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Versailles [Fennel and Bosc Pear Salad with Walnuts and Aged Balsamic]
Did you know poodles, specifically mini ones, were the choice companion pets of Louis XIV at Versailles? Whenever Arthur the baby poodle does something prissy, we can’t help but say “Arthur, is that...
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Hit by a Car [Mushrooms with Wheat Berries]
Trying to make sense of what happened tonight while m hay and I were waiting out our pizza order on a bench. The bench is near a Green P parking lot. Two people are coming across the lot out of the...
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Aging [Roasted Cabbage with Caramelized Apple Vinaigrette]
It’s my birthday today. I’m old. Have you ever tried aging vegetables? Some get better. Bringing to room temperature before cooking is one thing. I’m talking about a good long sit. Cabbages become...
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Not Eating [Warm Squash and Farro Salad with Tahini-Garlic Sauce]
Do you ever have days when you just don’t feel like eating anything, but you know you should? A day of veg, raw fruit, maybe a piece of bread. This happens to me quite often. I tend to think it’s...
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City of Toronto [Green Olive, Walnut and Pomegranate Salad]
How am I to fill the days? In this place are all the next steps, but nothing to stand on. This puddle of class wrinkles my fingers, my toes, my face. Opportunity calls in the other place I know. But...
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Lambs [Cauliflower and Hazelnut Salad with Allspice and Cinnamon]
Seeing as how I’ve blubbered about all the difficulties of journalism, I may as well give you some good news: I’m getting out of journalism. Two words come to mind: at last! There are always many...
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Girl Stuff [Blackberry-Sumac Gin Fizz]
One of my dearest girlfriends recently found herself in the difficult position of having to call off a wedding. Yea, she stamped that guy out. I was the provisor of information that led to her...
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Farm and Food Care Spring 2013 Media Tour [Chilled Cucumber-Watercress Soup]
“Even more than bananas?!” Ok, English cucumber sales are second only to bananas in Walmart’s fruit and vegetable department, admitted farmer Jan VanderHout. Their popularity is growing at a fever...
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AC [Muhammara]
There’s something different in my new house. Something that clatters the blinds and sends chills down my spine. Air conditioning is synonymous with bliss in the heavy humidity of Toronto summer. With...
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Tuber Lesson [Rosemary and Garlic Roasted Potatoes]
And my mother used to say “Joey! Bring me some potatoes.” So I’d go to the shed and, you know, how the shed is raised off the ground like. And we’d push all the sand under the shed and make like a...
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