She’s taught Mexican food guru Rick Bayless regional Oaxacan cooking, and last week she was in Canada to teach at The Stratford Chef School. Mexican Chef Pilar Cabrera Arroyo instructed culinary students during her first stint as Celebrity Chef in Residence, an invitation that gives the Stratford students a cutting edge, hands-on experiences with world … Read more
Stratford, Ontario: You may know it as home to the annual theatre festival, but did you know that last year, it was named “Canada’s hottest food destination” by AOL.ca? Yes, indeed, with a farmers market dating back to 1855, and home to the Stratford Chefs School, the pretty city is now making a name for … Read more
[donotprint] This is the final in a series of posts chronicling my culinary tour of Stratford for Foodbuzz 24×24. After our barn lunch by Rundles, we really all just wanted to lay down on a bale of hay and snooze the afternoon away! But intrepid food bloggers that we are, we soldiered on (such hardship!) … Read more
This is the third in a series detailing the culinary tour of Stratford I took part in for Foodbuzz 24×24 this month. After a visit to the dairy and the farm and some hog-feeding, we were a group of hungry bloggers 🙂 We headed back to Soiled Reputation to partake in a beautiful barn lunch. … Read more
After our trip to Monforte Dairy and Soiled Reputation, we headed out to Perth Pork Products, a certified hog farm which has been selling pork products since 1992 directly to the public on the farm and to local restaurants and stores. Chefs are loyal customers of the farm due to the exceptional quality of their … Read more
As you know from Sunday’s post, I was fortunate enough to spend a day in the company of many fine writers and bloggers in Stratford, Ontario, as a guest of the Stratford Tourism Alliance and Savour Stratford. The (10 hour) day was too much to fit in one post so over the next few days … Read more