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Marion Kane: FOOD SLEUTH
Writer, broadcaster, cook. A veteran, authoritative, witty storyteller who concocts delectable stories around food.



Sleuthing La Poutine

Marion sleuths the origin of poutine: when, where and by whom this famous, and increasingly popular, Quebecois fast food was invented.

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Marion Discusses the Origins of Poutine
with Jian Ghomeshi on Q (CBC Radio One)
September 16, 2008

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Read Marion's Blog. In it, she shares weird and wonderful food finds, tasty tales of restaurant menus and meals, easy recipes that produce delicious results, and all manner of goodies gleaned from her culinary sleuthing.

Marion's Latest Book
Dish: Memories, Recipes and Delicious Bites
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A cup of joe.

Who would have thought I am related – albeit distantly – to the “Joe” of that famous culinary phrase.

It all began, as is often the case, almost by accident...

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Marion Kane interviewed and became pals with former Mafia cook Joe "Dogs" Iannuzzi while he was in the witness protection plan. She shared an intimate meal with screen legend Sophia Loren at a small restaurant in Toronto’s Little Italy. She visited the late Julia Child at her Victorian home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the queen of cuisine cooked up a breakfast featuring her famous scrambled eggs. And now, in Dish, Marion has compiled favourite columns about these and other culinary adventures and paired them with her best recipes.

Marion Kane is a leader in the world of food writing, both in Canada and abroad. Her work combines humour, social commentary and a passion for cooking that makes it a toothsome pleasure.

For 18 years, beginning in 1989 and until August, 2007, she wrote about food for Canada's largest newspaper, the Toronto Star. She was the paper's food editor for 11 years, then penned a weekly column called Dish which appeared on weekends and made her Canada's best-read food columnist. Before that, she was food editor for six years at The Toronto Sun.