AWARD WINNING CANADIAN JOURNALIST CAROLYN JARVIS CHATS ABOUT TRUFFLE SALT, GETTING ENOUGH GREENS AND EATING HEALTHY ON THE ROAD.
Occupation: Chief Correspondent of Global News’ national current affairs show, 16×9.
What’s your secret food vice? Is a gin martini a food group? I’m pretty good about food vices. However, if there’s one guilty pleasure, it’s an adult beverage to cap off a hard week at work.
What is your number one comfort food? Hot and sour soup – as soon as I get sick, it’s the only thing I want.
What is your biggest food challenge? Eating enough greens while on the road. It can be tricky to find fresh fruits and vegetables when shooting in remote locations.
What keeps you eating a balanced diet? Food is fuel. If I want my body to work long hours I have make sure it has the nutrients to keep my energy up.
What must you always have in your fridge? Fresh veggies. If they’re locally sourced and organic, all the better. My top three are avocado, spinach and tomatoes.
What are some of your go-to meals? I eat a lot of sushi, homemade soups and omelettes.
Strangest food you’ve tried? If you ask my partner Bill, most of the food I eat is “strange” by his standards!
What’s your favourite food to eat in the summer? I’m all about green smoothies to kick off my day.
What is your favourite meal to make for guests in your home? Bill and I make a very tasty branzino, baked in a salt crust that is incredibly moist and a surefire crowd pleaser.
What is your favourite ingredient to cook with? Truffle salt just makes life better.
What have you been busy with over the last year? This past year has been a whirlwind. I just got back from an assignment in the Rockies where we bombed avalanches. A month before I spent 10 days chronicling and investigating the lives of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect in Ontario, and earlier in the year I was investigating the murder of a Canadian man in Puerto Rico. There’s never a dull moment!
What’s next for you? Hopefully a little down time with the family and some creative nurturing as we look ahead to season seven on 16×9 and a new roster of blockbuster stories.
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