Miso Soup With Everything

It seems like I’ve been narrowly skirting around illness for weeks now. The thought of miso soup sounded like an excellent idea and I pulled my usual trick of investigating what was hanging out in the fridge and pantry…

Fresh Winter Potato Salad

I was walking home tonight, thinking about what to make for supper. I wanted to eat garlic, having just read an inspiring paragraph about its health benefits in the book Food Security for the Faint of Heart…

Quinoa, Fennel and Pomegranate Salad

I found a recipe that I am super inspired by. It’s by Yotam Ottolenghi, published in this month’s issue of Bon Appetit magazine. Yotam is an Israeli-born chef who is renowned for his treatment of vegetables.

The Lure of Pineapple and Ham Pizza (Gluten-Free)

I moved from British Columbia, Cananda to Maui, Hawaii half way through my fourth grade year.  I could go on and on about all of the culture shock that I experienced, but I am going to focus today on public school lunch.  In the schools that I attended in Canada, there was no school lunch….

Moroccan Carrot Salad

At this time of year I can get my favourite carrots. They’re grown in Lillooet and are amazingly sweet and delicious. The only carrots I’ve had with more flavour were from my own garden. When I worked in a produce department we used to sell out of them constantly, so I know that I’m not…

Sweet Herb Stew

Typically when improvising I play with a lot of hot flavours. I love Chinese and Indian cooking and draw liberally from their spice palette. But the other day I felt like making something not spicy. Go figure. Cuisine wise, I generalize more when I’m thinking about European cooking. For instance, I think of the herbs…

BLT Salad with Biscuit Croutons (GF) and Creamy Herb Dressing

I used to eat a lot of BLTs.  I work in some sketchy neighborhoods with limited lunch offerings.  I do try to pack myself a salad when I can, but sometimes you get busy and you just have to find somewhere to buy your lunch.  It turns out that BLTs are nearly impossible to mess…

Red Snapper Hash

During college, and for a few years after, I worked for a fashion designer.  In general I did not fit in well in the fashion world, partly because I talked to much about food and upset my dieting co-workers.