Imagine that an idea is in the form of a seed. And that each of us holds many of these seeds that are all just waiting for the right conditions to take root and sprout. I’ve been holding onto a seed that’s got the word ‘travel’ written all over it for quite a while now. [...]
To eat or not to eat? Meat is the question. My longstanding ethical and environmental stance against meat take backseat to my health. Thus begins my search for feel good meat, if there is such a thing.
If you’ve found your way to my blog, chances are you have some kind of love affair with food. This time of year especially, when locally grown food is abundant, and every morsel is just bursting with flavour. Or is it? If you’re anything like me, you probably have a busy life. And since time [...]
I’ve been on a big preserving kick in the past couple weeks. I went to a “Preserving the Harvest” workshop put on by local farmer/food entrepreneur, Daniel from The Cutting Veg, and have since been inspired to freeze, jar and dry everything in season I can get my hands on. So far, I’ve frozen chopped [...]
I’m pretty lucky in that what I do for a living involves me touting the benefits of buying local and sustainably produced food. But in doing so, I hear a lot of complaints around the price point. Today I want to write about this – not as an attempt to debunk a myth, but as [...]