Food

FILE - A Paqui One Chip Challenge chip is displayed in Boston, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. A medical examiner says a Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge died from ingesting a substance “with a high capsaicin concentration,” according to autopsy results The Associated Press obtained late Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Capsaicin is a chili pepper extract. Harris Wolobah died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating the chip. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc, File)

Teen who died after eating spicy chip had congenital heart defect

Paqui pulled product from store shelves shortly after Massachusetts death

 

Mexican chef Arturo Rivera Martínez, owner of Tacos El Califa de León, speaks with reporters in Mexico City, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Tacos El Califa de León is the first ever taco stand to receive a Michelin star from the French dining guide. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Meat and heat the secret for world’s first Michelin star Mexican taco stand

Tiny Tacos El Califa de León joins Bangkok food stand as smallest restaurants ever to earn star

 

Winter canola is seen in an undated handout photo at an Ontario farm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jennifer Doelman

Climate changing what’s growing on Canadian farms, eaten on Canadian tables

From saffron to bananas, Canada’s food growers are considering their options

 

This lollipop was on the ground for less than five seconds. Still good? (Philip Wolf photo)

WOLF: Do you follow the ‘5-second rule’ when it comes to food?

COLUMN: Interesting old tales have a long shelf life in my mind

This lollipop was on the ground for less than five seconds. Still good? (Philip Wolf photo)
Zach Lemann, curator of animal collections for the Audubon Insectarium, prepares cicadas for eating at the insectarium in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The insectarium plans to demonstrate ways to cook cicadas at the little in-house snack bar where it already serves other insect dishes. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Monstrous little cicadas make for some fine dining as U.S. preps for invasion

Bug Appetit teaching how to serve up noisy insects as they prepare to erupt in the trillions

Zach Lemann, curator of animal collections for the Audubon Insectarium, prepares cicadas for eating at the insectarium in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The insectarium plans to demonstrate ways to cook cicadas at the little in-house snack bar where it already serves other insect dishes. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Katherine Kirk (front), owner of Yummies & Gyros Greek Cafe, started a pay-it-forward promotion to help those in need on April 8. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)

Yes B.C., there is indeed such a thing as a free lunch

Vancouver Island restaurant owner starts pay-it-forward promotion to help feed those in need

Katherine Kirk (front), owner of Yummies & Gyros Greek Cafe, started a pay-it-forward promotion to help those in need on April 8. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks to ten year old Chakai as he cuts fruit next to chef Jason Simpson while preparing food for a lunch program at the Boys and Girls Club East Scarborough, in Toronto, Monday, April 1, 2024. Trudeau says the upcoming federal budget will include funding for a national school food program that aims to provide meals to 400,000 more kids per year across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Federal Liberals announces $1B national school food plan

Trudeau pledges to feed 400,000 more kids with 5-year program starting in this year’s budget

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks to ten year old Chakai as he cuts fruit next to chef Jason Simpson while preparing food for a lunch program at the Boys and Girls Club East Scarborough, in Toronto, Monday, April 1, 2024. Trudeau says the upcoming federal budget will include funding for a national school food program that aims to provide meals to 400,000 more kids per year across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Jason and Amber Akeson at their Williams Lake Red Tomato Pies location. (Kim Kimberlin photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

B.C. pizza chain to open shop in Kelowna

Red Tomato Pies is opening a new location in Glenmore

  • Mar 31, 2024
Jason and Amber Akeson at their Williams Lake Red Tomato Pies location. (Kim Kimberlin photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Luxury handmade Belgian Chocolates are seen displayed at Sandrine a chocolate shop owned by Niaz Mardan, in south west London, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Niaz Mardan, is suffering due to high cocoa prices, she’s making no profits and fears she will have to close the shop that’s been around for 25 years (she’s the third owner and took over in 2019). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Cocoa prices spike, farmers struggle, Easter treat expected for Big Chocolate

Climate change wreaking havoc on producers but that’s not expected to hurt chocolate marketplace

Luxury handmade Belgian Chocolates are seen displayed at Sandrine a chocolate shop owned by Niaz Mardan, in south west London, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Niaz Mardan, is suffering due to high cocoa prices, she’s making no profits and fears she will have to close the shop that’s been around for 25 years (she’s the third owner and took over in 2019). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A framework for a national school food program has landed on the desk of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and with the federal budget weeks away advocates hope the proposal will get the green light. A healthy lunch is seen in Toronto, on August 16, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Galit Rodan

