the innkeepers at Mt. Engadine Lodge for many years and it was such a special place to go and spend time in the back country.

Now, they've both retired from the hospitality industry and on this episode we discuss their move from the Canadian Roc...

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I've been on the hunt this past week looking for a particular recipe which led me to going down the rabbit hole of recipe fails. Why these happen, why people follow viral TikTok nonsense videos, and how some recipe writers just don't know what they're doing.

It's a bit of a rant but hopefully it's also insightful as to why it might not be your fault a recipe fails but also why sometimes it really is!

Help...

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We just got back from a short but wonderful trip to Canmore to visit our friends!  I recorded an episode while I was there that I will edit and it will be up on just YouTube - super visual.  I talk about that a bit in this episode, plus all the super fun things we've been doing over on Substack.

A couple of new books too - How to Taste by Becky Selengut is my go to read right now.  It's amazing!

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It's been quite the week! I finished teaching the Entrepreneurship course and was totally spoiled on my last day of teaching. One of my students even made my favourite pie - cherry pie!

I'm not home right now, as usual but where' I'm dog sitting is walking distance away from my favourite coffee shop - Square 1.

Jason and I are going to take a much needed break with a short getaway to Canmore.

I am not speaki...

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The heat wave has finally broken! Looking forward to a week of much more manageable summer temperatures! Which means I'll finally be heading out to visit our favourite bakery at their farm; Farmhouse Bakery!

Last week I did some saskatoon picking and we wrote a great article about it:

https://open.substack.com/pub/thefoodexplorerpodcast/p/u-pick-at-hillberry-saskatoon-farm?r=2pxeno&utm_campaign=post&a...

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It's coming up to the most wonderful time of the year! Time to get ready to celebrate farms, farmers, the harvest, and all things long table culinary farm to fork events!

Here in Alberta, we have Open Farm Days happening on August 17/18th. There's so many events that I couldn't possibly name them all but you can check them out here:

https://albertaopenfarmdays.ca/

Plus, tonight July 21st is the full moon, c...

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It's wild out there! We are in crazy heat wave here in Alberta, Canada and it's been a challenge to deal with! People are scrambling to get portable AC units, fans, ice packs - ice cream!! I was at the grocery store the other day and the frozen dessert section was CLEARED out!

So, today I chat about what that's meant for the farm visits I was supposed to do last week, and won't be able to do this week either...

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Let's do some catch up today - it's been a hot minute since I've done a solo-sode!

I have some incredible interviews coming up - check out Fifth Gen Gardens: https://www.instagram.com/fifthgengardens/

Preorder her new cookbook:

https://amzn.to/4cCCSQS

I already pre-ordered mine! Don't miss out on our Substack articles - we've been creating so much fun content, catch up on all the articles. https://substack...

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I've been wanting to get this started for a while - I love books! I read hundreds a year and food memoirs/cookbooks/writing make me so happy! I have a huge collection of beautiful books but sometimes a book just comes into your life that makes you extra happy! This is one such book.

Bite by Bite: Nourishments & Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil is so wonderfully beautiful and satisfying....

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I love watching content on YouTube, no really I find so many channels fascinating. A few months ago I came across Bryan Johnson, the creator of Project Blueprint, Don't Die, and according to his profile he's the most measured human in the world.

He gets a lot of hate but I find him compelling to watch. Bryan and his team have come up with different recipes to optimize his nutrition and while they are inter...

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This was a great week for learning all about Spontaneous fermentation and barrel aged beers with Greg Zeschuk, owner of Blind Enthusiasm Brewery in Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Spontaneous brewing is something I knew nothing about except that I really loved the beers we sampled when we went to The Monolith, their second brewing location last summer. We tried the entire menu, I'm not even kidding! They have these gr...

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I have been eagerly anticipating this conversation with Mary Bailey, the Editor in Chef of the Tomato Food & Drink magazine. It is one of my most favourite mags to pick up 6 times a year.

The content is so wonderfully local and not just about restaurants (though we love them) but also articles, recipes, what's happening in and around town and so much more!

Plus, if you're not in Edmonton that's okay beca...

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I've got a treat for you today! My friend Celeste of Dota Coffee joined me for an incredible conversation all about her family's coffee company, all the things I did not know about coffee, and her exciting news that soon there will be a Dota Coffee bar located inside my favourite place to eat weekly, Culina To Go! This is a great collaboration and will help introduce more people to this delightful coffee!

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