Even if you get to sit at the same table as a former president, as I was lucky enough to do a couple of days ago at an event in Monreal, you don’t really get to know him. Still, this is a food blog and I had lunch with George W. Bush, so, I am […]
I thought I’d share part of an e-mail I got from L after she had read the post below. A light-hearted reminder that pragmatism is always on the menu: “So, I will get chicken breast and romaine lettuce for dinner? And then we are going to the fitness centre. Sorry I didn’t raise and kill […]
I have spent the last year or so trying to encourage everyone in my family to become closer to the food they eat. No small task considering that L won’t eat anything that looks remotely like it did when it was alive (nothing dead with eyes can get through the front door) and that our […]
L’s colleague Debra gots lots of compliments for her scones made using the recipe below (Scones, swans and Summer’s gone)
We eat pretty well most nights and try to stick to real food that tastes good. But Sundays are one of the few times in the week we’re all together for dinner and a little deviation from the norm is okay every once in a while. Tonight was one of those nights. Chicken fried steak […]
L and I usually go out for dinner on Friday nights. We always go to the same place, a neighbourhood restaurant that has become an institution in this city. The food is solid North American diner food; nothing fancy, but fresh and home-made, if not healthy (I take that back, the salads are wonderfully wholesome). […]
A multitude of wonderfully crunchy carrots are still to be found among the weeds that have prospered in my vegetable garden this year. The onions were puny and malformed, the tomatoes underwhelming but for some reason the carrots and beets thrived. (My guess is that cool, rainy summers are good for both carrots and weeds, […]
Thanksgiving at the lake is always a bittersweet end to the cottaging season. With the boat drydocked, the dock out and the Adirondack chairs stacked and covered, it’s tough to pretend that it’s just a really chilly August day. Maybe that’s why we close up on Thanksgiving weekend; cooking a full turkey dinner for 12 […]
“What good are the Scots?” my English friend asked the other night after a wide sampling of various beverages. I didn’t rise (much) to the bait as he listed the many faults of my ancestors , but I had to admit to myself afterward that he got me with this one: “You certainly can’t eat […]
Check out this story. The US Food and Drug Administration argues that the health claims made by the makers of Cheerios make the cereal a “drug” rather than food. – ska http://www.canada.com/Health/Popular+Cheerios+cereal+drug/1591926/story.html
Meats, Roots and Leaves 