National school food program awaits federal decision

Framework on finance minister Freeland’s desk, no indication yet on whether it will be adopted

A framework for a national school food program has landed on the desk of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and with the federal budget weeks away advocates hope the proposal will get the green light. A healthy lunch is seen in Toronto, on August 16, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Galit Rodan
Butcher John Wildenborg works in his independent meat shop in Calgary, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Why drought on the prairies is making your steak more expensive

Experts says impacts could last for years

Butcher John Wildenborg works in his independent meat shop in Calgary, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
An Israeli food tech company says it now has the green light to sell its animal-free milk protein to dairy manufacturers in Canada. Milk is collected from cows on a dairy farm in Hamilton, Ont., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Lab-grown milk protein could be headed to Canada soon

Israeli lab says it has permission to use its product in Canadian animal-free dairy products

An Israeli food tech company says it now has the green light to sell its animal-free milk protein to dairy manufacturers in Canada. Milk is collected from cows on a dairy farm in Hamilton, Ont., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
The McRib sandwich. (McDonald’s via AP)

WOLF: Trying to avoid the iconic McRib this time around

COLUMN: Sandwich makes return to Canada for first time in 10 years

The McRib sandwich. (McDonald’s via AP)
A women shops in the halal food section inside a Metro grocery store in Milton, Ont., on Friday, January 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Halal food industry growing to meet demand as Muslim population rises

Nearly 5 per cent of Canadians are Muslim, according to the 2021 census

A women shops in the halal food section inside a Metro grocery store in Milton, Ont., on Friday, January 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Industry experts say there’s still plenty of growth in the future for plant-based meat products – and Canada stands to benefit, if it can invest in the areas where the sector still lacks. Beyond Meat products are seen in a refrigerated case inside a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Plant-based meat still poised for growth despite recent setbacks: experts

More than 40% of people trying to incorporate more plant-based foods into their diets, research finds

Industry experts say there’s still plenty of growth in the future for plant-based meat products – and Canada stands to benefit, if it can invest in the areas where the sector still lacks. Beyond Meat products are seen in a refrigerated case inside a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
A worker helps package products for Fishwife, a Los Angeles-based tinned fish company, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at a cannery in Bay Center, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Canned seafood moves beyond tuna sandwiches in pandemic trend that stuck

Tinned fish, as it’s called in Europe, now a regular offering on American menus

A worker helps package products for Fishwife, a Los Angeles-based tinned fish company, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at a cannery in Bay Center, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Operational technician Erin Aranda handles flasks containing mushroom spores at the production facility for Meati Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Thornton, Colo. Eventually, the company expects to produce more than 40 million pounds of meat annually at its 100,000-square-foot Mega Ranch in Thornton. That’s about 160 million four-ounce servings, or half the amount of beef served each year at Chipotle, one of Meati’s biggest investors. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Plant-based meat could solve climate woes – if more people would eat it

Removing meat from your diet might do wonders for the planet, but what about the taste buds?

Operational technician Erin Aranda handles flasks containing mushroom spores at the production facility for Meati Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Thornton, Colo. Eventually, the company expects to produce more than 40 million pounds of meat annually at its 100,000-square-foot Mega Ranch in Thornton. That’s about 160 million four-ounce servings, or half the amount of beef served each year at Chipotle, one of Meati’s biggest investors. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A collection of Mum’s old recipes. (Penny Koers photo)

WOLF: Collection of old recipes offers treasured reminder of childhood

COLUMN: Everyone’s mom was an amazing cook back in the day

A collection of Mum’s old recipes. (Penny Koers photo)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for several types of Yuxiang Aquatic seafood balls because the products contain potential allergens not listed on their labels. (Health Canada)

Yuxiang Aquatic brand oyster, shrimp and shrimp balls with cheese recalled

There have been no reports of any illnesses linked to the product

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for several types of Yuxiang Aquatic seafood balls because the products contain potential allergens not listed on their labels. (Health Canada)
According to anecdotal evidence collected by Food Banks BC, more post-secondary students in B.C. are turning toward food banks. (Black Press Media file photo)

Food Banks BC sees ‘notable’ increase in food bank use on campuses

BC Greens are calling on government to help more students

According to anecdotal evidence collected by Food Banks BC, more post-secondary students in B.C. are turning toward food banks. (Black Press Media file photo)