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Appearances & Events

2025

  • 25 January: Judge. Life on the Land. SDG Idea Factory. Kitchener, Ontario.
  • 26 April: Guest Presenter. Food Writing. Elora Writing Workshops. Elora, Ontario [registration info]

2024

  • 22 April : Moderator. Life on the Land. SDG Idea Factory. Kitchener, Ontario.
  • 21 November: Judge. Cookie Competition. Conestoga College School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts. Waterloo, Ontario
  • 29 November: Speaker. But it’s just food: Culture. Identity. Dumplings. Private Event. Cambridge, Ontario

2023

  • 23 January: Moderator. Rest For Restaurants: Psychological Safety. Kitchener, Ontario.

2022

  • 05 October: Culinary Communications II. Private Event, Kitchener, Ontario
  • 28 September: Culinary Communications I. Private Event, Kitchener, Ontario


2021

  • 17 February: A World in my Kitchen: Kerala cuisine. Waterloo Public Library. Waterloo, Ontario.
  • 19 May: A World in my Kitchen: Syrian cuisine. Waterloo Public Library. Waterloo, Ontario.
  • 12 September: Hunger No More (fundraiser): St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church. Kitchener Ontario.
  • 20 October: A World in my Kitchen: Celebrating Diwali. Waterloo Public Library. Waterloo, Ontario.

2019

  • 24 January: How do you cook that?: Recipe writing workshop. Waterloo Public Library. Waterloo, Ontario.
  • 5 October: Cast Iron Chef Competition (judge). Schneider Haus National Historic site. Kitchener, Ontario.
  • 6 December: Sounds of the Season. CBC-KW. Kitchener, Ontario

2018

  • 19 April: Communications ethics and editing workshop. Editors Canada – Hamilton Halton. Burlington, Ontario.

2017

  • 12 October: Private event. Brampton, Ontario.
  • 17 October: Waterloo Reads: The Battle of the Books (champion–no, I didn’t win; that’s what we’re called). Waterloo, Ontario.

2016

  • 04 October: WWI & Waterloo County: Food History Lecture. Conrad Grebel College. Waterloo, Ontario
  • 15 October: AGM Keynote: Rye & Ginger’s 1916 Project. Culinary Historians of Canada. Toronto, Ontario

Media Interviews, features, and mentions