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Home Economics [Poached Eggs with Labneh and Paprika Butter]
Home Ec — that means learning how to boil potatoes and darn a sock, right? Not quite. I recently had the pleasure of meeting a few home economists on the Farm and Food Care Foundation spring 2013...
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Disappointment [Feta and Dill Gözleme]
In line at Shopper’s Drug Mart I saw a little boy having a meltdown because his mother wouldn’t buy him an Aero chocolate bar. He reminded me of just how much easier dealing with disappointment gets...
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AC [Muhammara]
There’s something different in my new house. Something that clatters the blinds and sends chills down my spine. Air conditioning is synonymous with bliss in the heavy humidity of Toronto summer. With...
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China [Buttermilk Panna Cotta]
Last fall m hay got a call from his mother, Judy. The timing of it suggested a family emergency. The volume on the phone was high enough that I could overhear a garbled introduction: “I have a job in...
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Mr. Birks [Hungarian Long Peppers Stuffed with Farmer's Cheese, Kasha, Dried...
I can still see my little brother in his red Northern Getaway shorts and blue frog T-shirt craning his neck upwards. “Hell-o Mist-a Birks!” We lost our neighbour of 25 years, a dear friend of the...
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Antique Regimen [Sopa Seca - Mexican Noodle Casserole]
I skew towards being a not so regimented person. I like to try new things, and am constantly reinventing myself. But there are some happy routines that will stay with me always, or for so long as I...
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Thyme and Rocks [Parsley and Wild Rice Salad]
My garden is “in the ground”, if I can say that. We’re doing some vegetable and herb container gardening on the balcony this summer. Might as well make use of the 60 or so square feet we’ve got out...
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Freeway [Fresh Tomato Stew]
On Tuesday I have to drive on the freeway for the first time. I have to go 100 km/h, or more if that’s what traffic is doing. Just thinking about it I feel a flutter of anxiety that wants to burst...
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Cantina [Roasted Squash and Red Onions with Tahini and Za'atar]
Every year since I’ve known him, Michael has wanted to dress up his restaurant for Halloween as another restaurant. This year he finally did it! He got hooked on the idea when he was working in...
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Babies and Old People [Green Juice “Limeade”]
The year I was born, my great grandmother passed away. We never met, but I was named after her in commemoration. We share the same first two initials, “L.M.”. A little girl to help fill the void left...
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