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Diala Canelo's travel-inspired recipes are so popular that selections from her blog, Diala’s Kitchen, are being published as a cookbook this August. This salad marries two favourite ingredients: Niagara-region produce and fresh, southern Italian burrata.

Aimée Bourque, the blogger behind the aptly named Simple Bites, has adapted a classic Niçoise salad to feature the seafood bounty of coastal Nova Scotia.

Jennifer Pallian's blog, Foodess, puts Pallian’s food science expertise to delicious use. Case in point: her simple, unintimidating approach to a classic fried doughnut.

Based in Calgary, cookbook author and columnist Julie Van Rosendaal also shares recipes on her Dinner with Julie blog. Here, bison from the high plains of Alberta is the star of lean, delicious tacos.

On Black Foodie, Eden Hagos covers a rich landscape of African, Caribbean and local foods. Berhan, the brand of East African teff she prefers for this bowl, mills its teff in Barrie, Ont.

The plant-based cooking chronicled on Bri Beaudoin's Evergreen Kitchen blog never feels like a compromise. Case in point: this hearty toast with fungi, a mighty B.C. crop.

Picking wild Saskatoon berries is Renée Kohlman's lifelong summer tradition. This galette from her blog, Sweetsugarbean, showcases their deep colour and nutty flavour.

Whole food cooking is at the heart of Kirsten Buck's site, Buck Naked Kitchen. She loves hemp hearts (a big Manitoba crop!) for nut milks and salads.

Marie Asselin, a Québécoise recipe developer, grew up going to sugar shacks every winter and says that maple syrup runs in her veins. It’s local, abundant and perfect for adapting to all types of sweets.

For my entire life I've had to conform to society in order to succeed. I've become a chameleon. Change will happen when the people in power are no longer afraid to put people of colour in key decision-making roles.

Give your oasis a glow up.

Canadian-made canned wines and ciders for those who aren't into beer, but want something lighter than a cocktail to enjoy during pandemic-required picnics.