Waterloo Region Eats

30/03/2023

Reading Time: 5 minutes Some chill and snow in winter remains, but it’s not enough to quash the enjoyment of a weekend jaunt to …

07/01/2023

Wilfrid Laurier University’s Women Entrepreneurship Centre is offering an online course in conjunction with the Food Venture Program. The 12 week program is designed to help women entrepreneurs take their food-product prototypes to distribution markets like grocery stores.

06/01/2023

From Guyana and Ghana to El Salvador and our Canadian Indigenous "backyard" ...

Reading Time: 2 minutes On November 1, 2022, a report was released by Statistics Canada that Waterloo Region received more than 27,000 immigrants between …

30/12/2022

Listicle: Favourite dishes from 2022 | week of Dec. 26

24/12/2022

Christmas Day and Boxing Day are generally quiet ones for restaurants, but there will be some that open. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino spoke to some of them about why they're opening and ways in which they're giving back to the community, too.

03/12/2022

Served with toast, easy-over eggs are perfectly silky-runny, while fried potatoes and coffee check in at diner quality.

30/11/2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute [Open for limited dining-room seating at this time, Bahar Indian Cuisine is located in Kitchener’s west end.] Winter is coming, …

19/11/2022

When it comes to pizza, there’s a ton of two-for-one at one end of the spectrum and another group of artisanal wood-fired pizzas at the other end. But there’s also tasty local pizza inspired by big American cities. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino checked some out.

05/11/2022

Menu streamlining and menu cuts. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino shares what he learned about how restaurants are dealing with the current economic conditions.

31/10/2022

Everybody loves desserts after a meal ⁠— or even dessert without the meal. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino shares what he learned from his visits to a Korean bakery and dessert café.

30/10/2022

Near King Street and University Avenue, there must be three dozen fast food joints. Shawarma, poutine, Korean, Caribbean: you pretty much name it, and it’s there.

22/10/2022

Ghanaian entrepreneur Eddie Ameh has used a popular vegetable to grow his retail food business and deepen his West African connections with the Nigerian community. "The Yam Seller" in Kitchener, Ont. takes food columnist Andrew Coppolino on a tuber tour.

18/10/2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Fat Sparrow Group is nearing the completion of a significant renovation in the heart of St.Jacobs Village that will …

15/10/2022

All the sauces are made in house and each bowl is prepared at the time of order — if you walk in and order, it takes a few minutes for the meal to get to you.

16/09/2022

With the fall comes cooler weather. With cooler weather comes meat preservation — if the fall happened to be Waterloo County in 1803.

11/09/2022

In Our Weekly Update: The Stratford Kiwanis Garlic Festival is on this weekend, Monday Webinar: Chef Talks #2, Coppolino's Corner, and more! READ NOW: https://stratfordchef.com/blog/weekly-update-september-8-14-2022/

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07/09/2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute Horchata [hor-CHAH-tah]Horchata maybe a bit of an acquired taste for the North American palate, though it’s popular in Mexico and …

06/09/2022

Apple Fritters are a true Waterloo Region taste of place and are also a don't miss dish at the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market.

02/09/2022

“I had been hoping that someone could take over, and I could one day come back here and have dinner."

26/08/2022

"Chef Talks" is a free webinar series offered by the Stratford Chefs School Stratford Chef: the next panel is Monday, August 29. If you are interested in cooking and interested in the industry, this group of panellists is for you. Sign up now: https://bit.ly/3KodRff

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Stratford Chefs School is offering another in a series of “Chef Talks,” free webinars with information about the School …

26/08/2022

A great entry in the catalogue of world sandwiches ....

Among the great sandwiches of the world, one surely must vote into the hall of fame the Portuguese bifana.

23/08/2022

In Waterloo Region, the easiest way to access local produce is by heading to one of the Region's year-round Farmers' Markets.

20/08/2022

For the next couple of months, it’s the best of the Ontario peach season, with much of the country's fruit grown just over an hour away in Niagara Region. And the hot weather has produced a bumper crop for 2022, say growers.

19/08/2022

Mike Gatto says you can fight the heat of the dog days of summer with a spicy-hot sandwich.

13/08/2022

Important initiatives that reach isolated and marginalized members of the community ...

A chef in Wellington County is cooking up change with a new market in Hillsburgh. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino spoke with the creator of Fanjoy Cooking Up Change, who says the distance between her previous job in social work and the professional restaurant kitchen, is relatively small.

09/08/2022

Injera is a dish you just can't skip at Muya Café Restaurant in Kitchener - a restaurant where you can experience Ethiopian food and culture

08/08/2022

Local restaurants continue to face a number of shortages, from saltine crackers to bamboo cocktail skewers. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino looks at how local restaurants and food service companies are making due.