Julie Van Rosendaal Explained

Julie Van Rosendaal is a Calgary-based Canadian food writer. Her 2021 social media post about increasingly hard butter triggered the Buttergate scandal in Canada.

Career

Van Rosendaal has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Parents Canada magazine, Western Living magazine and co-hosted the It's Just Food television program.^[1]

In February 2021, Van Rosendaal drew attention to the increasing hardness of Canadian butter in what became known as Buttergate in a social media post.^{[2] [3]} In 2022, she hosted an online cooking class for 1,000 school students.^[4]

She is the author of eight cookbooks including Dirty Food^[5] and Starting Out.^[6]

Personal life

Van Rosendaal lives in Calgary, Alberta with her teenage son.

External links

• Dinner with Julie, blog
• Julie van Rosendaal on why she decided to self-publish her new cookbook, The Globe and Mail, 2020,

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019-08-20 . Julie Van Rosendaal . 2022-09-04 . University of Calgary . en.
2. News: Fieber . Palmela . 2 March 2021 . 'Buttergate' goes viral, putting palm oil fat supplements in spotlight . CBC .
3. News: Canadians are in a flutter about butter . The Economist . 2022-09-04 . 0013-0613.
4. Web site: Bezovie . Erin . 2022-01-05 . 'A bit chaotic but it works:' Alta. food writer holds virtual cooking class for 1,000 kids . 2022-09-04 . Edmonton . en.
5. Web site: Kohlman . Renee . 28 Nov 2019 . Food: Grab a rolling pin for Bashed Salad . 2022-09-04 . thestarphoenix . en-CA.
6. News: 16 Dec 2020 . A landlord gives free rent to all tenants, a family receives a month of groceries and other acts of kindness . CBC .