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Little Bites: Tastes from Isolation cookbook is alive Taste Detours began working on this book in mid-March 2020 when COVID stunned us all into a radical change of lifestyle — of living — and in our case, a 100% shut down of tours. By mid-April, we had signed on with Jenna Kessler to illustrate the cookbook, and the…

Little Bites: Tastes from Isolation

Through this #IsoCookbook, we’ve attempted to continue a conversation similar to one we’d be having together across a table on our tours. We gain a bit of insight into who these people are, and why they chose a particular recipe to represent themselves. This is our chance to hear their stories. To download these recipes…

Recipe: The Conscious Kitchen

Our mission is to create a community-based hub that connects people who care about where their food’s coming from, who’s growing and making it, and how it’s impacting the planet. We want to change the food system for the better, and that starts with making sustainable food more accessible and easy for consumers to access. GUELPH

Recipe: Guelph Caribbean Cuisine

A true taste of Trinidadian street food — doubles, traditionally made Roti and curry with their own special blend of fresh seasonings and pepper sauce. Everything is made in house. GUELPH

Recipes: [RE]Fresh Juice Co. + Shannon Doherty

We know first-hand that great food brings people together. As life-long friends, we’ve always bonded over our shared passions for cooking and health, and our drive to share the value of healthy eating with our families. Cold pressed | 100% Organic | Never hpp’d | Always in glassGUELPH At [RE]Fresh we use only the highest…

Recipes: The Friendly Society + Polestar Hearth

…a romantic night out with classy cocktails, and a stunning river view. Since opening in July 2019, The Friendly Society has quickly established itself as a destination in Elora. ELORA Polestar Hearth makes good bread right in the heart of Guelph, Ontario GUELPH

Recipes: Chef Scotty + Bin 23 Restaurant

When you get a chance to see Chef Scotty, always remember his tag line… “What Love Tastes Like” GUELPH Bin 23 offers a unique dining experience with a seasonal menu options from locally sourced farms, bakery’s, grocers & distributors as well as daily features and desserts all made in-house. GUELPH

Recipe: Eric the Baker

It’s as if Eric and Paula have been on Carden Street for decades — like dear old friends who make you the best food. When they take time off there are nose prints on the windows from all of us willing them back.

Recipe: Elora Mercantile

A visit to Elora Mercantile is like opening the door to a secret trove of treasures. Made by Patti or Michèle or a local artisan, EMs products have been sourced with care for the producer, the consumer and the environment top-of-mind.

Recipes: Retour Bistro + Tithorea

Today’s recipe pairings offer you tastes of both Lebanon and Greece. From Retour Bistro in Guelph, a Mouttabal, and from Tithorea in Rockwood, Spanakopitakia.

Recipe: Na-Ha-Thai’s Kitchen

The taste of Thai food comes mainly from a wide range of ingredients. The blending of spices & herbs, fresh vegetables, variety of meats, coconut milk, fish sauce, soy sauce, palm sugar, and curry paste which vary from region to region contributes to the harmonious tastes unique to each dish. GUELPH

Local restaurants collaborate for free online cookbook

Little Bites: Tastes from Isolation was created in an effort to help local restaurants share their food and Taste Detours tell their stories. While many are polishing their cooking skills during the lockdown, Taste Detours is releasing recipes from restaurants across Guelph, Elora and Wellington County for free. Taste Detours founder Lynn Broughton’s initiative Little Bites:…

Recipes: Elora Bread Trading Co. + Diana Downtown

We visit Elora for some seedy sourdough that harnesses the power of local ingredients, and then to Guelph, where family traditions that began in Pakistan flavour this Aloo Gobi.

Recipes: Gin Mill Guelph + Exhibition Stadium at Creelman Hall UofG

A cocktail from Gin Mill Guelph that’s the Bees Knees, and a mouth-watering Lamb Burger from Exhibition Stadium at Creelman Hall, U of Guelph

Recipes: Miijidaa Café & Bistro

A Cool as a Cucumber Cocktail and a modern spin on a traditional French-Canadian Tourtière. Two recipes that feature Miijidaa Cafe & Bistro’s favourite things: Canadian ingredients that honour our northern gastronomic history

Recipes: Atmosphere Cafe + The Olive Experience

Chef Shawn of Atmosphere Café + etc. has offered his popular Braised Lamb Shanks recipe and The Olive Experience shows us how to use some of their oils and balsamics with Chipotle Lime Roasted Cauliflower Bites

Little Bites: Tastes from Isolation

A free virtual cookbook featuring food-people and restaurants from throughout Wellington County, Ontario. We’ll roll out submitted recipe pages two at a time throughout May and into June. These downloadable *pairings* will continue until the book is complete and housed online here for you to access as a whole towards the beginning of June 2020. All art and layout by Jenna Kessler jennakessler.com