The filmmaker Mads K. Baekkevold discusses his debut feature having its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival, a film looking at the life, work and identity of chef Hidekazu Tojo, The Chef and the Daruma, with Joseph Planta.

The writer Lindy Mechefske talks about her new book Walk, Eat, Repeat: Culinary Adventures on the Camino de Santiago (Goose Lane Editions, 2024), with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Rachel Epstein discusses her new documentary The Anarchist Lunch, playing at DOXA this week, with Joseph Planta.

The bestselling author and popular food personality Candice Hutchings discusses her recent book The Edgy Veg Easy Eats (Robert Rose, 2022), with Joseph Planta.

The award-winning writer and food journalist David Joachim discusses the third edition of his bestselling The Food Substitutions Bible: 8,000 Substitutions for Ingredients, Equipment & Techniques (Robert Rose, 2022), with Joseph Planta.

The award-winning food and travel writer Sylvie Bigar discusses her new memoir Cassoulet Confessions: Food, France, Family and the Stew That Saved My Soul (Hardie Grant Books, 2022), with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Joella Cabalu discusses the new film she’s directed, Koto: The Last Service, that debuts at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021); the film documents the closing of a longtime Campbell River Japanese restaurant, its family at the heart of the film, and the community around it, with Joseph Planta.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Michael Moss discusses his new book Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions (Signal, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

The chef and activist Joshna Maharaj discusses her new book Take Back the Tray: Revolutionizing Food in Hospitals, Schools, and Other Institutions (ECW Press, 2020), with Joseph Planta.

The journalist Ann Hui, of the Globe and Mail, discusses her new book Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants