London Mexican restaurant Immanuel’s Kitchen uses good food to do good

To Ester Garcia, Immanuel’s Kitchen is a symbol of adversity. Started in 2015 after 30 years of cooking Spanish food, the London pop-up Mexican restaurant has given Garcia a sense of self-worth she’s grappled with her entire life.  

Toronto’s Brazilian Bakery Padaria bakes digital strategy into main street expansion

The weekend after Brazilian bakery Padaria opened in Toronto’s Midtown, a line-up snaked around the block. It was May 2020, the first few months of the pandemic, and Fabiana Del Bianco, who owns the bakery alongside her brother Tiago and business partner Maira Tozzi, had no idea how it would ...

Kingston’s Meals by Mom helps parents plan ahead

Shelley Scott started Meals by Mom nearly a decade ago in Kingston with a simple vision: provide home-cooked meals, just like mom, for people that didn’t have a “mom” around. “So if a kid is off at school and mom is in Vancouver and they're starving students, people would order ...