August 19, 2017 - It is a busy weekend, filled with tomatoes! I picked up 60lbs of tomatoes, a couple dozen corn on the cob, onions, 10lbs of chicken backs & necks, and a variety of carrots, celery, fennel bulbs, basil, red peppers, green peppers, jalapeño peppers, onions, and other fresh vegetables. But the tomatoes [...]
October 12, 2016 - Only once a year do I make a pumpkin pie - Thanksgiving. Sometimes I switch it up and make pumpkin cheesecake. This year I found a hybrid, a pumpkin pie that used cream cheese and cream to make it extra perfect! Pumpkin cheesecake pie! Doesn't matter, it makes for delicious leftovers, [...]
August 8, 2015 - Passing through our neighbourhood produce market I noted some nicely ripe and fragrant mangos on sale. Seemed like a good reason to can a few jars of peppery mango salsa to brighten up a dinner during the not so sunny days in the future months. Another tasty addition to the pantry [...]
July 6, 2015 - I love this time of year for all the wonderful fresh local produce. Asparagus was not something that was ever on the dinner plate when I was a kid though. Not sure why...but I probably wouldn't have eaten it anyway...maybe that's why Mom never cooked it. Or maybe she did cook [...]
May 25, 2015 - Again...more food out of season. I remember when cherry season was so short (and sweet). Now, with globalization, we can find things in the grocery stores completely out of local seasons. And when I see things out of season I have to buy some to see if they have any flavour, [...]
March 13, 2015 - I just love Indian curry. I love to colour, the taste, the odour.... it just exudes warmth. Indian food certainly wasn't something I grew up with. My sole exposure to curry powder growing up was a recipe my Mom used to make, she called it Celestial Chicken and it was simple [...]
January 10, 2015 - Atlantic salmon has become vilified in many circles because it is farmed. So many people take a position that Atlantic salmon is somehow a terrible meat product. It's not. That position, in most cases, is one taken out of ignorance because too many people believe the wrong information sources and/or let [...]
December 25, 2014 – Mom seems to stick around at Christmas…like an old Christmas Pudding…. Mom came to stay with us for Christmas in 2011, and out of her old brown suitcase, which was held together with an old belt so that … in her words…” she wouldn’t arrive to [...]
August 31, 2014 - I don't know why, but when September is looming only hours away, I always start to think of the season as fall, even though there are still three weeks of summer left. The nights are cooler, meaning sleeps are better. But the days are shorter too. Mornings aren't as bright, and [...]
June 22, 2014 - The best thing about summer is the fresh bounty that can be found at the local fruit-stands. I spent every summer of my youth on my grandparents farm and orchard and while the work was hard, the rewards were plenty and flavourful. I remember riding around on Grandpa's lap on the [...]