I spent last weekend in Montreal attending the Omnivore Food Festival. Omnivore is a French organization that hosts culinary festivals in Paris every year, but this year, they decided to go global with a ‘World Tour’ that will visit 12 cities in 2012. The tour, which began back in February in Geneva, includes stops in Copenhagen,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Conferences
Quebec City’s First-Ever FoodCamp: A Delicious and Inspiring Experience
Well, Quebec City has finally had its first major food event. Sure, there are a few tradeshows that take place every year, but we had yet to host a fully fledged conference with chefs, and demos, and tastings, and networking opportunities—and fun! It was called FoodCamp Québec, and it all happened thanks to the determination of one… Continue Reading
On Being a Food Writer in 2012 (or what the IACP conference in New York City taught me)
A little over a week ago, I was sipping one last drink with Nikki in New York, feeling inspired and discouraged in equal measures. Over the course of the previous five days, during the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Annual Conference, I had been fed with incredible amounts of information about the state of… Continue Reading
A Foodie Tour of Salt Lake City {Part 1 of 2}
One of the great things about the Altitude Design Summit, which I attended recently in Salt Lake City, was that it featured activities suited for a wide range of interests, including food. Yay for me! Of course, I signed on to anything remotely food-related in an effort to fulfill the foodie as much as the… Continue Reading
5 {Objective} Reasons Why I Loved Alt Summit
Last week, I attended the Altitude Design Summit, a yearly design and craft blogging conference held at the chic Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Being a graphic designer, design in all its forms is a passion of mine. I follow dozens of design blogs from which I draw inspiration on a daily basis.… Continue Reading