17 cities, 23,000 kilometres, one undercover writer — I zigzagged across the country to pick Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2022
“When I tell people I spent a good part of my summer traversing the country to select Canada’s Best New Restaurants, a look of envy passes over their faces.”
Farming Her Own Way
The generous space she gives to her heirloom tomatoes is a kind of insurance to offset the fact that she is philosophically opposed to greenhouse growing, which would extend the season and protect against weather calamities. “I want the roots of my tomatoes to reach deep down into the ground to get nutrients, and get water from the sky,” she says.
Plenty of East Coast delights beckon travellers as Newfoundland welcomes tourists back to its shores
“We are on the first plane to pop the Atlantic bubble when it opens up to the nation on Canada Day.” Traveling to St. John’s and Fogo Island, on the far east coast of North America.
8 Things to Love About Canada’s Restaurant Comeback
“There are probably 600 or 700 small organic farms throughout the province that are highly resilient,” says Fortier. “If the whole [food] chain breaks – and I don’t think this is the last time that will happen – these farms are there to feed local villages. To me, this is a really good first step.”
Red Chef Revival’s Rich Francis on the Future of Indigenous Food in Canada
“Collaboration is key right now, and it’s just a matter of getting the rest of Canada on board to help us forge identities outside of racism and colonialism.”
Canada's Best New Restaurants: the 2019 Contenders
We flew Nancy Matsumoto from coast to coast to find the top new restaurants in the country. The methods are old-school: There’s a handy list of fake names for booking tables, and we won’t be swayed by freebies, since Air Canada enRoute always picks up the tab. The margin for error is pretty much non-existent: Restaurants get one shot to impress our discerning diner and then she’s gone.
Some of Canada’s Best Chinese Food is Served Inside a Curling Club
Chop Suey Nation author Ann Hui shares her favourite Chinese restaurants in the country.