Find combinations of flavors you love and buy the best quality ingredients you can afford. Your food is only going to be as good as the sum of its parts, like anything else.

I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.

The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.

I would not say I'm an aggressive shopper. I want to be; I aspire to be an aggressive shopper. I am a meek, meek shopper.

Canada is a big part of my life.

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!