Situated in Toronto, FARMR uses only the freshest ingredients from Ontario to create healthy delicious meals.

This is the second half of a two-part blog series on the top local cookbooks—and food trends—in Foodee cities from A to Z across North America. These cities are ones in which Foodee delivers fresh, local meals from owner-operated restaurants right to company cultures.

Major cities across North America have long been renowned for specific types of cooking. Austin, Texas is known for its spicy Tex Mex and juicy barbeque. Atlanta, Georgia is forever associated with deep fried and super saucy southern-style cooking. While many of the traditional tastes remain, local cuisine is changing rapidly.

Sixty-one percent of employees are burned out on the job, according to CareerBuilder. And the top five stress symptoms causing missed work days—and costing businesses billions of dollars annually—are constant fatigue (29%), sleeplessness (26%), aches and pains (24%), high anxiety (23%) and weight gain (18%).

Since 2011 Next Door Eatery has been the go-to place where friends, family, and co-workers can meet for a quick meal centered around fresh ingredients and good conversation.

As you may (or may not) have noticed, our mascot is a fox. His name is Foxee. We thought we’d take this opportunity to officially introduce you to Foxee, explain our rationale behind the choice and call out some of our other favorite famous foxes throughout history.