Most of what you see in my videos is made in Canada and the USA, by small producers
It’s important to me to look at how and where products are made. I value locally made, independently owned, and with sustainable materials. I try to find LGBTQ+ and women-owned businesses to support.
Almost everything you see in food media is a choice that was made by the producers. There isn’t much that ends in a video or photo shoot by accident. I think it’s important to use those choices to showcase your values.
I go out of my way to include these products in my videos and photography. These are products I purchased with my own money from the makers and brands I love. My recommendation is to find the local-ish makers within your value system and support them if you can afford to, what they are doing is very hard.
Ceramic
Vicky Makes Things by Vicky Pratt Becker, hand-made in Toronto, ON
Mise bowls, cake stand, bread bowl, mugsNot Work Related by Sarah Hussaini – hand-made in Brooklyn, NY
Mixing bowls, mugs, plantersThree Feet Mudworks by TJ Zafarana– hand-made in Portland, USA
Salt pig, plantersYYY by Merida Anderson, hand-made in Montreal, QC
Mixing bowlsBase Ceramics by Catalina Parra, hand-made in Brooklyn, NY
Cake platesEast Fork Pottery, ethically mass produced in Asheville, NC
Dinner plates
The items listed are what I feature in my videos from these vendors, not their full scope of work.
Wood
The Woodsman’s Daughter by Krista Ross, hand-made in Toronto, ON
Wooden spoons, wooden serving plattersCassandra Book, hand-made in Hamilton, ON
Carved wooden bowlsStudioInko, by Rose, hand-made in Mill-Valley, CA
Toast Coasters, Toast Cutting Board
Metal
KNIFE, Toronto, ON
Made in Japan knives, carbon steel pans, and cutting boardsOld Faithful Shop, Vancouver, BC
Made in Japan pots and pans
Art
Molly Reeder, Richmond, VA
The big beans printSteven Restagno, Tavistock, ON
The big gay art: Blindfold III (The Kiss)Miles Stemp, San Francisco, CA
Burnt All The Way Through
Imagine Having Confidence
Everything/NothingEthel Voronkova, Brantford, ON
Nothing But Silence (which ironically is beside my coffee grinder and flour mill)Sami Tsang, Toronto, ON
My inner fat kid plate
Clothes
Outclass – Made in Toronto, ON
18Waits – Made in Toronto, ON
Anian – Made in Vancouver, BC from recycled cotton and recycled wool
Reigning Champ – Made in Vancouver, BC
Province of Canada – Made in Toronto, ON
Outlier – Made in Manhattan, NY
Gitman Vintage – Made in Lafayette, TN
If you are a maker and have work you think I would like, I’d love to see it – but don’t send gifts or free products. I will return them. Please email me instead. If you are a brand, I only buy products made in countries where women have rights and I’m allowed to get married*.
*The exception to this is Japan, as I bought most of my made in Japan items before realizing that gay marriage is illegal. The more you know 🌈