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Category Archives: Friendship and Family
Where a Tower of CDs Used to Stand…
In our house there is an ongoing battle between the one who likes to keep things and the one who likes to give things away. As we continue to take things into our home–despite a philosophical position against the taking … Continue reading
For J…
Affection is an emotion I have yet to fully understand, and perhaps there is a reason for this, perhaps we are not meant to. If one considers the root of the word in a philosophical light, and accepts the idea … Continue reading
In Praise of Horseradish…
When I was a kid, I looked forward to many dinners, but roast beef with mashed potatoes, boiled carrots and horseradish was not one of them. In those days, my mom’s approach to menu planning meant that the same combinations … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink, Friendship and Family
Tagged Calgary, Childhood, In Praise Of..., Root Vegetables, Slaw
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Hawaii. Who Knew…
For most of my life I have had a completely unwarranted hate-on for Hawaii. My feelings about the island were formed in my Calgary youth, when I associated its tropical climes with the jerks and jocks who returned to school … Continue reading
My Year in Food…
As an arts reporter, it is my job each December to sum up the year’s best and worst – a task that I am understandably discomfited by, possessing neither the ego nor the compulsion to make such qualitative pronouncements. Since … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink, Friendship and Family
Tagged Dinner Parties, Pork, Recipes, Root Vegetables
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For Gram…
I will never forget the first time I saw my grandmother, Dorie Davidson, take on the mountains. It was sometime in the early 80’s and we had assembled in Banff National Park for an extended family picnic. The day was … Continue reading
Oh, Polenta…
Recently, the New York Times Magazine published a piece arguing against the tyranny of the mise-en-place: that process by which any (every) chef of note prepares for the cooking of a dish by carefully slicing and dicing the plethora of … Continue reading
The House of Love…
When I turned 20, my parents gave me one of those heart-warming print shop calendars with images of familial significance replacing those of birds, or unicorns, or my personal favorite, surfer-dudes with dazzling smiles and perfectly-mussed salt-encrusted hair. 12 glorious … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship and Family, Life and Work
Tagged 20-Something, Calgary, Health, Toronto, Work
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A Life Beyond Gravy…
Whether it was watching my brother slurp back a seemingly endless supply of Chef Boyardee noodle products as a child, or the plethora of dollar slices I consumed in my teens and twenties, in the last few years, I have … Continue reading
In Defense of Parsley: A Love Letter…
When I was a teenager and had a part-time job setting up the salad bar in the Foothills Hospital cafeteria in Calgary, I became very familiar with parsley. Sure, I had seen parsley before, sitting alongside a pile of fish … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink, Friendship and Family
Tagged Dating, Green Vegetables, In Defense Of..., Recipes, Work
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