Yearly Archives: 2009

I had opened a jar of sauerkraut the other day and was pondering what to do with it. I still have some beets from my bumper Christmas organic box, and I started thinking about some borscht I once had that … Continue reading →

Nancy gave me the most wonderful book: Table Talk, by the overwhelmingly acerbic AA Gill. The chapter on rice starts seriously enough, though: The grass family (Gramineae) is extraordinary. From its largest member, maize, to one of its smallest, teff, … Continue reading →

I do not, so far as I know, have a drop of Welsh blood in me, but I wish those of you who do a happy St David’s Day. I read that Welsh recipes have something in common with poetry … Continue reading →

And now, a musical interlude, from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, because he will soon (March 22) be appearing in Saskatoon at the Broadway Theatre. We are not to be graced in Victoria, alas. I must have invoked him because I was … Continue reading →

… or as they quipped during the Saturday night entertainment, that’s terroir as opposed to terre noire as opposed to terreur. It’s a term that began in the realm of winemaking, to describe the many elements that go into building … Continue reading →