Dear Friends, I’m thrilled to welcome you all to my website! I have had such fun putting this together, and I’m so happy to finally share it with all of you. Primarily, this site will serve as the home for my work on the web. As it grows, I hope to also use it to start conversations, build a community, teach and inspire people to connect to good food and have more fun in the kitchen! So what am I up to now? I left my position as the Executive Chef at The Gladstone Hotel in Ju

I am so excited about this!! The lovely folks at Chatelaine magazine are hosting a fantastic event called The Big Dish on October 29 at 99 Sudbury. This day is about "celebrating the innovative, gutsy and creative women in the world of Canadian food", and I'm seriously chuffed to be giving the closing keynote address. I'm really looking forward to getting into a discussion about the role that food plays in our lives as busy women, and the opportunities we have to make deeper

I've teamed up with the lovely folks at Action Against Hunger for their #brownbagit lunch campaign fundraiser. This organization works in tireless and creative ways to increase awareness about and advocate for an end to hunger here in Canada and around the world. This campaign is a fun, delicious way for everyone to get involved. Here's the idea: pack yourself a lunch from home, and then donate the money you would have spent on purchasing lunch one day to the #brownbagit camp