The Summer issue of Taste & Travel is on store shelves now.

Travel to several countries and savour the unusual and delicious recipes between the pages of this gorgeous magazine. This issue covers the Yucatán, Paris, Rome, Adelaide, Merida, Malaysia, and New York. You'll see a preview of David Sterling's forthcoming book on the cuisine of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, a feature about the glorious food in Ottawa's backyard, details about the legendary Knysna oyster from South Africa and get a visual taste of the Chelsea Market in New York City. You'll find recipes for eel, elk, goat, curried spaghetti and bread pudding to name just a few.

The head office of Taste & Travel is in the village of Metcalfe, Ontario, but relies on an editorial team that is international. The creative director is in New Zealand, the senior editorial consultant lives most of the year in Southeast Asia, a contributing editor works out of Japan and a team of other staff members reside in exotic locales. I had fun doing some recipe testing and photography for this issue and am excited to work with the magazine.

You can find Taste & Travel at Chapters stores across Canada. If you're in the Ottawa area, you can also find it at the following stores:

• Pepper Mill in Manotick
• Just Imagine in Manotick
• The Manotick Village Butcher
• Chilly Chiles in Navan
• Domus in Byward Market

Since it sells out quickly, you may want to subscribe so that you won't miss an issue.

A cool new magazine has just hit the market! Taste & Travel International is hot-off-the-press and available at Chapters bookstores across Canada.

Credit for launching this new magazine goes to the publisher, Janet Boileau, who identifies culinary tourism as one of the fastest-growing sectors in the travel industry. Assembling a stellar, international line-up of writers, photographers, cooks, and recipe developers, she has put together a classy, glossy, informative, and inspiring launch issue with close to 100 pages of solid content to inspire those who love to cook, those who have a palate for delectable food, and those who have a passion for travel.

This first issue introduces a feature article on Canada’s Epicurean Inns, written by Anita Stewart who tours Canada’s foremost culinary lodges and interviews the chefs who are creating world-class menus using seasonal local ingredients. From the Rossmount Country Inn in New Brunswick on the east coast of Canada to the Wickanninish Inn in Tofino, B.C. on the west coast of Canada, Stewart has managed to wrestle signature recipes from each one of the chefs which she shares with Taste & Travel readers. This inaugural issue also features the first in a four-part series on seasonal Japanese cooking by Elizabeth Andoh. Throughout the magazine, interwoven with stories of travel, are intriguing, clip-out recipes.


Kudos to Janet Boileau for having the vision to transform the dream of this magazine into a reality. Janet has a Master of Arts in Gastronomy from Le Cordon Bleu, a PhD in culinary history from the University of Adelaide in South Australia, and has a solid background in magazine publishing. She's written articles for and traveled with David Leite from Leite's Culinaria and has befriended many well-known celebrities in the food world.

I am pleased to be part of this inspiring new endeavor as the Food Editor. It was exciting to tackle new recipes and photograph exotic dishes I’d never experimented with before. {I highly recommend buying the issue just for the Enchiladas Suizas on page 80.}


Taste & Travel International sells for $6.95CAD at Chapters stores across Canada and will soon be available internationally. It will be published quarterly. Subscriptions are $25.00 for four issues and can be ordered from: distribution@TasteAndTravelMagazine.com or here. Soon, this magazine will be available internationally through Zinio, a service that transforms print magazines into digital format.

More to Explore:

• Index of Recipes
• Visual Recipe Index