It wasn’t long ago it seems that rhubarb was considered to be not much more than a weed. Certainly not worth the buck-and-a-bit-more it’s selling for at my local health food emporium. And never, ever, would it have been called organic.
At least that’s how I remember it.
Rhubard was something my grandmother grew in her backyard, [...]
In the Toronto Star this weekend, there was an article by reporter Andrew Chung about how we in the industrialized north waste food. In Toronto alone, we throw out 210 million tons of edible food every year. That’s from our own fridges. (I was surprised to learn that regular families actually waste more than restaurants… )
This past January, my husband and [...]
A few months ago, a fantastic artisan bakery opened in my neighbourhood specializing in breads made from organically grown local flour. It’s called The Brick Street Bakery (on Logan, north of Queen for Torontoites) and it is a marvellous place with marvellous products that I can’t get enough of. Their malted dried fruit loaf is dense, sweet and a [...]
Read full post...So, I’ve been enjoying my fiddlehead stash, purchased and none other than my neighbourhood mainstream grocer, much to my shock and surprise (see last post for more on this). I decided to make fiddlehead soup with a few local ingredients I have kicking around the kitchen. Here’s the recipe:
Fiddlehead Soup
1/2 a large onion from last [...]
I must admit that I was totally shocked when I walked into Loblaws this week and, low and behold, there was a big huge box of fiddleheads. And not only were these fiddleheads fresh and local, but they were on sale for a helluva lot less than I’d paid for the spring delicacies the day [...]
Read full post...There it sat, round, green with a hint of yellow and all the promise of a hot summer day: a fresh watermelon, AKA, the locavore’s conundrum (a tip-of-the-hat to Michael Pollan).
It was a lovely Saturday in May, the sun was shining, the sky was blue, the red wing blackbirds were trilling in the park. Summer was in the air. [...]
Welcome to my new food blog dedicated to local food and good eating in Canada-specifically in and around the city of Toronto. This summer, I’ll be exploring the many frontiers of the local food movement in my area as well as in Southern Ontario and Quebec where I’ll be travelling with my family.
I’m a journalist as well [...]