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”
January is my favourite month, when the light is plainest, least colored. And I like the feeling of beginnings. —Anne Truitt
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Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer. ―
Spring’s promises, autumn keeps.
Winter’s secrets, summer reveals.
Healthy and nourishing food was the only alpha and omega of rural economy. —Mahatma Gandhi
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. —Louis L’Amour
It’s the weekend of Thanksgiving here in Canada! That time of the year when markets are brimming with produce and we gather around the table with our loved ones feasting on autumnal fare. Thanksgiving is simply a harvest festival, much like those taking place around the world since ancient times. And while the highlight of these festivals is always the crops that have come to maturity and the foods that are made with them, there is a harvest of a different sort that takes place at the same time— albeit less pronounced, but of great importance… it’s the harvest of seeds. Of great importance as it’s they that hold the promise of future harvests after all; everything begins and ends with seeds.
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Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain– Rob Thomas
Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated and nothing says “celebration” more than a gorgeous layer cake. Continue reading “little wonders, big celebrations: cinnamon layer cake”