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On Tokyo Food Scene Wins & Dousing Well Done Steaks In Ketchup

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by Talia Kleinplatz | Blanco, Reposado and Anejo, oh my! SAVEUR shares their picks for the best bottles of tequila to have on hand as warmer weather settles in.

The James Beard Awards went down last week. Here’s the full list of this year’s winners.

A liquor collection in a Brooklyn apartment that could rival some of the best bars in New York. Allen Katz of New York Distilling Co. gives Bloomburg a tour of some of his most prized bottles.

From L’Abattoir and Farmer’s Apprentice to East Van Roasters and Odd Society Spirits, Scout rounds up a list of all the best things to eat and drink for Mother’s Day this weekend.

Local food start-ups are focusing on preparing and delivering meals to residents who want a healthy, balanced diet but are too busy to shop and cook throughout the week.

A recent study out of the University of Guelph raises questions about the sanitation of recycled plastic bins for food delivery to grocery stores across the country. And if the issue wasn’t already complicated enough, the study was funded by a Canadian cardboard company with a clear vested interested in the outcome.

JC Poirier’s newest project St. Lawrence is set to open in June, and if the latest pop-up is any indication, we should all be pretty excited!

Liam Neeson paid a visit to a New Westminster sandwich shop after the restaurant – after discovering Neeson was filming locally – advertised that the actor could eat there for free.

The Vancouver Sun’s Mia Stainsby finds The Federal Store on Quebec Street.

With a consumer base “thirsty” for knowledge, booze companies are moving into the hotel business to provide guests with an immersive, on-site experience at a number of distilleries worldwide.

If anyone in Ontario snagged one of these mislabeled Bombay Sapphire Gin bottles, I’d suggest holding onto it. Something tells me those bad boys will be worth something one day.

Season 6 of Mind Of A Chef is just around the corner and will feature Danny Bowien, founder of acclaimed San Francisco restaurant Mission Chinese Food.

The 2017 Michelin Guide has been released and, for the tenth year in a row, Tokyo maintains the top spot for the most stars in the world.

How one Ontario restaurant is adding a 3% surcharge to all customer bills in order to fund employee benefits.

The story of a new online reservation system that has restaurant bookings operating more like airlines.

Use it before you lose it, folks! New research shows that our taste buds tend to dull as we age. Perhaps that’s why Trump douses his overdone steaks in ketchup

Drinking via Instagram honours this week go to Cibo Trattoria and this lovely egg white cocktail crafted for spring.

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Outtakes From a Maenam-aLena Staff Meal

We love a good family-style staff meal. Last month, we caught wind of a variation on this theme: a staff meal exchange between neighbourbood restaurants, Maenam and AnnaLena.

Field Trip: Tagging Along for a “Glorious” Tomato Appreciation Feast

Inspired by their love of tomatoes and everything that farmer Mark Cormier and his farm crew put into growing them, the team from Say Hey Sandwiches head out to Aldergrove on a mission to cook a feast for the Glorious Organics team...

Reverence, Respect, and Realization: What The Acorn Taught Me

At 21 years old, I'm still just a kid and relatively new to working in restaurants, but I grew up umbilically tied to the hospitality industry. My father was a food writer, and my mother is a photographer. Their careers meant that most of my early years were spent in kitchens and dining rooms instead of on playgrounds and soccer fields; consequently, I learned my table manners before I could count past one hundred.

Amanda MacMullin Talks Seeking New Challenges and Becoming a ‘Grizzled Old Bartender’

Rhys Amber recently sat down with The Diamond bartender to catch up, swap 'war stories' and discuss the minutiae of the crazy, hospitality life.