Indigenous Culinary Blog

Indulge the foodie on your holiday list—or yourself—with this delicious selection of 100% Indigenous-made delicacies. Feast on a tasty bounty of spices, home cooking kits, treats, and wine made with love by Indigenous-owned entrepreneurs.   Wabanaki Maple (NB) Indigenous people have been harvesting sap from maple trees for generations, and its healing, nourishing powers have… 

Discover Québec from the shores of St Lawrence to the boreal forest and explore a rich landscape that many Indigenous communities call home. See the region’s wildlife and discover its storied Indigenous Culture. By Waheeda Harris DAY 1   Arrive in Montréal and head to the cobblestone streets of Vieux-Montréal to discover the Ashukan Cultural… 

By Shafik Meghji   When Christa Bruneau-Guenther first started researching Indigenous cuisines “a light-bulb went off”. After owning a daycare for 12 years, she was inspired to open Feast Café Bistro in Winnipeg in 2016, specializing in “modern dishes rooted in traditional First Nation foods”—from bannock pizzas to bison ribs with wild blueberry barbecue sauce. It quickly… 

By Joanne Sasvari   Denise Atkinson remembers how, when she’d go blueberry picking as a child, a big pot of tea would always be steaming over the campfire. “A nice cup of tea, it’s a part of my Indigenous culture,” says the co‑owner of the Thunder Bay-based wild-crafted‑foods company Tea Horse. “It’s family, it’s multi‑generational,… 

A culinary journey comes full circle By Joanne Sasvari     Gerry Brandon has come home. It’s not what he’d expected, back in the 1970s, when he “just took off” and found himself living on the streets in Toronto. But here he is in Haileybury, ON, at 59 the chef-owner of the successful L’Autochtone Taverne… 

There’s something unifying in all cultures about fried bread; whether it’s Mexican sopapillas, fried Irish soda farls, or the ubiquitous North American frybread or bannock, wherever there is fried bread, there’s good eating! “It tastes good, and fresh out of the pan it makes you feel good. It’s just one of those great things that… 

Brendin Kelly escaped from Home with his girlfriend Meghan to experience the incredible culture of the Syilx People in the Okanagan Region. They packed up their car and drove up to the Okanagan to experience art, culture, and traditional food. Day 1 Kekuli Cafe After the drive from Vancouver to Kelowna (4 hours), we made… 

Escape from Home – Vancouver Jonny Bierman is a sustainable travel journalist and content creator from Vancouver, BC. He escaped from home on an urban getaway in his own backyard discovering Indigenous culture, history, art, and cuisine in the city he thought he knew. His urban getaway paired Indigenous adventure with art, culinary, and history… 

Raised by his Odawa Nation family on the Unceded Wikwemikong Reserve on Manitoulin Island, classically trained chef Joseph Shawana’s serves up a critically acclaimed blend of Indigenous ingredients with classic French techniques at Kū-Kŭm Kitchen.

As opening executive chef at Fogo Island Inn’s Dining Room, Murray McDonald scored a raft of awards for his ‘New Newfoundland’ cooking from ingredients foraged from the land and sourced from the icy sea, including a place on Air Canada enRoute’s 10 Best New Restaurant list and the prestigious World’s 50 Best by Diners Club Discovery Series.

I first met Chef Shane Chartrand, executive chef at the River Cree Resort and Casino, at the Terroir Symposium in Toronto this year, he was wearing traditional chef whites with a bold Coast Salish feather design on the back. I listened as he captivated the packed conference, speaking about his life and background, talking about the…