Sarah Elton

Sarah Elton is a food writer based in Toronto. Her book Locavore: From Farmers' Fields to Rooftop Gardens -- How Canadians are Changing the Way We Eat is a bestseller in Canada.

Foodstock: Canadian Foodies and Chefs Fight Mega Quarry in Ontario

Foodstock: Canadian Foodies and Chefs Fight Mega Quarry in Ontario

The growing locavore movement could be hurt by a project that threatens to turn 2,300 acres of prime agricultural land into an industrial site More »

My First Helping of Canada Goose

My First Helping of Canada Goose

When my father called to say a friend of his had pulled up with the carcass of a freshly-killed goose -- and that he planned to cook it for family dinner -- I was more than a little hesitant More »

How to Celebrate William and Kate's Wedding: Pancakes

How to Celebrate William and Kate's Wedding: Pancakes

A case for using oats and a little sugar to unite a royal celebration and a humble recipe invented by poor Scotsmen More »

More Holiday Gift Ideas: 9 Food Books Worth Buying

More Holiday Gift Ideas: 9 Food Books Worth Buying

Gifts for hungry bookworms, from images of Thai street food to a meditation on the rise and fall of food empires More »

Mexico's Vanishing Desserts: Cook Them to Save Them

Mexico's Vanishing Desserts: Cook Them to Save Them

My Sweet Mexico explores the hidden side of a common cuisine. Can it keep us eating peanut marzipan and goat's milk caramels? More »

Recipe: Mexican Caramel Popcorn Balls

This recipe for Mexican-style popcorn balls comes from Fany Gerson's cookbook My Sweet Mexico More »

Recipe: Mazapanes de Cacahuate (Peanut Marzipans)

Make unusual peanut marzipans with this recipe from My Sweet Mexico More »

The Eggs You're Missing Out On

The Eggs You're Missing Out On

An egg-lover travels to Ontario's Cirrus Hill Farm to visit the source of the duck eggs she's been eating—and learns why they're superior to those from chickens More »

Urban Hives Make Better Honey

Urban Hives Make Better Honey

City-dwelling bees give honey a sense of place—and fuller flavor, thanks to the diversity of nearby plants More »

The End of Food Tourism

The End of Food Tourism

Industrial-strength appetites for tradition mean that when we travel in search of "authentic" foods, what we discover is industrial, too More »

The Last of the Seltzer Men

The Last of the Seltzer Men

Frank Samel, 37, carbonates siphon bottles of water with a machine made in 1935. As seltzer men from New York to Toronto die out, a few are clinging to tradition. More »

The Greenest Way to Cook?

The Greenest Way to Cook?

Crock pots use as much energy as light bulbs, and with two new vegetarian crock pot cookbooks, it's easy to enjoy Japanese braised tofu or vegetable biryani More »

Heirloom Poultry, the Un-Perdue

Heirloom Poultry, the Un-Perdue

Pre-agribusiness hens taste like everything from mushrooms to citrus to caramel—except chicken. More »

Contraband Chickens Invade Canada

Contraband Chickens Invade Canada

The birds are forbidden in most cities, but persistent urban egg lovers are having their way. More »

Canada's Master of Wild Edibles

Canada's Master of Wild Edibles

Jonathan Forbes harvests the rare matsutake, one of the untamed foods his neighbors are rediscovering. More »

The Forgotten Christmas Cocktail

The Forgotten Christmas Cocktail

Every year, the author and her family mix the Tom and Jerry, a once-popular drink that's been all but abandoned. More »

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