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Catfished: Mislabelled seafood is the new normal

By Gregory Furgala How sure are you that what you bought is what you paid for? Organic labels have found themselves on non-organic produce, wood pulp has been found in Parmigiano and saffron is occasionally cut with corn silk and cotton thread. Food fraud isn’t a new phenomenon. The Roman Empire established an entire bureaucracy […]

Food-based reality TV: a boulevard of broken burger dreams

By Jeni Marinucci With the huge availability of food-based reality TV shows on the digital landscape, it isn’t completely surprising that even small and out-of-the-way restaurateurs are approached by production companies and networks. Canada – even with its much smaller viewing audience as compared to our American neighbours – can still claim popular cuisine-based shows like […]