It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car. —Michael Pollan
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It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car. —Michael Pollan
Continue reading “spelt and whole wheat burger or slider buns”
Mother Earth’s medicine chest is full of healing herbs of incomparable worth. —Robin Rose Bennett
To begin is easy, to persist is art. —German Proverb
Continue reading “samosa pastry or flatbread, take your pick”
And if you worry that not finishing the food on your plate is a slap in the face to all the hungry people everywhere, you are not living in reality. The truth is that you either throw the food out or you throw it in, but either way it turns to waste. World hunger will not be solved by finishing the garlic mashed potatoes on your plate. ― Geneen Roth
Life is short and it is up to you to make it sweet. -Sarah Louise Delaney
My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn’t, couldn’t end there. At least that’s what I would choose to believe. —Barack Obama
Continue reading “race & identity and homemade wholewheat naan”
Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well. —Michael Pollan
Late summer, here in Montréal, our markets, and backyard and community gardens alike, are overflowing with tomatoes; all ripening at once that it’s nearly impossible to keep up with nature by merely consuming them at the usual weekly consumption rate. They are sold dirt cheap, by the bushels, to anyone who is brave enough to venture into a little forward-thinking sauce-making. I may not always be so forward-thinking but I’m a sucker for cheap so this is the time of year when I turn a fairly inexpensive bushel of tomatoes into a healthy supply of pizza sauce. Continue reading “pizza sauce and pizza dough”
One of my son’s closest friends happens to be of Lebanese descent. The first time my son went over to his friend’s, he returned home and exclaimed rhetorically “Why can’t you make food like theirs?” I didn’t have much a choice; this one question set into motion the quest to add a few more recipes to our arsenal. Continue reading “middle eastern grilled lamb kafta with tahini yogurt sauce & whole wheat pita bread”
Two kale recipes today! Both are kale versions of recipes that I have been making for quite some time now. Continue reading “indian spiced kale roti and kale chickpea patties”