Indigenous Culinary Blog

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… 

“I have a philosophy rather than a culinary style; it’s about the relationship that we have with the terroir and the land and being in tune with Mother Nature. Animals are more than food, for my Nation they are spirit animals and have many layers of significance, not just nourishment"

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…