Bite into a northern-inspired gourmet burger at Dida's in Earlton

The other day, I received an absolutely lovely email from Lesley Edwards.

She's a listener who lives in Englehart and suggested I check out Dida's, a restaurant in nearby Earlton. Lesley went on to tell me about her favourite burger — the maple sriracha chicken burger — and how they promote local ingredients such as Rocky Ridge Bison and Thornloe Cheese.

After looking at the menu (and some of the pictures!) I decided to take Lesley's advice and called Linda Loranger, the owner of Dida's. She told me how she moved from the corporate world to creating "crazy, weird" gourmet burgers.

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Up North5:33Northern Nosh: Dida's

For this week's edition of Northern Nosh, host Jonathan Pinto spoke with Linda Loranger, owner of Dida's, a gourmet burger restaurant in Earlton.

"Northern Nosh" is a new weekly feature on Up North, CBC Radio One's regional afternoon show for northern Ontario. If you know of a restaurant, bakery or farm you think would make a great story, get in touch! 

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