Jodi Rice

I am writing a book that is about the farmers of South Western Ontario. It will be more than a recipe book, including their stories and their food.

The purpose of this book is to wake people up to the fact that we have so much locally to offer and to the overall benefit of eating locally all year round.

I use local in-season ingredients whenever possible for my clients. I have sourced out local beef, poultry and pork products. I talk to farmers to find out when certain products will be coming into the market and create my client menus accordingly. I educate my clients about the reason I use local in-season produce in my menus and they look forward with great anticipation to the variety of each season.