Year: 2010

Peach and Arugula Salad

Peach and Arugula Salad

Here, in all her glory, is Green Leaf Platter in what turned out to be her final performance. Less than 24 hours before her untimely demise, GLP was working the salad like nobody’s business. A true artist to the end, she presented like no one 

Broken

Broken

In place of my scheduled peach post, I’m paying tribute to three fallen friends who gave their structural integrity in the name of food. Yesterday, as I carried a box laden with cake, bowls, wooden cutting boards and knives to the car, senseless tragedy struck. 

How to pick, peel and use peaches

How to pick, peel and use peaches

I’m on Kitchener CTV’s News at Noon talking about peaches. While they’re generously allotting me 5 minutes, the entire news hour isn’t enough time to tell you how much I love peaches. And just how much do I love peaches? Last year, I bought an 

Double-Double Chocolate Cake

Double-Double Chocolate Cake

I’m still on a bit of a high. Last week, Monica Bhide came for lunch. With her family. On her birthday. Which just happened to be her son’s 11th birthday as well. While I was thrilled she was coming and touched she would choose to 

Raw Sweet Potato Salad

Raw Sweet Potato Salad

Sweet potatoes are confusing. People call them yams, but they’re not. Even though you’re far more likely to encounter a sweet potato than a yam here in North America, I think we embrace the term “yam” because it’s more fun to say. Weighing in at 

3 Preserves Cookbooks to Help You Eat Local Year Round

3 Preserves Cookbooks to Help You Eat Local Year Round

Right now people across the continent are being smothered by gigantic zucchinis, held hostage by an army of tomatoes or at the mercy of killer cucumbers. Today, it’s a Battle of Abundance, but come November? I’ll be flooded with emails from readers begging me to 

Frozen Lemon Pavlova

Frozen Lemon Pavlova

This recipe proves two things. One: Candied flowers can last. Two: Size matters. As to the first point, I sugared these violets in April. The last of the batch I created for a Canadian Gardening article, they remained perfect, crisp and crystallized in their tiny 

Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Brain, meet Fingers. Fingers, meet Brain. I hope you two become best of friends. Pronto. Because if you don’t start working together really soon, I will be forced to give up this blog and move to a remote region of the world where there is 

Grow Great Grub Winner

Grow Great Grub Winner

We have a winner for Gayla Trail’s Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces. Once again the random number generator selected a last-minute entry — Chrystal, who ducked in under the wire with her vote for Roasted Zucchini Dip. Congratulations, Chrystal. I’ll email you