I love this summer soup, and since Ontario corn has been making appearances in local groceries, I thought I’d whip some up today. I make it a little different each time and I don’t follow a recipe, but I can tell you how I went… Read More
I keep a sourdough starter at home, but these days I don’t eat nearly the amount of bread I used to, so I don’t bake it nearly as often either. Once in a while, though, I can’t resist a treat. The other day I baked… Read More
I love cooking in cast iron pans. I’ve had one around for my entire adult life and these days I suppose I have too many: two 9-inchers (one which lives in the camping box), the big 12-incher, and the extra-deep 9-incher with a lid which… Read More
I’ve got my pickles fermenting in two containers. One is our bean crock, which lives in the basement because we simply can’t eat a whole crock of beans. The other container is a cookie jar. It reminds me of the cookie jar which sat for… Read More
Regular readers will recall that a while back I make a batch of dill pickles – the preserved kind, not the naturally fermented kind. We gave away several jars of these, and I’ve been gobbling up the ones we kept for ourselves. We’re down to… Read More
These days I don’t eat a lot of fried foods, but when a neighbour brought us a perfect giant puffball, I had to make an exception. There are plenty of ways to prepare puffballs but this is far and away my fave. I cut up… Read More
My tomato drying test has been very successful. They take a long time to dry in my dehydrator – 2 nights – maybe if I were using Roma-type tomatoes it would be quicker. On the other hand, they are substantial and very tasty. They retain… Read More
We have several tomato plants growing here at 27th Street and they’re doing very well. We love homegrown tomatoes and we’ve been keeping up with them, but the last few days they’ve started ripening faster than we can consume them. Tuffy P suggested we dry… Read More
I’ve been adding more fish into my diet in recent months, so today I stopped in at Mike’s Fish to see what looked good. Mike’s is the retail outfit at All Seas, our local fish wholesaler. It’s located on Vansco Rd here in South Etobicoke.… Read More
Our basil has done really well this year, and so has our garlic, so I thought, the only thing between me and a batch of pesto is some pine nuts and some good cheese. It’s been a long time since I’ve made pesto so I… Read More
