Bottle Caps, Edible Wax Lips, Nerds, Runts, Laffy Taffy. Sweet tooth or not, it seems that there is no denying that candy, and in particular retro candies, are having a moment, food columnist Andrew Coppolino writes.

Black-owned businesses are very much a part of the food scene in Waterloo region, and increasingly are making a bigger impact.

Wilfrid Laurier University’s Women Entrepreneurship Centre is offering an online course in conjunction with the Food Venture Program. The 12 week program is designed to help women entrepreneurs take their food-product prototypes to distribution markets like grocery stores.

Thanksgiving weekend is here and if a full, traditional turkey dinner is on the menu, CBC K-W's food columnist Andrew Coppolino has some helpful tips to make the cooking easier.

Waterloo region is home to some of the best flavours. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino went on a journey throughout the region for a small sampling of some of the best foods and snacks available.

Local restaurants continue to face a number of shortages, from saltine crackers to bamboo cocktail skewers. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino looks at how local restaurants and food service companies are making due.

More than a decade ago, hot dog carts were much more visible around Waterloo region. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino takes a look at who is operating hot dog carts now and what they're doing to entice customers, from classic street meat to gluten-free buns and halal and organic options.

Food columnist Andrew Coppolino hears from local chefs about their favourite summer dishes, and samples what's on offer to eat and drink during hot days and nights.

Local strawberries are in their annual peak. Although You-Pick farms are just about picked over, summer markets and store shelves still carry the popular berry. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino looked under the leaf to find out what's involved in growing them.

Spice up your Canada Day menu with dishes from local restaurants, such as empanadas, tacos and Brazilian poutine, writes food columnist Andrew Coppolino.

After proving reusable takeout containers can work in restaurants, Guelph, Ont.-based Friendlier is expanding to a grocery store pilot project.

It's Father's Day this weekend and food columnist Andrew Coppolino has collected a number of special meals or events in and around Waterloo region where people can take their dad(s) to celebrate.

Local chef and activist Teneile Warren recently walked through the vendors at the Kitchener Market with food columnist Andrew Coppolino to talk about Juneteenth, the history of dishes and why cuts of beef aren't universal around the world.

Food columnist Andrew Coppolino visited a community garden in St. Jacobs that is already producing food this spring and where many volunteers have gathered to grow fruits and vegetables for themselves and others.

Food columnist Andrew Coppolino recently visited Ammar Halal Meats in Kitchener with Jawad Ghabra, a chef and co-owner of Shawerma Plus in Waterloo, to talk about the feast that will break the fast of Ramadan at Eid al-Fitr.

It slices, it dices and it melts. But is it cheese? University of Guelph researchers are working on a non-dairy "cheese analogue" that they think is more nutritious and better for cooking than many plant-based cheese products currently on the market.

April, and the start of spring, mark many holidays in various religions. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino looks at the various traditional sweet treats available around Waterloo region at this time of year.

Food columnist Andrew Coppolino sat down with Cambridge-based chef, culinary instructor and broadcaster Jasjit Kaur to talk about the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi, which takes place in April. They talked about popular dishes and Kaur shared a recipe for a rice pudding dish called kheer.

April is Canada's first Filipino Restaurant Month. Food columnist Andrew Coppolino takes a tour of restaurants and caterers bringing this Pacific cuisine to your palate and your plate.

What was once a niche food found only in specialty stores has become more widely popular in the last several years. Tempeh, a fermented soybean cake, is now found in mainstream grocery stores across the country with homegrown Henry's Tempeh leading the pack, food columnist Andrew Coppolino writes.

At the corner of Water and Victoria streets in Kitchener, A to Z Grocery may fly under the radar when people look for Caribbean food in the region, but chef Winston Lewis shows all it has to offer by giving food columnist Andrew Coppolino a tour.