In addition, she was cast as an on-air judge on the Food Network Canada original reality series called Recipe to Riches.
As of 2019, McCauley is the Director of New Venture Creation at the University of Guelph[10] where she helps researchers to create start-up companies based on their lab work.
Since 2017, she has been featured in Canadian media many times, including in the Globe and Mail,[11] National Post[12] and EatNorth[13] as well as dozens of trade magazines and podcasts, such as The Feast,[14] and a Sirius XM show.
[citation needed] McCauley has written four cookbooks: Last Dinner on the Titanic, Noodles Express: Fast and Easy Recipes in 15 to 45 Minutes, Dana's Top Ten Table, and Pantry Raid: Out of the Cupboard Cooking.
Print journalists from publications such as The National Post, the Canadian Press wire service, People magazine, Newsweek, and USA Today have interviewed McCauley about her business and her books.