All the main ingredients in these meals are locally grown or produced. Common exceptions include spices and seasonings, as well as other staple items that are typically added in small amounts. If you’re curious about where something is from just ask!
First of all, let me say “Happy Thanksgiving” to my American family and friends! I hope the day is wonderful! It has been a long time since I posted, basically a year! In that year I have been working as a high school science teacher at a local private school here in Kitchener. It’s been […]
The next two weeks we will be cooking almost entirely from one cookbook. We received the cookbook from our good friend who works in publishing (and yes, it is very nice to have friends like that!). The cookbook comes from the brilliant cooks behind Cooks Illustrated, a magazine that is known for its recipes being […]
Ever since I began thinking more about the food I eat—and this includes reading books, watching films, following blogs, and lots of cooking and eating—I’ve been rather hung up on the idea of tradition. I find myself lamenting the fact that North America does not seem to have its own traditional cuisine (unless I count […]
Recently I found out there was a new coffee roaster in town and I got pretty excited. Not because we didn’t have locally roasted coffee here in Kitchener-Waterloo, we do. Rather it was because I knew that Smile Tiger Coffee had strong ties to what is our favorite coffee shop in KW, Death Valley’s Little Brother. My […]
¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! On this May 5th I find myself reminiscing a bit… I spent almost three years of my life living in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. While living there my absolute favorite food was pupusas. They’re not hard to love, considering they are pretty much like the corn tortilla version of pizza (which I am rather […]
Occasionally we worry about how we are perceived. More specifically, we worry about how our son is perceived at school, and indirectly how that makes us look. I should really phrase this in the first person singular: I sometimes worry about this. Which is absurd. Nonetheless, it is a fear of mine. The fear of […]
The end of winter is a beautiful thing. Wait, no it’s actually not very beautiful. Spring is beautiful, but this end of winter seems to drag on a few too many weeks. While it’s dragging on there is no hope yet of new produce. There is no asparagus or rhubarb. The trees are still lacking […]
Every September we stockpile salsa. We can all of it with the goal of having enough jars for an average of 5-6 per month until we can make fresh salsa again. Thus we canned just over 50 jars. Fresh salsa is always the preferred option, assuming it’s made with delicious local ingredients. Based on that […]
Fall is here. Summer is over. But can we eat well once summer is gone? Yes, that is a resounding yes! And a great way to keep eating well once the harvest has ended is by preserving the harvest now. The last sweet corn of the season will soon be harvested, but it can be […]
(This post has been updated a few times since 2014, including the past seceral summers with info about prices found at St. Jacob’s Market in Ontario). Our final batch of salsa that we canned for the year, Chunky Peach Salsa, was definitely our best. And maybe that is because after canning 3 other batches we learned a […]