June 1st, 2012 | Dairy, Gluten Free, Grain-Free, Low Carb, Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian, compote, D.I.Y., Dairy, entertaining, family, gardening, rhubarb
The rhubarb theme continues in my mother’s garden. My niece was visiting from LA and the family decided to celebrate her “Almost 1” birthday since she wouldn’t be in town when she actually turned one. It was the perfect opportunity to use up some of my mom’s rhubarb and introduce my wee niece to a new taste!
But first I needed rhubarb inspiration. Epicurious is so helpful for this. They had a ton of rhubarb recipes – rhubarb upside down cake, rhubarb pie, rhubarb cheesecake, the list went on… For once though I didn’t want to spend hours prepping and/or making my dessert. I wanted simple and delicious. Rhubarb fool was the obvious choice.
March 27th, 2012
The edible schoolyard project that Alice Waters began with the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, in Berkeley in 1995 is a truly visionary project. Since it's beginning 17 years ago it has spread across North America as well as the world. Alice Waters of Chez Panisse restaurant is the mother ...
September 15th, 2010
The sight of this poster was common around America during World War Two. You can say it's propaganda. That was the original intention, but I can't think of a better set of food principles, beautiful in their simplicity. . . The Food Commandments Food:
1- Buy it with Thought
2- Cook i ...
November 2nd, 2009
Guest Blogger Anna Miller-Rhees tells of of her experiences on the GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet). It was this post from Anna that originally inspired me to take the plunge and get on the GAPS diet ourselves. It has changed our lives for the better. Thanks so much Anna! Looking back over ...
May 20th, 2009
This year got started late with a huge snowstorm and a very cold winter. The roses seem to have done well though, and the amazing backyard gardens of Vancouver BC are going full swing. I am constantly impressed by how many plants there are in some of these spaces. It is also interesting to see that ...
May 12th, 2009
The Stone Soup Festival at Britannia on Commercial Drive, Vancouver BC fell on Mother's Day weekend this year. We arrived at the festival just as the jolly Carnival Band was rambling around the park and were soon planting pumpkin and sunflower seeds, feeding the chickens at the Backyard Chicken ...
March 25th, 2009
Sleeping Goddess. Lost Gardens of Heligan March and April are months of rebirth and new beginnings around the globe. New Year festivals from Myanmar/Burma to Scotland were and still are traditionally celebrated in these months. The vernal equinox falls on the 20/21st of March. Night and day are ...
March 17th, 2009
I had a look through a ton of companies in Canada selling seeds online and chose out about ten that looked interesting and had websites that were workable on my computer. I mostly leaned towards West Coast seed companies, but there was one company from Ontario that is simply outstanding and couldn' ...
March 17th, 2009
Horizon Herbs is easily my favorite seed company. But that's simply because I love reading the seed catalog that they send out. It is jam packed with useful herbal information as well as some interesting anecdotes of adventures to find seeds. They have an incredibly extensive range of hard to find ...
