Author Archives: Rhona

Katie sent me this beauty. A cooking video that will not make you hungry, at least not for food! http://www.todaysbigthing.com/betamax/betamax.swf?item_id=273&fullscreen=1 See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today’s Big Thing. Meanwhile, I spent a pleasant afternoon shovelling dirt, pulling … Continue reading →

It was just over a week ago I said goodbye to Saskatchewan, touched down briefly in Calgary… and then returned to Victoria where the herring run is in full flow, which brings out the fishermen and the seabirds, including mergansers, … Continue reading →

I was at a talk the other night by an investment company in which the head of research spent a lot of time extolling the virtues of ‘high quality companies’ and suggesting in the strongest possible terms (by naming it … Continue reading →

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 →