Irena Forbes, RD

Let’s Taste Canada

Health EN ↓ 42 episodes

Let’s Taste Canada is a tasty food adventure. We are travelling around to explore, celebrate, laugh, and learn about food. Please make yourself at home as if you’ve just come over for dinner, or having a chat in the backyard – I’d love to introduce you to everyone. Let’s be curious about - what is our relationship to food?

Author

Irena Forbes, RD

Category

Health

Podcast website

letstastecanada.ca

Latest episode

Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

Julie Aubé: Dietetiste-Nutritionniste, auteure, fermiere et communicatrice 01.07.2026

https://julieaube.com/a-propos-de-julie/ Comme son site:  "Nutritionniste, auteure, fermière et communicatrice sur l’alimentation de proximité. Pour le plaisir de cuisiner, bien manger et voyager gourmandement!" Je m'excuse pour le franglais Julie Aubé est un diététiste et communicatrice et aimer la gourmande. Julie a beaucoup plus ici pour le site . Couramment elle dis qu’elle est la nutritionnis...

Margo Riebe-Butt: Nourish Nova Scotia 24.06.2026

Please listen in for Margo Riebe-Butt. Please see their website https://nourishleadership.ca/about/ for more about them!  https://nourishleadership.ca/knowledge-hub/   --- Please see letstastecanada.ca/podcast for full podcasts. Please see letstastecanada.ca for blog Thank you! Irena

Jill and Rachel Part 3 19.06.2026

The two hour podcast was split into three - could you please let me know how this works for you?? Would love to hear more. Please feel free to comment on the blog! www.letstastecanada.ca   Thank you! Irena

Jill Van Horne and Rachel Scoville: Part 2 Provincial Network 10.06.2026

Jill and Rachel speak to their community experience to work together on food. It was a huge privilege to listen to both of them! Part 2 - excuse the error! This podcast not for little ears and please note the privilege of listening to the courage of someone's story in Part 1 and 2 - if you are navigating a relationship with food - it may be challenging to hear - however the majority is about posit...

Jill Van Horne and Rachel Scoville: New Brunswick Network 03.06.2026

Jill and Rachel speak to their community experience to work together on food. It was a huge privilege to listen to both of them! Here is Part 1.  This podcast not for little ears and please note the privilege of listening to the courage of someone's story - if you are navigating a relationship with food - it may be challenging to hear - however the majority is about positive relationships to food,...

Mini - Clinical Intro to think 27.05.2026

Hello - please see a mini introduction mostly on clinical practical advice and the challenge of overcoming my extreme privacy wishes in releasing the podcasts - the other discussion. As well as to consider some questions. Also yes - I eat doughnuts.  Mostly life has humbled me over and over so these podcasts are an offering - there is always more to learn - the point was to learn as well (watch th...

Max - and joined by Alex 24.05.2026

Please listen in to Max (and Alex podcast to find out a bit more)  See previous podcasts: Max's short version here: https://www.letstastecanada.ca/max-oyster-farmer/ Please see letstastecanada.ca/podcast for full podcasts. Please see letstastecanada.ca for blog Thank you!

Mike Upstreet Part 2 13.05.2026

Please see Letstastecanada.ca for the blog release with a bit more about Mike. This is Part 2 so please listen in to Part 1 https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-8b9pj-1ab8053 if you wish first.  This podcast explains a bit more about food and drink philosophy. Hope you enjoy!  Irena

Mike Upstreet Part 1 06.05.2026

Please listen in to Mike's podcast to find out a bit more. There is a second portion next week! Please see letstastecanada.ca/podcast for full podcasts. Please see letstastecanada.ca for blog Thank you!

Diana Bronson: While at food Secure Canada 29.04.2026

Speaks to her interests in advocacy, that she enjoys cooking and a large network of people hoping for a new vision for Canada. The podcast completes many concepts including how to create events that are very inclusive, how to eat, speaking to hunger as part of food insecurity, health care costs being high for food insecure individuals. Note there are time specific notes here which were not as rela...

Matthew Bouchard: The Yellow Door 15.04.2026

At the time of the interview, Matthew Bouchard was the executive director at The Yellow Door/La Porte Jaune. Growing up in Montreal with parents of different strong nationalities affected his approach to food.  Please do take a look at the https://www.letstastecanada.ca/matthew-bouchard-yellow-door/ Thank you for listening!

Max: Oyster Farmer 10.04.2026

If you are interested in a short and fun podcast - before we had to move due to the massive thunderstorm please take a listen. Max is very pleased to be an oyster farmer. After some hilarity and much laughter throughout the interview - I appreciated how excited he became about food. Play the podcast on any platform or listen direct on the site https://www.letstastecanada.ca/max-oyster-farmer/  - n...

