This week on Chefs Without Restaurants we have Christine Flynn, the proprietor of The Good Earth Winery (https://goodearthfoodandwine.com/) in Ontario, Canada, and executive chef and partner at iQ Food Co (https://www.iqfoodco.com/) . She recently released her second cookbook, "A Generous Meal." (https://amzn.to/3FJkdER)
We talk about her culinary background, including her early love of food and cooking, and how her parents' three-bite rule helped her develop her palate. We discuss her cooking style, which she describes as elevated home cooking that is both approachable and affordable. Christine believes that everyone deserves to eat beautiful food, and the recipes in her book are both flavor-packed and easy to execute.
She discusses her love for creating a beautiful life and how making food and clothes are part of that. Flynn finds inspiration from design, cozy aesthetics, places she’s been, music, and art. Christine discusses her approach to sustainability and cooking. Her expertise in using leftovers to create different meals is something she takes pride in and wants to teach others to do. She emphasizes that her approach is all about having fun and being creative.
Christine was also behind the viral Instagram account Jacques La Merde (https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/who-is-jacques-la-merde-instagram) in 2015 & 2016. Jacques was known for his overly-worked and tweezered creations. They were elaborated interpretations of junk food. Think…the Michelin version of a Big Mac. While she had fun with it, she’s left her Jacques days behind her, focusing more on family cooking these days.
CHRISTINE FLYNN
Christine's Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/christineanneflynn/)
Buy the Cookbook A Generous Meal
(https://amzn.to/3FJkdER) Christine's Recipe for Eggplant Parmesan (https://www.sweetpotatomag.ca/recipes/eggplant-parmesan)
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