Enjoying benefits of a food dehydrator

I have been busy dehydrating peaches and watermelon. It is a new experiment and one I am enjoying. I wanted a food…

Sorrel and oxalic acid

As a teenager I learned about sorrel and decided to grow it from the Sunset book How to Grow Herbs (1972). It says…

I am pleased to report success in establishing a daily salad habit. I started once a week in early January and kept adding…

Call it a New Year’s resolution if you will. I prefer to think in terms of strategies, and my strategy is to make…

Yesterday was my love’s birthday. I made him key lime cheesecake with coconut crust. It was delicious.

Lobster tails do not fit in an Ontario locavore’s diet, but they’re one of my favourite foods. Zehrs had lobster tails on sale…

One of my favourite treats is to eat at Wsushi in Guelph.

This month the Ontario Government presented the draft of a Promoting Local Food Act. Farmers need legislative support, but so far the new…

I can always tell when something is hanging over my head because I lose interest in the kitchen. Pickling cucumbers rot in the…

Obviously newborn babies do not eat lasagna, but this is a story about love and community, so bear with me. Earlier in the…