Kitchen Confession Podcast

Between work, school, sports, and clubs, figuring out what to put on the table is enough to make anyone want to curl into a ball. Registered Dietitian and lifestyle blogger, Tori Wesszer returns to the show to tell us about Fraiche Table, her answer to the dreaded question "what's for dinner?". Plus, we talk about raising kids to keep healthy habits without villainizing junk food.

TV cooking expert and taste-maker, Vijaya Selvaraju, is all about sparking excitement in the kitchen and connecting with people who love food! She enjoys long strolls down the grocery aisle with her husband as they scour stores for new and exciting ingredients to try! Vijaya pulls back the curtain on food media production and tells us how Tik Tok is making waves in the industry.

Celebrity chef, restaurateur, TV host, and author Roger Mooking has done it all! At home, Roger's kitchen is his playground, never cooking the same dish twice. He shares a little about his many experiments, including grilled grapes! Plus, despite industry challenges, business owners should get ready for a big boom, as Chef Mooking forecasts an enthusiastic return to the food scene post-pandemic.

What's going on in the kitchens behind Kitchen Confession? We flip the script for another catch up episode with the producers of the show, Mary and Matt!

After her family moved to a vegan lifestyle in 2017, Izabela "Cake Mama" De Paz found herself competing with her own reputation. She spent months reformulating recipes that could stand up to her old repertoire of fabulous treats and landed smack dab in the midst of a burgeoning plant based movement, where she found popularity among herbivores and omnivores alike. Izabela shares some of her baking...

Lance Johnson is a fellow podcaster and foodie friend. He lives with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease, and started the See-Through Podcast during the pandemic to make friends with other folks with RP, like me! He loves learning about people's creative adaptations so we chat all kinds of kitchen hacks as we learn about his food journey, and cooking at home with a sighted sous-chef!

Building healthy new habits can be tough. Strength and conditioning coach Angela Furfaro says you need a powerful motivator and an activity you actually enjoy! Her program, LIFT Academy, is all about equipping women with the confidence, consistency and right fuel for their fitness.

Claire Tansey has always thought of herself as a teacher first. In her new book, "Dinner Uncomplicated," she sets out to prove that cooking doesn't need to be difficult to be delicious. Culinary training, fancy appliances, or expensive ingredients are not the key to a worthwhile dinner. Instead, Claire explores every possible shortcut to put fantastic food within your reach. We talk about her time...

After years of grilling guests, these two finally get a taste of their own cooking! To kick off the new year we serve up a double scoop of kitchen confessions from the creators of the show as host Mary Mammoliti and producer / editor Matt Agnew chat about their own kitchen journeys and take us behind the scenes of the podcast.

Rich Francis had never cooked much before leaving a career in carpentry and ironwork to apply to Stratford Chefs school. Now, he works to challenge food tourism's idea of indigenous food like bannock and indian tacos. Leaving the commercial kitchen behind and pushing past traumatic colonial influence, Rich wants to bring a 'sexy' flair to indigenous fusion prepared in the elements.

For graphic designer Aldo Fierro, cookbooks can be a tough project. "You gotta have the good food shots. People eat with their eyes but I don't even cook with my eyes!" While his whirlwind cooking style may leave spatters on the ceiling, it always leads to a great tasting, if somewhat unsightly supper.

Natalie Minnema and Sarina Cormier are the minds behind Two Canes Consulting. As restaurants and other shops across the country struggle for customers, Natalie and Sarina are showing people how accessibility and inclusion are good for business! We dish on some clever design features in Sarina's new kitchen makeover and a few of their most cherished food memories!

YouTube is an awesome place to spark creativity, learn and teach new skills, and of course find plenty of great recipes! YouTuber Sam Seavey started his channel, The Blind Life, in 2013 to document his life with Stargardt's disease and share tips and how-to videos with the blind and low vision community. We find out about the different products Sam reviews and what he'd put in an assistive technol...

We're joining the AMI-audio podcast family! AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. We're super excited to introduce this audience to food industry experts, pro and home chefs, plus all our favorite foodie finds! You can find new episodes every other Wednesday at ami.ca/kitchenconfession So what do you have to do? No...

As the "Wife of a Grocer" Candra Reynolds is always discovering amazing new products and brands. She says it can be tough for entrepreneurs to find the perfect intersection of good products, packaging, and marketing to break into the food space. That's why she puts together the Curated Kitchen Box, stuffed with all her favourite seasonal finds to put the spotlight on brands that are rocking the fo...

Who qualifies as a chef? Does it take restaurant experience or a Red Seal certification? Andrea Buckett recalls years of catering, teaching, and recipe development and feels she's earned her stripes! She's inspired by a broad flavour palate born of the multi-cultural Toronto food scene and shares her top tips for boredom busting meals.

A little compilation of cautionary tales for from our Kitchen Confession-ers for your Thanksgiving prep!

Georgio Taverniti has been rolling pizzas for so long he doesn't even bother to keep count anymore! His family owns Frank's Pizza House and he shares his experience running one of Toronto's oldest pizza joints. We talk about how COVID-19 has impacted his business and a unique way for restauranteurs to step up for their communities throughout the pandemic.

Georgio Taverniti has been rolling pizzas for so long he doesn't even bother to keep count anymore! His family owns Frank's Pizza House and he shares his experience running one of Toronto's oldest pizza joints. We talk about how COVID-19 has impacted his business and a unique way for restauranteurs to step up for their communities throughout the pandemic.

Agricultural Marketing Specialist Nicole Marenick says that Food Freedom Day is a touch point for how we value food in Canada. We talk about food sustainability, plus three helpings of kitchen confessions!

Jeanine Donofrio and her husband Jack started their blog "Love and Lemons" in 2011 and its been full steam ahead ever since! Jeanine takes us behind the scenes of their lastest cookbook "Love and Lemons Everyday" that features vibrant, plant forward dishes that pack serious veggie punch!

Bourbon, Scotch, Rye, its all whiskey to me! Kitchen Confession's very own producer and editor, Matt Agnew stops by to share his approach to the diverse world of whiskey.

Today I'm taking with Kelly Carter from My Organic Heart. She is a certified nutritional practitioner and online nutritional coach. She started My Organic Heart to educate and motivate people to take control of their health through diet. Today she's going to help us navigate the world of diets, detox, and all the buzzwords therein!