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French Macaroni Gratin The Kitchen has set up temporary digs in the beautiful mountainscape of Whistler BC. I’m taking a couple of days of autumn quiet to prep for this weekend’s Pathways to Leadership retreat. You know how when you are about do something – well – something kind of biggish - and you want to be in really [...]
Enjoying a summer break and a happy moodle along the Sunshine Coast of BC and the Courtenay-Comox area on Vancouver Island. The West Coast is wickedly beautiful and the Comox Valley is a bountiful juxtaposition of agriculture and the sea. Salmon. shellfish, fresh fruits and vegetable abound and it’s fair to say it has been [...]
In my part of the world, it’s chive season and their beautiful purple flowers are abundant in the garden. Another thing that’s popping up everywhere are Farmers Markets. Hooray! (Insert happy dance). It’s their season, too, and it is a delight to visit them and talk with growers and get the goods on the best [...]
Just one more sleep ’til the first ever Food Revolution Day in My Town. Very excited. Of course, Food Revolution Day Eve will be spent at the Big Feast Bistro chowing down on a Farm to Fork feast with fellow foodies and friends. Fun! Tomorrow, a bright and early start to set up the Try [...]
This amazing pic is by Jenn Co-McMillan at Alchemy Photographic Arts. Check out her work on her blog 365 Days of Alchemy This post is dedicated to Lisa S, for her perseverance, foodiness, and generally being a good sport. She has hounded me (in the good way) for this recipe. I think it is [...]
Oh yes! This is the best ever roast chicken. Not only did I start with a plump, beautiful organic bird from Rusty Gate Farm in the Comox Valley, I used a foolproof Jamie Oliver recipe to roast this mouthwatering fowl. Along with being easy and delicious, I got to use some of the hardy herbs that [...]
There is something about a pot of home-made soup simmering on the stove that gives me comfort. In fact soup-making is my one weakness, and it doesn’t take much in the way of motivation to get me started. I keep organic chicken stock in the pantry, and save and freeze veggie cooking water, and of course [...]
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