Gusto TV is excited to announce that One World Kitchen: The Cookbook is being released this October by TouchWood Editions and is available for pre-order as of today, July 21, 2015. One World Kitchen: The Cookbook is the companion cookbook to Gusto TV’s “One World Kitchen” cooking series that highlights popular global cuisines and features…

When my family moved to Toronto in 1990, we could count the number of Indian restaurants in the city on one hand. Most Indian meals were eaten at home, so grocery shopping for “exotic” ingredients like drumsticks (the vegetable, not the instrument), curry leaves, or a small eggplant was an interesting affair. While there were…

We are so lucky to live in a country like Canada where every culture is appreciated and embraced. I get asked how Italian food is part of Canadian cuisine all the time, and my answer is simple: I’m as much Italian as I’m Canadian. While most of my recipes are Italian inspired, everything about the…

I found myself in downtown Vancouver for dinner on my first night out after my arrival in Canada. I remember being amazed by the cultural diversity of the city. I wanted to experience “Canadian food” but that proved to be rather difficult because, quite frankly, I didn’t know what that was! Looking at the lavish…

For a long time, Japanese food played a funny role in Canadian food culture: it lived on either end of the “fancy” spectrum. At first, it was a novel, prestigious food. Sashimi was arranged artfully (and expensively) on lacquerware boats and chefs theatrically tossed sharp knives over hot, teppanyaki grills. (Side note: Teppanyaki restaurants were…

From the moment a Canadian company contacted me to invite me to open an Argentinean restaurant in Montreal, to the first time we opened the doors, and still to this day, I find that Argentinean cuisine has been received and embraced here with such joy and ownership. There are many commonalities that join Canadians and…