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From cheese distributor to chef, members of restaurant industry reveal what life is like one year into COVID-19 pandemic
Toronto Globe and Mail Nancy Matsumoto 4/18/21 Toronto Globe and Mail Nancy Matsumoto 4/18/21

From cheese distributor to chef, members of restaurant industry reveal what life is like one year into COVID-19 pandemic

A sampling of voices from across the restaurant supply chain reveals how the pandemic has altered lives, laying bare both the inequities and strengths of the Canadian restaurant ecosystem.

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Air Canada En Route Nancy Matsumoto 9/25/20 Air Canada En Route Nancy Matsumoto 9/25/20

8 Things to Love About Canada’s Restaurant Comeback

“There are probably 600 or 700 small organic farms throughout the province that are highly resilient,” says Fortier. “If the whole [food] chain breaks – and I don’t think this is the last time that will happen – these farms are there to feed local villages. To me, this is a really good first step.”

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After Years Of Violence, Chef Offers Colombian Farmers Pride And Profit
NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 3/19/18 NPR/The Salt Nancy Matsumoto 3/19/18

After Years Of Violence, Chef Offers Colombian Farmers Pride And Profit

Columbian chef Leonor Espinosa has made it her mission to revive traditional agriculture, ancestral foodways and culinary know-how among rural, mainly indigenous and Afro-Colombian people.

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DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 11/5/15 DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 11/5/15

Bon Yagi: Emperor of New York's Japanese East Village, Part 1

Profile of the entrepreneur who has, over the past 30 years, shaped the East Village's Japan Town.

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DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 11/5/15 DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 11/5/15

Bon Yagi: Emperor of New York's Japanese East Village - Part 2

Profile of the entrepreneur who has, over the past 30 years, shaped the East Village's Japan Town.

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Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 10/30/15 Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 10/30/15

Farming to Table: Adding 'Farmer" to a Chef's Resume

How Green Table’s Mary Cleaver and her husband Ashley Hollister are working a farm into their sustainable restaurant and catering business.

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 6/11/15 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 6/11/15

Mark Amadei's Country Mile of Luxury

The New York restaurateur and real-estate adviser has restored a 1774 Bucks County, Pa., estate and filled it with art

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Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 4/30/14 Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 4/30/14

Liquid Assets: At Rouge Tomate, “Healthful Cocktails” Are Not an Oxymoron

Dynamo sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier also oversees the produce-centric bar program at Rouge Tomate

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Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 1/5/14 Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 1/5/14

Czech, Please

All about Hospoda, the Upper East Side beer-centric restaurant

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Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 7/4/13 Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 7/4/13

Pedal to the Nettle

Cargo bikes and bicycle rickshaws are the eco-aware New York City chef's best friend.

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Where Guestbook New York Nancy Matsumoto 12/1/12 Where Guestbook New York Nancy Matsumoto 12/1/12

Raising the Culinary Bar

I check out the rise of the gastropub and its elevating influence on food and drink in NYC.

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Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 11/27/12 Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 11/27/12

Profile: Amanda Cohen

A vegetarian chef who can make you forget about meat altogether.

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Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 11/7/12 Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 11/7/12

Author, Owner: Noah and Rae Bernamoff

My profile on the owners of a hit Montreal-style deli with restaurants in two boroughs.

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Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/17/12 Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/17/12

Baked Sesame Tofu

Review of Jiki Miyazawa, Kyoto

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Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/16/12 Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/16/12

Black Bean Ice Cream

Review of Nihonbashi Yukari, Tokyo

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Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/15/12 Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/15/12

Lobster and Sea Urchin Spaghetti

Review of code kurkku

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Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/12/12 Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/12/12

Oysters of the Forest

Review of Les Creations de Narisawa, Tokyo

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Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/4/12 Cravings Nancy Matsumoto 5/4/12

Owner: Donna Lennard

The woman behind Soho's Il Buco, Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 4/28/12 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 4/28/12

Restaurants Steer in Same Direction

On the popularity of whole-animal butchering among New York City chefs.

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Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 3/5/12 Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 3/5/12

The Nanny Diaries

My Edible Manhattan profile on the pioneering Hudson Valley artisanal goat cheese dairy, Coach Farm.

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Nancy Matsumoto is a writer and editor based in Toronto and New York City.