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My garden this year has shifted focus from vegetables to flowers. This morning’s offering include a new lover, the California poppy, and an old boyfriend, ‘Abraham Darby’ rose.
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Category Archives: food
In my research for Gluten-Free Living I’ve spoken with many experts, focusing particularly on celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. I’ve had the privilege of several fascinating conversations with Joseph Murray, M.D., at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Most articles … Continue reading
Check out the fall 2014 issue of Edible Toronto for my latest article, “Trumpets, hedgehogs and chanterelles: Tracking the elusive mushroom.” It relates my recent meeting with Patrick Louch, a caterer, healthy food guru and wild mushroom forager. One recent … Continue reading
I know few better ways to start the day than by wandering into the garden on a misty August morning to collect herbs for breakfast tea. This is a pleasure I discovered one long summer long ago in the first … Continue reading
Now is a fascinating time to follow research about celiac disease. With the January 2014 issue of Gluten-Free Living magazine, I began contributing “Study Sessions”, a column highlighting the most recent scientific studies about celiac disease, gluten sensitivity and the gluten-free … Continue reading
Long Canadian winters limit the availability of fresh local produce. We can hardly achieve a balanced diet without resorting to a few imports. I use this opportunity to enjoy tropical fruits and vegetables that can never grow here. Avocados and … Continue reading
The Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF), based in Los Angeles, came out in an article on Food Navigator USA challenging a report I highlighted yesterday linking celiac disease with genetically-modified organism (GMO) crops. The CDF states its medical advisory board does … Continue reading
A recent report from the Iowa-based Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) presents evidence that genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) may trigger celiac disease and gluten-sensitivity. It is essential to distinguish that, although celiac disease involves an auto-immune reaction to protein in wheat, … Continue reading
I have been busy dehydrating peaches and watermelon. It is a new experiment and one I am enjoying. I wanted a food dehydrator for a long time, but the ones I have seen were prohibitively expensive. Last week’s email … Continue reading
As a teenager I learned about sorrel and decided to grow it from the Sunset book How to Grow Herbs (1972). It says dismissively: “Sorrel was once eaten as a vegetable, prepared in the same fashion spinach is today and … Continue reading