Sarah Musgrave is an award-winning freelance writer and editor based in Montreal, interested in how humans and nature relate through food and travel.
Currently working on Travels to the Invisible, a book project with photographer Eamon Mac Mahon.
Where We Go From Here - watching Rome through web cams
Essay for The Walrus online 2020
Obsessively watching live streams of Rome during lockdown puts a new lens on what travel actually is.
Yeast Hunting - Lake Huron, Ontario
On assignment for The Walrus magazine 2019Collaboration with photographer Eamon Mac Mahon: Out in the oak savannah of southern Ontario in search of the unseen, with microbiologist Marc André Lachance, the OG of wild yeasts.
Le Party est dans la ruelle - Montreal, Quebec
At home for Ricardo magazine 2019Hosting a dinner party in a green alley, or ruelle verte — closed to traffic and replanted in a neighbourhood initiative.
Taste for Grain / Le gout du grain - Montreal, Quebec
Moderating conference panel, 2019In conversation with small-scale Los Angeles-area miller Nan Kohler and diversified crop farmer Mai Nguyen, who work with the California Grain Alliance.
Big (and Little) in Japan - Tokyo
On assignment for enRoute magazine 2018A kid’s eye view of Japan’s supernatural side, from familiar anime characters in the Miyazaki museum in the city to real flying squirrels in the mountains of Karuizawa. Pastry Totoro included.
Fairy Highway - Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
On assignment for enRoute magazine 2017There are only 120 kilometres of paved roads on Haida Gwaii; the rest are logging roads that end in a question mark.
Sandsurfing - Paracas, Peru
On assignment for Ricardo magazine 2018Where else can you have breakfast by the ocean, lunch in the Andes and supper in the Amazon rainforest?
Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity - Alberta
Faculty for Frontline: Environmental Reportage Program 2018A residency for writers who are exploring, testing, witnessing and reporting on the most current and pressing issues of our time.
Video shoot for Canada's Best New Restaurants - Vancouver
Editor-at-large for the annual ranking of the country's top culinary talent 2017Quality ingredients, smart service, stunning locations and chefs with a vision – the stuff that great meals, and great memories, are made of.
Al Whittle Theatre - Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Jury member for Devour! The Food Film Festival 2017Canadian film festival dedicated to films about food and wine culture. Top pick: The Rabbit Hunt, cinema verité from the Florida Everglades.
Finals, Hospitality and Culinary Arts Campus - George Brown College, Toronto
National judge for the 2017 Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship Foundation
This annual Canada-wide competition provides talented young chefs an opportunity to work in the country’s leading restaurants.
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