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salmon soup
salmon and shitake soup for grey days on the west coast ingredients: one red onion 2 carrots some stalks of celery 10 shitake mushrooms 1 lb of deboned salmon filet 2 cups cooked brown rice boullion...
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recipe: black salal berry jam
thought i would share this wild berry recipe here for those who are interested in partaking of the season. 1) it’s august. go swimming for the afternoon somewhere the waters run crystal clear through...
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Canning madness.
Last week we had planned on a 3-4 day kayaking trip with friends in Victoria which didn’t happen (for us) because I wasn’t up to kayaking in the steady rain that greeted us Monday morning. Instead,...
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Dinner party experiments.
It’s another dinner party night tonight! This time at Sam and Caelie’s, last month at Jess and Trevor’s. Before that, we hosted. Not to mention the BBQ dinner-party experiment we hosted last weekend...
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Eating and Tweeting – Some cooking fun.
I feel slightly ashamed for not knowing about this very cool new cookbook coming out since the person behind it is someone I used to know in Vancouver – but nevertheless I wanted to share both the...
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Tomato Chutney
As previously noted, I’ve been away for most of the last two weeks – first to Ottawa to work on negotiations for my union, then back to BC (Sooke) to get married, then returning to Ottawa to complete...
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In the Bookshed: Two local foods cookbooks
Two great new cookbooks emphasizing food of the Pacific Northwest – quiet different in feel and focus: Northwest Essentials: Cooking With Ingredients That Define a Region’s Cuisine (2nd edition) Greg...
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My weekend in photographs.
I woke up Saturday morning with the unmistakeable feeling of relief. A gladness that instead of getting on a plane to Ottawa today, I had the whole weekend before me to do with as I pleased (not to...
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Under Pressure!
I am a little embarrased to admit that more than a year ago, my co-worker “leant” me a pressure cooker which has remained under my desk all this time – manual, weight, and all. Now, my co-worker has...
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What fava beans are good for.
One has to really like fava beans to grow them in their annual veggie garden…. despite being incredibly simple (watch out for the aphids!), they take up a lot of room for a yield that might get you...
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Post #2033: A feature every house should have
Months after starting this project, Brian and I finally got this done over the weekend. Behold the life-changing spice cupboard! What started as a poorly placed ironing board in the kitchen (by the...
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Post #3173: Autumn food thoughts
For the last few years, Brian and I have put aside $100 a month so that for our anniversary at the end of September we can purchase a piece of artwork for our home. This year we decided that instead...
View ArticlePost 3206: The perfect autumn stew (Instant pot)
This is a recipe that I sought out in order to use up some ingredients in my kitchen. Specifically, the lamb, pumpkin, and miso. (While miso has no best-before date, I somehow managed to purchase two...
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