Chef Alex Haun 01.04.2026

Alex speaks about his interest in food as a chef, his work, and how he cares about his herb garden, – I appreciated his interview immensely so I hope you enjoy and appreciate a very real conversation with an exceptionally talented chef. More of how real the conversation was so appreciated – I chose to leave it almost all in - so I hope this interview showcases his experience properly! It was a lot...

Cornel Ceape: Researcher, and Fisher 25.03.2026

https://www.acadian-sturgeon.com/our-story/ Cornel is extremely well educated with his PhD, he is very well spoken at a fast pace! I loved how he spoke off the cuff, and very intelligently. Which was a delight. He speaks about upbringing on the countryside in Romania – proudly - and learning from his family and an important relationship with his professor who was 80 when he started his PhD! Take a...

P. Williams: Dietitian and Instructor 18.03.2026

Dr. P. Williams Patty Williams is a Professor at Mount Saint Vincent University, Director at Food Action Research Centre, for food security and policy change. Dr. Patty Williams is one of the most brilliant humans. Do not be fooled by her easy way of speaking as she knows her stuff! It is one of my favourite things about her. There is a resiliency to how she sees people and completes her work. She...

Kim: Fisher 11.03.2026

Kim speaks positively about her experience breaking barriers of being a woman and the limits of being able to go on a boat – tune in to hear all about how many boats she has! See site and look for blog at letstastecanada.ca for more comments!

Liz DaSilva: Dietitian 04.03.2026

Listening in to this podcast it was fascinating as someone who I have spoken to quite a bit over the years there was still so much to learn from her as she shared her life story.  To anyone who knew Liz - she mentions living with serious illness in the podcast and she is no longer with us. I want to specifically honour any grief this may bring for someone - and - my hope is it truly brings as Liz...

Dr. Catherine Morley: Dietitian, Educator, Artist 25.02.2026

Dr. Cath Morley is at Acadia University, NS and has lived all over the country. With significant hands on life career experience which comes across in the interview with multiple different aspects of dietetics and nutrition. Learn more about how a varied and diverse background - can support an inclusive experience - see site here for bio - including a focus in discussing caregiver needs as part of...

Valerie: Professor - PROOF 18.02.2026

Valerie speaks about food access as a Professor and focusing on facts, and data with infographics from her communication via PROOF. She is well spoken - but also is direct about complex topics. Be ready to hear about food, cost, pricing, and the challenging decisions people make when it is hard to acquire food. ----- “Food… is not something everyone has access to in ways that they should… it is a...

Paul Taylor 11.02.2026

Paul Taylor who is currently a lecturer at Simon Fraser University. The interview was during his time at FoodShare Toronto. His profile is significant including having chaired the development of BC's Poverty Reduction Strategy  - which he actually mentions in the podcast as needing to be done, demonstrating his interest in action.  See more on letstastecanada.ca for Paul's blog and quotes!

Chad DuPlessie 04.02.2026

Chad has a considerate tone - a way of speaking of how to bring everyone to the same table celebrating incredible food - he speaks about how global food improves access for everyone, and also the importance of local farmers who work hard - plus the feelings of celebrating together.  At the time, he was working with an Indigenous community creatively to improve.  Take a listen to someone who has do...

Tom: Cocktails & Coffee: Port City Royal & Rogue Coffee interview while at Picaroons 02.02.2026

Check out Letstastecanada.ca/podcast - for all of the latest ones Check out Letstastecanada.ca - each interview and podcast has its own blogpost with my favourite quotes!  Hope you enjoy! and Happy Tasting! Irena ----------- An incredible server/bartender can make such a difference along with impeccable food to create an impeccable dining experience  Tom hosted as a server for an incredible dinner...

Studio East - Owners 28.01.2026

https://www.studioeastfood.ca/ New owners - still wonderful food!  -- Studio East was interviewed with original owners Saronn and Ray share how they love to travel and the many places they have lived including, the importance of food and eating together so that family memories of food naturally come up in conversation and how they have their own shared experience about food.  Saronn's super high e...

Jeff McCourt - Cheese Maker 21.01.2026

Check out the website: www.letstastecanada.ca/podcast for the recent podcast release Check out the blog for the quotes: - I was always kind of taking risks. I remember I asked my mom to buy seafood to make, I wanted to make chowder. And, you know, for me, she kind of, it was one of those iconic PEI food products. We're a dairy rich province here in Canada, in Prince Edward Island specifically, som...

Jon Svazas - Chef 14.01.2026

I've always told new cooks to get the flavor bible because it's sort of an eye-opener on what actually goes with what and why. This Bar Laurel is Spanish tapas, wine bar, lots of cocktails. ⁓ But Fauna is very Canadian, very locally sourced. He used take me out and pick mushrooms so we would make mushroom perogies with wild mushrooms. Because you have great, great wine growing region. You have the...

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