The Canadian Food Experience Project: The Canadian Harvest in Ontario We’ve put our gardens to bed both here in the city and at the farm. We closed the farm up for the winter last weekend and it was a good time for reflection and thanksgiving. When we arrive back in the spring things will be […]
Cauliflower Curry
It’s officially cold out side. It’s also raining and the roof is leaking. So if you need me I’ll be in the kitchen making curry and taking photographs of cauliflower. Join me in the kitchen. You will need a bunch of seasonal vegetables and a whole bowl of spice; 1 cauliflower 1 large sweet potato […]
Acorn Squash with Cinnamon and Brown Sugar
By focusing on eating a variety of local and seasonal foods, fall is pretty much all about squash around here. There are nine different varieties sitting on my kitchen counter right now and we’ve been eating it fast and furious. I really hope we can keep up. When your diet is dictated by climate and […]
Great Canadian Food Experience; Preserving Heirloom Tomato Sauce
Great Canadian Food Experience; Preserving Our Canadian Food Tradition by Canning Heirloom Tomato Sauce This time of year I’m still neck deep in tomatoes. We grow them all summer, then as we pick them I make notes, take photographs, and try to stay organized before ripping them open to start fermenting the seeds. By the time […]
Celebrating the Small Victories (like a hot breakfast) with YOPA
Kindergarten is hard work! You have to wear clean clothes, matching shoes, remember your library books, and you even have to go 5 whole days in a row. The worst of it is, you really want waffles in the morning and waffles are now relegated to weekend breakfasts. So after a whole week of school […]