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Inspired by Ottolenghi…
I always enjoy reading The New Yorker’s food issues, though I found the last one a little fluffier and puffier than usual, in particular, the portrait of Israeli-born, London-based super-chef, Yotam Ottolenghi. Perhaps I have just had enough of the … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink
Tagged Dinner Parties, Green Vegetables, Ottolenghi, Recipes, Root Vegetables
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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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In Praise of Garlic Scapes…
In the last two months I have been too busy with moving and teaching and writing my other blog to comment on the plethora of things that have moved, angered or delighted me. If memory was a little better able … Continue reading
Affectionate Food-Based Collaboration..
For people who love people, and also love to cook, there are few greater pleasures than collaborating with friends and family on a meal (or other food-related activity). For example, I recently had the pleasure of attending a co-educational pie-in-a-jar … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink, Friendship and Family
Tagged Dinner Parties, Grains, Pork, Recipes, Soup, Work
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Potluck Showdown…
When you live in a tiny house and have the compulsion to invite large groups of people over for dinner, what you are going to serve is often the least of your worries. First, you need to decide what to … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Drink, Life and Work
Tagged Chinese Food, Dinner Parties, Gluten-Free, Home Ownership, Montreal, Recipes, Root Vegetables
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Other People’s Pork…
Despite my ongoing desire to write about things other than food, I once again find myself compelled to provide an account of the celebration of pork that was held last night in our small Hochelaga kitchen. For accuracy’s sake, I … Continue reading
Cocktail to Cure What Ails You…
A few days ago, I was trying in vain to clear some detritus from the kitchen cupboards when I unearthed a bottle of absinthe. It had been given to me a few years ago as a birthday present by some … Continue reading
