The irony of blogging is that the more exciting and interesting things there are happening to experience and write about, the less time there is to actually write about them. Having just finished up 2 weeks assisting at a kid’s culinary camp (more on this later), I’m off to San Francisco to experience Slow Food [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2008’
rub a dubb dubb
It has been my experience that farmers are generous folk, as confirmed last night during a get together with my friends Katy and Gabriel of Sapo Bravo Organics. As we prepared to part ways for the evening, Gabriel offered to give me some produce left over from that day’s Farmers Market. Of course I gratefully [...]
blackberry + mint vodka
Enough of this food talk. Yes, the blackberries are in season and as gorgeous as ever….and normally I would go on a riff about blackberry jam, pancakes, smoothies and such, but let’s explore booze for a change….more specifically, vodka, which happens to be a great spirit to infuse with other ingredients such as citrus, vanilla, [...]
them tomaydas!
What you are looking at is my very first successful attempt at growing food. Two months ago I brought home 3 little tomato plants and plopped them into a container along with some potting soil and a large heaping of hope. Despite the fact that I had (unknowingly) crammed them into far too small a [...]
the legacy of rae’s flapper pie
Growing up in the suburbs of North Vancouver, I was fortunate enough to enjoy a solid community of good neighbours. From the time I was born, the Collier family lived next door to our family’s house. This couldn’t have been more idyllic, as my best friend happened to be their youngest child. For Heather and [...]
u-pick, u-eat
My recent visit to a ‘u-pick’ berry farm has given me a new found appreciation for those who harvest our fruit. Two weekends ago, well stocked with potato salad, drinking water, hats, sunscreen and a plethora of empty yogurt containers, 3 friends and I hopped in a car and made our way to berry picking [...]
potato salad with parsley pesto dressing
With our summer coming so late this year, local produce has, in turn, been a slow grow. Our Farmers Markets are now finally brimming over with the tasty, fresh produce many of us have been dreaming of all year. It seems ironic that my post culinary school edible creations are now more simplified than ever. [...]
