Spring has sprung and with that comes a buzz of excitement in the foodie circles over the arrival of local asparagus, fiddleheads and early spring greens. It’s an exciting time for locavores and any minute now the “Buy Ontario Freshness” ads will be popping up like the tulips. And it’s good timing ‘cause I have [...]
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 [...]
Always on the look out for local, this post will host a growing directory of where to find locally produced goods in Toronto.
Ok, many people think I’m all about über health all the time. Yeah, okay, so I eat vegetables for breakfast. But that doesn’t mean I can’t have pancakes for dinner. Which is exactly what I did tonight. The perfect antidote for my fatigue, hunger, and day-long crave-fest for all things sugary and carbo-hydrated. It’s funny [...]
Granola is staple breakfast food around here and it’s rarely the same twice. So instead of posting a single recipe, I’ll leave the concocting to you. Life should be an adventure! And so should granola.
I thought that with Valentine’s Day coming up, now would be a good time to share with the world the fact that I have a crush. My crush isn’t into all the consumer crap of Valentine’s, loves local, sustainable food, and always lifts my sprits when I get overwhelmed by the world’s problems. My crush [...]