Scroll through social media these days, and you can easily get hit with a wave of overwhelming expectations around what you should be eating, how much you should be eating, how meals should be plated ...

Industrialization has undoubtedly and profoundly shifted our relationship with food globally, and it can be hard to remember the work being done outside of commercialized growing to remain connected t...

on the language of the body and fitness in the 2020s

New things are inevitable. But there is good in old things, too.

People are looking to AI for meal planning, nutrition guidance, and recipes that don’t quite hold up.

When it comes to talking about food, we often to choose to look at what people are eating rather than how. And it’s this distinction that today’s guest, Amber Husain, explores more fully in her new…

how video medium strips meaning from form

When it comes to talking about food, we often to choose to look at what people are eating rather than how. And it’s this distinction that today’s guest, Amber Husain, explores more fully in her new bo...

Sustainability is a word you hear a lot, but it tends to go uncritically examined in application. So what can it encompass when it comes to food experiences, particularly for immigrants and newcomers ...

When it comes to thinking about the future of food, is it possible to re-imagine our individual and collective appetites around what we want it to be? Taste is subjective, but it’s also deeply embedde...

how a Canadian press conference demonstrates the mockery of the Indigenous water crisis

Ecofeminism links the challenges facing women, animals, and the planet. Three books highlight its holistic, Indigenous-informed perspective.

When thinking about the food and agricultural landscape of Texas, the mind immediately goes to cattle, corn, and cotton—certainly not wheat. But as my guest this week, Dr. Rebecca Sharpless, shares, t...

Readers share their opinions of news making the headlines.

My guest today, TW Lim, is here to explore how nation food constructions have played out in Singapore through the hawker centres the country is known for. TW writes on the relationships between politi...

For too long, food media has felt toothless. Help us take a bite out of it.

Canadian food memoirs are having a moment in recent years, offering intimate glimpses into each author's family culture and lived experience. Whether family meals feature a hearty bowl of borscht or a...

A few days before Christmas 2025, I met with my colleagues over pasta and sparkling water to celebrate the year’s end. A senior coworker, dressed in a

My guest this week, Peter Kuitenbrouwer, is here to share some of the ways that our relationship with maple syrup is linked to culture, religion, and land in Canada. Peter is the author of the recent ...

When heard about the work that chef India Doris is doing with her new restaurant, Markette, in bringing Caribbean heritage and flavours to European-style fine dining, I was delighted to have the chanc...

St. Patrick’s Day is next week. While many may celebrate with a pint in one hand and perhaps a stew in the other, Irish food culture offers much more. CBC K-W's food columnist Jasmine Mangalaseril che...