Posted in Recipes on Jul 3rd, 2010
Somewhere in the world, it’s Already Summer. Little girls are running down the streets in bright gingham dresses. Elderly gents are dozing off on covered verandahs, lulled to sleep by the drone of lawnmowers and lemonade is being poured into chilled glasses over crackling ice.
Somewhere in the world (not Vancouver, where it is grey and [...]
Posted in Recipes on Apr 27th, 2010
It happened so quickly, I couldn’t tell you what happened if I tried. One moment there was a cauliflower. An entire head of cauliflower.
The next moment… poof. It was GONE.
Save for this caper and this itty bitty roasted caulifower floret…
And these disappeared too- suddenly and quickly. An entire cauliflower devoured, all in one night. There [...]
Posted in Recipes on Apr 19th, 2010
It would be lovely to wake up in Kythira on a Monday morning someday. Even the name enchants, promising something even more than azure seas and skies, white-washed cottages and cliffs. There would be romance there, of that I’m certain. And a sure and steady sun.
But on this morning, in lieu of transporting you to [...]
Posted in Recipes on Oct 19th, 2009
The leaves have begun to scatter. After yesterday’s rain, they littered this morning pavement like coloured confetti. I can’t help but think that before long, even these leaves will pass, and we’ll be left with nothing but bare branches, grey pavement and even greyer skies for the winter months ahead.
It would be a melancholy time, [...]
Posted in Recipes on Oct 13th, 2009
You’ve got to admire the prima donna boldness of purple cabbages. While savoy cabbages’ crinoline leaves crinkle shyly under pressure, and average green cabbages go almost unnoticed in their Plain Jane simplicity, purple cabbages are bright, brazen and audacious. They’d pucker up their purple lips and flirt with your boyfriend in a heartbeat. Shamelessly.
Don’t bother [...]
Posted in Recipes on Oct 7th, 2009
The sunshine has surprised all of us this fall, bursting forth frequently and with rare sincerity for this time of year. This past weekend it beamed over the Sunshine Coast, where we gathered with friends to celebrate Tara and Doug’s wedding. It glistened the ocean, dappled the trail beneath cedar trees, and warmed our walks [...]
Posted in Recipes on Sep 28th, 2009
Given September and the season, we have been blessed with more sunny skies than we could have hoped for here in Vancouver. But today, as the month draws to a close, showers have slipped in and with them the suggestion of cozy sweaters, woolen socks, and the scent of cinnamon and apple cider to warm [...]
Posted in Recipes on Sep 23rd, 2009
A few weekends ago I met a Homely Zucchini.
He was lying by himself on a table at the Ambleside Farmers Market, next to an artistic pile of slender, tender pin-up girl zucchinis. He wasn’t quite symmetrical. His green skin had faded to a sickly yellow on one side and he had a large gash [...]
