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CHEF'S TABLE: Cookbooks can reveal family food secrets

CHEF'S TABLE: Cookbooks can reveal family food secrets

'To me, a cookbook shelf has always seemed to be a subtle way of peeking into a person’s life,' writes food columnist
CHEF'S TABLE: Family's hunting traditions slowly fading away

CHEF'S TABLE: Family's hunting traditions slowly fading away

'My generation seem a little less inclined to sit in the woods on a cold November day and now lean toward the ease of having our burgers 'Skipped' to our doors,' writes food columnist
CHEF'S TABLE: Georgian team serves feast for body, mind

CHEF'S TABLE: Georgian team serves feast for body, mind

College's hospitality staff, students show off culinary skills to 50 Farm Fresh Ontario members
CHEF'S TABLE: Cooking up ghost stories from years in the kitchen

CHEF'S TABLE: Cooking up ghost stories from years in the kitchen

'Walking into those buildings that are still standing can be like stepping into another time and place where the history and the influence of those past becomes visceral,' writes food columnist
CHEF'S TABLE: Muskoka memories made of bogs and berries

CHEF'S TABLE: Muskoka memories made of bogs and berries

Cranberries 'one of the most beautiful things to come out this time of year,' writes food columnist
CHEF'S TABLE: 'Perfect pint' always brewing in Barrie

CHEF'S TABLE: 'Perfect pint' always brewing in Barrie

'Barrie has been blessed with not one but three fantastic craft breweries. They have been the backdrop for many a date-night flight or after-work pint and it’s been a real education in the art of craft beer,' writes food columnist
CHEF'S TABLE: Hold the pumpkin spice, it's apple season!

CHEF'S TABLE: Hold the pumpkin spice, it's apple season!

'From my first taste of homemade apple sauce, to enjoying a big slice of Gramma's apple pie with ice cream, to making my very first apple crisp as a budding young cook, the humble apple has always played its part,' writes food columnist
CHEF'S TABLE: Trip to vegetable patch sprouts curiosity

CHEF'S TABLE: Trip to vegetable patch sprouts curiosity

The folks behind Valley Farm Market, located in the Elmvale area, continue to grow their business with focus on community and not losing the country family feel, writes food columnist
CHEF'S TABLE: Tis the season of festivals, fairs and food

CHEF'S TABLE: Tis the season of festivals, fairs and food

'As a child, I remember all the sights and smells of my first harvest festival. The scent of popcorn lingering with the sultry aroma of deep-fried goodies was intoxicating,' says food columnist
CHEF'S TABLE: Students 'udderly' dazzled by dairy farm

CHEF'S TABLE: Students 'udderly' dazzled by dairy farm

Food columnist takes his Georgian College culinary students to visit Loretto-area farm and get first-hand look at how things are done