August 28, 2009
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Over the weekend we had some friends over for drinks. (If you’re interested in following their wonderful wedding prep adventures, check out her blog, it makes me reminisce.) Near the end of a wonderful visit, we were ready to sample … Continue reading
August 27, 2009
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You know the recipes. They’re the ones that are handed down through the generations, and every great aunt, grandmother and cousin in a family has a different version, but no one has the darn thing written down. The recipes are … Continue reading
August 25, 2009
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It’s tomato season…finally! Everyone in southern Ontario knows it’s been a wet and chilly summer up until the last week or so. That’s meant no early August garden tomatoes, sigh. But the big red wonders finally seem to be here, … Continue reading
August 3, 2009
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Ribfest has become an annual tradition for my husband and I (we figure this makes it five or six years running), and it’s a chance to support a local charity plus eat meat, so how much better could it get? … Continue reading
July 26, 2009
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Comments Off on The Gospel of Food: Everything you think you know about food is wrong
With a lot of interesting insights into the culture of food, I expected to like this book by Barry Glassner more than I did. I think in his attempt to cover such a wide-ranging subject, including; home cooking, grocery products, … Continue reading