Sarah currently lectures on writing and design in the Centre for Arts, Design and Information Technology at Toronto's George Brown College. She spent five years training online writers at Suite101.com, and is available for seminars  on writing and a range of cultural topics, including culinary and fashion history.

What's new?

• Sarah was shortlisted for Best Series at the 2020 National Magazine Awards: B2B for her four-part profile of the Canadian restaurant industry in Foodservice & Hospitality magazine, which covered the Pacific coast, the Prairies, central Canada and the Atlantic provinces.
• Her  latest book, Jam, Jelly and Marmalade, A Global History, is scheduled to be published in Reaktion Books' Edible Series in Spring 2021.
• Her last book, We Sure Can! How Jams and Pickles are Reviving the Lure and Lore of Local Food, was shortlisted for Taste Canada—The Food Writing Awards in the category "Single-Subject Cookbooks".

Recent Public Appearances

• ​July 2019: An illustrated lecture on Canadian foodways since Confederation to the Elgin and Area Heritage Society in Elgin, Ontario.
• May 2019: Shortlisted for the National Magazine Awards: B2B (Best Series of Articles) for a piece in the Healthy Workplace section of Foodservice and Hospitality, along with Amy Bostock and Chris Powell.
• March 2019: An illustrated lecture titled "Foraging to Food Blogging: A cook's tour of Canadian food history" for the Guelph Chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Guelph, Ontario.
• February 2018: An illustrated "Cook's Tour" of Canadian culinary history for the Brockville Museum.
• January 2018: An illustrated "Cook's Tour" of Canadian culinary history for the Art Gallery of Burlington.
• February 2017: An illustrated talk titled "Confederation and Conserves: The birth of Canada and the birth of commercial canning"  for the Culinary Historians of Canada's Mad for Marmalade, Crazy for Citrus event at Fort York.
• October 2016: "10 Things You Can Do Today
  to Boost Your Web Traffic", a webinar for the CSNN Alumni Association.
• August 2016, 7 p.m.: An illustrated lecture about the Shirriff food company at Parkwood National Historic Site in Oshawa.
• July 2016: "I Hate Writing", a webinar for the CSNN Alumni Association.
• June 2016: Finalist in the Canadian Business Media Awards for "Net Profits", an article about sustainable seafood in the Canadian restaurant that appeared in the November 2015 issue of Foodservice and Hospitality.
• April 2016: Illustrated lecture about the Shirriff food company for the Brampton Historical Society in Brampton.
• February 2016: Illustrated talk titled "Sour Cherry and Bitter Orange: The romance of Persian fruit preserves" for the Culinary Historians of Canada's Mad for Marmalade, Crazy for Citrus event at Fort York.
• February 2016: Illustrated "Cook's Tour" of Canadian culinary history for the Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto Branch.
• October 2015: Guest lecture about freelance writing as a profession to journalism students at Sheridan College.
• March 2015: An illustrated lecture on Francis Shirriff and the Canadian Dinner Table for the Culinary Historians of Canada at Toronto Archives.
• April 2014: An illustrated lecture for the Riverdale Historical Society on Francis Shirriff and the Canadian Dinner Table.
• February 2013: Workshop on prize-winning preserves at the Culinary Historians of Canada's Mad for Marmalade, Crazy for Citrus event at Fort York.
• January 2013: A return appearance at the Epicure's Revue series at the Revue Cinema.
• A panel about writing and publishing for the Toronto Public Library.
• May 2012: A guest appearance at the Epicure's Revue series at the Revue Cinema.
• February 2012: Keynote address at the Culinary Historians of Canada's Mad for Marmalade, Crazy for Citrus event at Fort York.

Sarah has made presentations and appeared on panels for:

• The Canadian Institute
• Brampton Historical Society
• Community Arts Ontario
• The Cookbook Store
• Culinary Historians of Ontario
• Humanitas Festival (City of Toronto)
• Humber College Public Relations Diploma Program
• Markham Fair
• Not Just a Reading Series
• Ontario Cycling Association
• Ontario Genealogical Society
• Revue Cinema
• Riverdale Historical Society
• Savour Stratford Culinary Festival
• Sheridan College Journalism Program
• Toronto Public Library
• Toronto youth employment centre staff
• Word on the Street (Toronto)

Photo by John Hood

Book signing at Mad for Marmalade in February 2012 at Fort York. Photo by Yvonne Tremblay.

Media Appearances

Sarah has extensive broadcast experience; she has hosted and reported for several radio programs, and has frequently hosted or appeared as a guest on such web and radio outlets as:

• "The Arts Report" (reporter), CBC Radio
• "Breakfast Television", Citytv (Toronto)
• "The Christina Chernesky Show", CFRB 1010 FM
• "Metro Morning", CBC Radio
• "Ontario Morning", CBC Radio
• "Stage Left" (host), CKLN 88.1 FM

Cooking & Culinary History

• Ongoing: Animation of the historic kitchen and baking from early 1800s recipes at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• 2017-2018: Historical recipe research for the television series Back in Time for Dinner.
• December 2016 and 2017: Helping lead a workshop on 19th-century baking called "Baking for the Victorian Christmas Table" at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• November 2015, 2016, 2017: Animation of the historic kitchen and baking from early 1800s Christmas recipes for Stir-Up Sunday at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• October 2015: Animation of the historic kitchen and open hearth baking at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• August 2105: Strawberry jam preserving workshop for youth at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• July 2015: Strawberry jam preserving workshop at Pitchfork Company.
• July 2015: Pie pastry workshop at Pitchfork Company.
• May 2015: Cooking and animation for a Jane Austen breakfast at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• January 2015: Cooking and animation for Thursty Thursday, a recreation of an evening at an 1840s inn at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• November 2014: Animation of the historic kitchen and baking from early 1800s Christmas recipes for Stir-Up Sunday at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• March 2014: Cooking and animation for an 1840s-style Ceilidh night at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• January 2014: Cooking and animation for a Jane Austen Twelfth Night dinner at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• January 2014: Animation of the historic kitchen and cooking from early 1800s recipes at Fort York National Historic Site.
• November 2013: Animation of the historic kitchen and baking from early 1800s Christmas recipes for Stir-Up Sunday at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• September 2013: Animation of the historic kitchen and cooking from early 1800s recipes at Fort York National Historic Site.
• June 2013: Animation of the historic kitchen and cooking from early 1800s recipes at Fort York National Historic Site.
• May 2013: Testing of historic pastry recipes using original techniques at Fort York National Historic Site.
• April 2013: Baking from historic recipes in the wood-fired oven at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• May 2013: Testing of historic pastry recipes using original techniques at Fort York National Historic Site.
• April 2013: Baking from historic recipes in the wood-fired oven at Montgomery's Inn community museum.
• September 2012: A workshop at the Savour Stratford Perth County Culinary Festival.
• June 2012: A preserving class for The Cookbook Store.​