37 Warm and Spicy Cinnamon Recipe Ideas
Every week we pull together some great Canadian recipes from Canadian food bloggers around the web featuring one main ingredient or dish. Today, we’re celebrating the start of the fall with some spicy, out of the box cinnamon recipes! Nothing signifies the start of fall to us more than the warm, spicy notes of cinnamon! (well ok, maybe […]
FBC Member Opp – Ontario Apple Growers 2017-18 Campaign
Annnnnnnd we’re back! After a super successful (and fun) campaign last year with Ontario Apple Growers (OAG) and 10 Ontario-based FBC Members, we’re back at it again for more apple-goodness, this time with 6 FBC Ontario Members! Like last year, OAG is looking for people to come up with tasty and creative ways to enjoy […]
Featured Member: Family Food Garden
Name: Isis Loran Blog name: Family Food Garden Where were you born? Manchester, England. Where are you living now? On an acreage 20 mins from Nelson B.C Canada Why did you start your blog? I started blogging casually about raising a family in the mountains and gardening on an old blog called Little Mountain […]
Canada’s Craft Beer: Yellow Dog Brewing
This week’s Canada’s Craft Beer post comes from our BC craft beer guy, Bryan Clegg. Today Bryan visits “Brewer’s Row” in Port Moody and stops in at Yellow Dog Brewing. “Family-friendly” may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about a brewery, but that’s the atmosphere here. If you’ve read my […]
5 Evergreen Content Ideas for Restaurant Bloggers
The concept of evergreen content is generally discussed in terms of food blogs that focus on recipes, cooking or gardening. Today we share 5 ideas for creating and optimizing evergreen content that will make your restaurant blog a go-to destination (and keep Google happy)! **This post contains affiliate links. In plain English that means that when […]
Home Brewing Essentials: Understanding Yeast
If you’re a beer enthusiast, have you ever considered home brewing? Our home brewing expert, Jared Kovacs, shares all the information you need to know to start producing your own great beer. This month he explores the most essential ingredient in brewing: yeast. Over the last few months, we’ve discussed the essentials of home brewing. Having some basic […]
41 Healthy Lunchbox Snacks
Every week we pull together some great Canadian recipes from Canadian food bloggers around the web featuring one main ingredient or dish. Today we’re healthy snacking with a big roundup of lunchbox treats that will make kids and adults happy! Everyone loves snacks! But let’s get realistic… not all snacks are created equal. With a little planning you can pack […]
Canada’s Craft Beer: Moncton’s Pump House Brewery
This week’s Canada’s Craft Beer post comes from our Atlantic Canada craft beer guy, Todd Beal. In today’s column Todd takes us to an award-winning brewery that makes beer with stones, among other things: the Pump House Brewery in Moncton, New Brunswick. The Pump House Brewery in Moncton, New Brunswick is a great success story, but it […]
11 Tips for Bloggers Editing Their Own Writing
Welcome to our new series on one of the most important aspects of writing: editing. Food blogger and freelance editor Marlene Cornelis wants to make editing less daunting for food bloggers, whether you’re editing your own work, working with an editor or writing for an edited publication. Today Marlene shares 11 tips for editing your own […]
6 Easy Dinner Recipes with NuPasta
This collection of recipes was done in a sponsored partnership with NuPasta. Quick and easy dinners are the name of the game when fall hits. But you still want something comforting and satisfying to eat. Enter NuPasta – made from Konjac root fibres! The root of the konjac plant is free of starch but high […]
Grow Your Own Food: Harvesting Your Garden
Welcome to Grow Your Own Food, an informative series on gardening and growing your own food in Canada. Each month Redawna Kalynchuk draws on her extensive gardening experience to guide you through a year of growing your own food: planning, planting, maintaining, harvesting and putting your garden to bed for winter. This month, Redawna talks […]
30 in 30: 30 Family Friendly Meals Ready in 30 Minutes
Every week we pull together some great Canadian recipes from Canadian food bloggers around the web featuring one main ingredient or dish. Today it’s the family saviour – 30 minute meals to feed the whole family! When fall hits that means it’s back to busy weeknight schedules. But you still want to get a healthy meal on the table […]
Featured Member: Green Healthy Cooking
Name: Lorena Grater Blog name: Green Healthy Cooking Where were you born? In Ulm, Germany Where are you living now? In Montreal, Quebec, Canada Why did you start your blog? Because I didn’t want to be a stay-at-home mom alone but also didn’t want to work on a set schedule that wouldn’t allow me to go to each and […]
Iconic Canadian Food: The History of the Nanaimo Bar
Welcome to our series, Iconic Canadian Food! You may know which classic Canadian dishes you like, but do you know the stories behind them? And how can we define Canadian cuisine if we don’t know its past? Gabby Peyton is sharing the back stories of a smorgasbord of iconic Canadian dishes to celebrate the country’s 150th […]
PR Desk: The Value of Going “Down-Periscope”
Welcome to our monthly feature The PR Desk! Written by PR professional Heather Travis, it guides food bloggers on the ins and outs of navigating the world of PR agencies and brands. This month, Heather talks about going “down-periscope” — spending time offline to focus on things that matter to you. I love my mobile. I call it […]
How to Make Anything Vegan – The FBC Guide
Each month FBC member and certified nutritionist, Sondi Bruner, helps us navigate the ins and outs of eating a healthy but delicious diet, whether it’s adapting to an allergen-friendly diet or figuring out natural sweeteners (and everything in between). This month she shares tips and tricks to veganize any dish. Vegans, vegetarians and people with food allergies and intolerances […]
Featured Member: Stems and Forks
Name: Betty Binon Blog name: Stems & Forks Where were you born? South Korea Where are you living now? Toronto Why did you start your blog? My blog was born out of burnout and a need to embrace a new outlook on life. I ran a successful floral design business for over 20 years that commanded every ounce of […]
Cowbell Brewing: A Cathedral for Craft Beer in Rural Huron County
This week’s Canada’s Craft Beer post comes from our Ontario and Quebec craft beer guy, David Ort. Today David heads to the small town of Blyth in Huron County, Ontario to check out a brand new destination brewery, Cowbell Brewing. Ontario has breweries in big cities, dockside breweries, and several near major tourist attractions. But until […]
