By: Emily Mathieu Staff Reporter
Dec 2009
It's merrier when someone else cooks
Massive amounts of food are an integral part of any holiday celebration, but not everyone has the time or training to pull off a culinary masterpiece. Fortunately, there are trained professionals ready and willing to take last-minute orders for holiday meals, no matter what flavour or fashion you choose to celebrate... Read the full story
By Judy Creighton (CP)
Feb 2010
Chef to demonstrate ‘island dishes’ at festival honouring Black History Month
Chef La-toya Fagon loves to prepare Italian cuisine, but Caribbean food is a close second. Born in Canada of Jamaican descent, the 30-year-old grew up eating “island foods,” so she didn’t truly appreciate that cuisine until recently. “Now I do because it is just so simple,” she says. “The ingredients are very basic and it is extremely flavourful and quite healthy if cooked properly – it’s peasant food.”...
By Judy Creighton (CP)
Feb 2010
Then 10 years ago, she opened Twist, a Scarborough, Ont., catering firm. It offers all types of catering, including for private and corporate functions, and includes cooking classes. Fagon is taking her food demonstration skills to Kuumba, a Black History Month festival that runs this weekend and again Feb. 13 and 14 at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre... Read the full story
The article was also picked up by In Halifax, Fort Francis, PEI, CBC, Novia Scotia, Jamaica Today and The Telegram.
