No to ‘Murrica: delicious Ontario Coronation grapes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis time of the year, I dive into Concord grapes … but wait! There’s a variety called the Coronation grape […]
Coffee culture is robust — and ancient
Reading Time: 3 minutesCoffee shops are everywhere, the good and the merely mediocre — McDonald’s coffee, among the latter, is still much, much […]
Fruit arcana: raspberries are “caneberries”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are seeing some nice plump Ontario raspberries, or will be very soon. More than even fresh local strawberies, I […]
Blueberry clafoutis and ratios
Reading Time: 2 minutesMaking bread was my first foray into a long-time love of not only food history but some of the science […]
Les brumes du coude Moncton
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe name of the French/Acadian restaurant in Moncton is catchy, multi-layered and allusive: roughly translated as the “mists of the […]
Nostra Cucina = Veal Parm
Reading Time: 2 minutesVisit Nostra Cucina for their ordering procedures … ***** Nostra Cucina31 Manitou DriveKitchener, ON N2C 1K9(519) 748-0504nostracucina.com [Previously published]A good […]
Rosemary — a favourite
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNothing against parsley, sage and thyme. But I love rosemary. The woody, shrubby herb that has a crisp, slightly astringent […]
The yellow plums of summer
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe plums we get in Ontario are, for the most part, either European or Japanese types, the latter actually Chinese […]
Masa: dough at Latin American restaurants
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMasa harina: this ingredient is a foundational one for the many terrific Latin American restaurants — Salvadoran, Colombian and Mexican, […]
National Crème Brûlée Day
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhatever organizations decree these kinds of things have seen fit to announce that there are not one but two “National […]
Piquette: wine leftovers for the “labouring class”
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot that it’s at all new, but I’ve recently discovered piquette, a wine-based beverage that has an ancient and interesting […]
Gen Z farmhands work Jardin Boulay Garden
Reading Time: 3 minutesThey are back in action for the summer of 2026: here is a story about a local farm and farm […]
It’s a good time to make basil-walnut pesto
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s a traditional Genoese preparation: pesto is simply delicious The word derives from the Italian for “pounding,” and as such […]
Cajun étouffée
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are lots of cross-over words in the culinary world, in which one culture and language borrows from another. Satay […]
Pattypan (or UFO!) squash
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe colour and shape of these pattypans are phenomenal. You might start to see them as “Sunburst squash,” and looking […]
