About Us
Ours is a story that always begins around a table — wherever life has taken us.
We grew up in Ontario, where family meals stretched long and neighbours stayed for dessert. London, England opened our world, as years of travel through opera carried us across continents — each city leaving its flavour, each kitchen its story. A decade out west added mountains and ocean to the menu; returning to Ontario brought us back to grandparents, Sunday roasts, and home.
When the world paused during COVID, our house became a community centre — Friday dinners for friends, Wednesday lunches for colleagues, and big Sunday family meals. The table kept growing. We cooked the way we were raised: healthy, generous, and sensible — meals that didn’t cost a lot, stretched to feed many, and made everyone feel cared for.
Our four children have grown up in that rhythm of shared plates and second helpings: Emma (19, a track athlete), William (21, a mountain biker), George (our multi-sport spark and cross-country champ), and little Kate (newly in love with tennis). There’s always music in the kitchen, a loaf in the oven, and room for one more chair.
From Ontario to London, across Canada’s West, and now Africa, our table has travelled with us — a place where friendship begins, stories are shared, and simple, wholesome food turns a house into a home.
Our Why
We believe a great meal can change the temperature of a room — that food, wine, and conversation are what bind us. This book is our love letter to that feeling. It’s for the long tables that bring people together, for market vegetables and smart budgets, for recipes that travel well and feed a crowd.
Proudly Canadian
This book celebrates Canadian culture and the food stories that make our country remarkable — from prairie grain and coastal catch to market pies and maple Sundays. Living abroad taught us just how special it is: the quiet kindness, the welcome at the door, the way a potluck turns strangers into friends. Distance made us see Canada more clearly; this book is our way of saying thank you — with recipes that taste like home, wherever you are.
We’ve gathered stories from our journeys — from opera houses and open markets, from friends who became family — to honour a simple truth: good food is love made visible.