Flipping through my mom’s copy of The New Moosewood Cookbook several years ago I was instantly drawn to the spanakopita recipe. It was the copious amounts of feta cheese that drew me in. I made the dish with some of my parents’ garden-fresh spinach and was amazed at how the dish just “ate” the spinach. […]
(Alternate Title: What to do with all the dandelions that you’ve been weeding!) Before this year I had never really accepted dandelions as an edible plant. Okay, so I knew that they were edible but I hadn’t bothered trying them. I believe that the main inspiration in finally trying them this year came from Chef Jeff […]
May 13-19 This week’s planning was different (which is why if you follow this blog you may have seen a mistake post this morning!) mainly because we got our produce on Thursday and Friday instead of at the Saturday morning Kitchener Market. Thursday we picked up our “bag” (it was a bin) from Grand River […]
Madame and I have always loved Eggplant Parmesan. Our first experience making it was with the recipe from The New Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen, which is a great vegetarian resource! The way I remember it is that she was pregnant with our first and approaching her due date. We had been told about how eggplant […]
A guest spot, awesome! I have always considered myself to be an adequate cook–not great, not awful. Observing my three now grown children, I am both surprised and pleased to discover that they have become interesting and creative cooks. Who knew?! Was it lurking somewhere in their subconscious or have their spouses inspired them?? They […]
I know that last week’s seedling update was not good. It was also somewhat dramatic. I’ll keep today’s update simple; as stated in the title, “All is Well.” And even though we had nothing to do with planting them, there are a few lovely flowers to enjoy right now. The seedlings are still acclimating which […]
This post looks at Bailey’s Local Foods, a local online farmer’s market serving the Waterloo Region (which includes Kitchener!). I had the chance to sit down with the founder, Nina, a few weeks ago and one of the current owners, Rachael, a little while after. It was great talking with both of them about the […]
May 6-12 Spring is beginning to arrive at the market and that is good. It also is beginning to arrive in my backyard where I’ve been able to harvest small amounts of leaves from various young plants—dandelions, mustard, spinach, kale, and lettuce. So this is good. However, asparagus hasn’t come yet (Friday we will get […]
Chatelaine Magazine has a new weekly contest called “Cooking Club” in which they post a recipe and people make it and then share their pics of the finished product. I am very glad I participated this week because the cookies are AMAZING. Madame, two of her colleagues, and my friends next door all agreed! […]
Thursday started off normal. Well, it started off normal but a little bit windy. My Assistants and I rode (aka I rode and they sat in their chariot behind me) to the Early Years Centre. After a nice morning there we headed on towards Uptown Waterloo to meet up with Madame for some coffee and […]