Best of Food & Drink

6 “Chinese” Restaurant Staples That Aren’t Actually Chinese
5 Foods That Were Once Sold as Medicine, Including Ketchup
Meatless Fridays Were Mandatory in Canada During WWI. 5 More Wartime Food Rules You’ve Never Heard Of
Selling Food on the Black Market Was a Criminal Offence in WWII Canada. 6 Rules That Sound Insane Today
5 Canadian Snack Foods Invented Before World War II That Are Still Around Today
8 Canadian Foods Invented by Immigrants Who Never Got Credit
Peanut Butter Was Patented in Quebec in 1884. 5 More Foods Older Than You’d Guess
Some Canadian School Meals Now Include “Country Foods” and Traditional Indigenous Teachings. Here’s Why
7 “Depression Cake” Recipes That Got Secretly Rebranded as “War Cake” and Nobody Noticed
8 Foods Canadians Rationed During WWII That You’d Never Guess Were Once Illegal to Hoard
6 Canadian Food Inventors Nobody Remembers. Even Though Their Food Is Everywhere
6 Foods Named After People You’ve Never Heard Of, Not the People You Assumed
Canada’s National School Food Program Is Now Law. Here’s What It Actually Covers
9 Foods Canada Exported to Britain During WWII While Its Own Citizens Went Without
Montreal Smoked Meat Was Invented by an Immigrant Deli Owner in 1909. 5 Other Canadian Foods With Immigrant Origins Nobody Credits
7 Canadian Candy Bars With Origin Stories Nobody Talks About
Ginger Beef Originally Had No Ginger in It. 6 Canadian Foods With Names That Make No Sense
8 Foods Canadians Eat That Would Make Most Tourists Say “Absolutely Not”
6 Wild Canadian Food Traditions That Started as Dares or Accidents
Canada Has an Entire Law Just for Fake Maple Syrup. Here Are 5 Other Foods With Their Own Legal Protection
Can’t Find Local Apples in BC? Here’s What’s Happening
Why Psychologists Say Stress and Burnout Are Quietly Reshaping How Canadians Eat
More Than 1.7 Million Canadians Will Experience an Eating Disorder. Experts Say Diet Culture Is Partly to Blame
A New UN Report Says Climate Shocks Are Now Directly Threatening the World’s Food Supply
For the First Time, Africa Now Has More People Facing Hunger Than Any Other Region
Single Canadians Pay $102 a Week on Groceries vs. $80 Per Person in Shared Households
77% of Solo Canadians Say Their Grocery Bill Keeps Climbing No Matter What They Do
34% of Canadian Households Have Gone Into Debt Just to Put Food on the Table
64% of Canadians Have “Substantially” Changed Their Grocery Shopping Habits, New Survey Finds
Why Removing “Best Before” Dates Could Actually Help Fight Food Inflation, Ottawa Suggests
Is Shrinkflation Even Legal in Canada? Yes, Here’s the Loophole That Makes It So
5 Ways Canadian Stores Shrink Products Without Ever Calling It Shrinkflation
A New Grant Program Is Paying Indigenous Schools to Teach Traditional Fishing and Food Practices
2.4 Million Canadian Children Are Living in Food-Insecure Households Right Now
5 Canadian Foods That Are Legally Impossible to Sell the Same Way in Every Province
7 Times a Canadian Province Fought Another Province Over a Single Food Item
PC Express vs. Instacart: Which One Actually Saves You Money on Groceries in Canada?
Canada’s Cannabis Edibles Market Is Shifting From Gas-Station Gummies to Gourmet Chocolate. Here’s Why
Grocery Delivery Now Reaches the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Here’s How PC Express Got There
7 Weird Substitutions Canadians Made in the Kitchen When WWII Rationing Hit
A Toronto Man Has Been Documenting Shrinkflation Since His Favourite Childhood Popsicle Changed
5 Wartime Cookbooks That Changed What an Entire Generation of Canadians Ate