Since long before the invention of the refrigerator, each culture has practiced its own techniques and recipes for food preservation. For thousands of years pickling, fermenting, drying, salting, smoking and canning have all served as invaluable methods of keeping foods that would otherwise spoil. Today such products continue to contribute greatly towards the dishes they [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2008’
pesto perfection
I hate to admit it, but he was right. I met Marco one month ago, at a dinner hosting some of the students and faculty from Italy’s University of Gastronomic Sciences. As dinner was being served, he and I stood away from the group having a lively conversation…..about pesto. Marco was very clear (and animated) [...]
cafe talia
It was during my last visit to Salt Spring Island in July of 2007 that I first met Tony DePasquale, the talent and force behind Bloom Breads. Since then his partner, Helen Mears, had decided to create an island business of her own. Before the couple moved from Vancouver to Salt Spring, Helen had enjoyed [...]
going tribal- west coast seafood boil
Good Lord. I haven’t written a damn thing in over a week. I did spend a good portion of my cyber-absence on Salt Spring Island, to attend the birthday party of my friend and former culinary school classmate, Myles. As he was very much in the mood to celebrate the arrival of his next year [...]
gitte goes
I clearly remember doing a workshop excercise which required me to identify who in my life I considered to be the most creative. Immediately, my friend Gitte came to mind. The glamour and style she draws from her skills and experience as a makeup artist combined with a fantastic eye, an abundantly creative spirit, [...]
happy canada day, eh!
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations; it’s cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.- Stuart Keate
