On Tipping, Food Pricing, Michelin and Migrant Workers with Food Journalist Corey Mintz

Corey Mintz is a distinguished food journalist hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has contributed to several prominent publications, such as The New York Times, Eater, and The Globe and Mail, and is the author of The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After. 

In this episode, Corey and I delve into a range of topics, from tipping and restaurant pricing, to the Michelin awards and the role of migrant workers in Canada’s food industry. His extensive expertise, sharp cultural insight and thought-provoking perspectives make for an engaging and lively discussion.

Some of the columns we go over are as follows:

Restaurant Math Isn’t Working - Eater

Feast of riches - The Globe and Mail

‘We are the farmer’s property’: A former migrant worker on his fight for justice - TVO

Michelin removes stars from two Toronto restaurants - blogTO


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