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Beautiful bread
Thanks to the Real Bread Campaign for passing along this story of bread, told in flour:
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Saturday in Victoria – winter market to flash mob carolling
A cold, grey day for the farmers who peopled the winter farmers market on Saturday. It’s a monthly event, happening the third Saturday right through till March in Market Square.
The veggie stand was mobbed
and no wonder: look at the beautiful celeriac
and the giant kohlrabi!
The bread stall was very popular
and TerraNossa was there with their always excellent meat, chicken and eggs.
A nice warm lunch at Zambri’s, which has recently relocated to a swanky spot in a new building. Still, I kind of miss their hidey-hole in the strip mall they occupied for years, which gave diners a sense of discovery. No decline in the quality of food though; the gnocchi with sausage and kale was sublime.
Then managed to catch the flash mob carolling event at the Bay Centre. Given the number of people already lined up along the balconies well in advance, I don’t think it was exactly a secret!
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Petition to save the CBC
From the Friends of the CBC website:
On November 23rd, Stephen Harper’s secret plan for the CBC was revealed when the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage mused publicly about killing our public broadcaster! You can hear the audio for yourself here.
On Dec 6th, the matter of the government’s plan for the CBC was raised in Parliament. The Heritage Minister was asked to disavow his Parliamentary Secretary’s idea of cutting all funding to the CBC. Twice Minister Moore was asked to dismiss the notion that the government should kill public broadcasting. And, twice he refused to do so. You can see the exchange in the House of Commons here.
It’s widely known that the Prime Minister Harper exercises absolute control of his government’s messaging. None of his Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries or MPs speak out without prior approval from the Prime Minister’s Office.
We recognize the threat posed by Harper could be the most serious peril CBC has ever faced. Now is the time for all of us who love and depend on the CBC to stand up and be counted.
Please sign the petition and help spread the word!
http://act.friends.ca/ea-campaign/flash/campaign.swf?xml=http%3A%2F%2Fact.friends.ca%2Fea-dataservice%2Fdata.service%3Fservice%3DGetCampaignWidget%26token%3D46f4f32c-5a04-41f6-bcc4-562a59750653%26widgetId%3D96%26ea.tracking.id%3D40627523
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In her latest collection, Rhona McAdam navigates the dark places of human movement through the earth and the exquisite intricacies lingering in backyard gardens and farmlands populated by insects and pollinators, all the while returning to the body, to the tune of staccato beats and the newly discovered symmetries within the human heart.
“…A beautiful, filling collection, Larder is a set of poems to read at the change of the seasons, to appreciate alongside a good meal, and to remind yourself of the beauty in everything, even the things you may not appreciate before opening McAdam’s collection….”
Rhona McAdam is a writer, poet, editor, and Registered Holistic Nutritionist with a Master’s in Food Culture from Italy and a deep-rooted passion for ecology and urban agriculture. Her work spans corporate and technical writing to poetry and creative nonfiction, often exploring the vital links between what we eat and how we live. Based in Victoria, BC, and available via Zoom, Rhona is always open to new writing commissions, readings, or workshops on nutrition and the culinary arts.
