Not dignifying this with a photo, either. Well, ok, here is a shot from above. I burned the pizza last night. Both pies. In my defence (not that it helped much at the time and the failure does still sting, a little) I was cooking them over a charcoal fire in a thin metal kettle […]
There is one place I’ll consider drinking coffee out of a percolator. Well, maybe two places but the second place is generally the basement of a church, somewhere, and let’s not discuss that any more. The one place is the lake, or as we know it, The Lake. The Lake is Christina Lake, just north […]
One of the many coffee options at the lake. The Bialetti Moka pot makes a great cup of coffee, but it does take a fair amount of work. Strange how often that dichotomy appears in life, let alone in food preparation. The idea is rather ingenious. Water in the bottom is forced up through coffee […]
My mother-in-law has this vegetable garden. I built her some raised beds a few years back. When I say ‘I’ what I mean is there was a crack team involving my brother-in-law who can actually build things and myself, doing a lot of the ‘support’ work. Like hauling seemingly endless yards of dirt. My mother-in-law […]
My dad makes the best mashed potatoes. When he comes for dinner and mashed potatoes are on the menu, he is deputized to do the work. My children insist. He does it with aplomb, and uses only the most basic ingredients. I’m always trying to get him to put in some white pepper or sour […]
So the fellow who introduced me to oysters also had me try mussels at some point later in our culinary excursions. I don’t enjoy them as much as I do oysters. Well, I shouldn’t say that, a pot of moules frites is a delight, but not for the reasons you might think. This is a […]
Despite a nutritional value in the negative digits (or perhaps because of it), pancakes hold a position of great regard in our home. I have probably made them a couple hundred times over the last few years. My technique is constantly evolving, as it is for everything I make, but I have this recipe down […]
I was chatting with an old friend over a beer last night. He works with the Government of Canada in the Foreign Service office. Well, everyone was repatriated so he’s now home. Living with his folks, because his house is rented out to a very nice family who expected he wouldn’t be needing it for […]
We have this unwritten rule in our house – if it’s in the garden, you can eat it. Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that. If you tear out half of the pea plants getting a pod of peas, you’re going to have to answer to someone. And if you dig up an entire […]
What do you do if you’re out of ideas? When your kids eat an endless supply of junk food that appears, seemingly, out of nowhere? When you just don’t have the ability or the energy to do something about it? Or when you’re out of ideas for helping kids with anxiety, or with migraine headaches. […]