Imagine Freddy Krueger with rusty garden rakes for fingers instead of razor sharp blades. Better yet, think of his wrists ending in old-fashioned meat grinders. He approaches you menacingly as you stand there perplexed wondering how he’s going to do you in with these useless tools attached to his arms, daring you to put your…
Archives for November 2012
Garlic Press Gallery
My photo-journalistic homage to the evils of the garlic press…. Click to View Gallery
“Corne du Diable” (IPA), Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!
Delicious! Having said that, it occurs to me that I should start picking some yucky beers to create a bit more of a spectrum in my burgeoning beer annals here. Either that, or I’m as good at picking bottles off a beer shelf as plucking apples from a tree. Now if we could only graft…
Rösti-Potato Quiche with Caramelized Leeks
If you’ve had potato pancakes (or some version thereof), love fondu, and think the inventors of raclette should simplify things by getting rid of a kitchen applicance you use once every two years, I’ve got good news for you in this recipe. And, yes, this was my eclectic inspiration for this recipe — that and…
Roasted Red-Kuri Squash Salad with Walnuts in Maple-Mango Vinegrette
Inspiration comes in all forms. In this case, it is a squash from my CSA share that has been tempting my creativity for a few weeks. I’ll confess, until this squash (delivered by agricultural storks) arrived in my kitchen, I had no idea that a “red kuri squash” existed, let alone what it would taste…
“Hawaiian Style Pale Ale” (Pale Ale) by Spearhead
Here’s a brilliant beer that is definitely worth enjoying. And if you like hoppy pale ales and IPAs in particular, this one has something special to offer. Similar to my first review of an APA last week, this relative newcomer has chosen West Coast hops, which is probably very appropriate because of the other integral…
Caught Within Your Thoughts
Thoughts fly and surround — embrace — kiss Weaving tapestries of vision — passionate — enduring Threads that bind and unite — envie — manquer I survive amidst exotic escapes — erotic — expanded Knowing that My love is — waits — wants True and lasting as your beauty — soft — powerful A sunrise…
My CSA Challenge
From dizzying back to the future ride of the last post, we go back to the future-past: aka the Prequel. This post promises to be sweet … or forecast the sweet experiments that will follow in my CSA Challenge. Alas, after work yesterday, I picked up my last CSA share for the season (small tears…
My CSA Confession
From backstory, I turn to prequel — so for those easily prone to nausea induced by sudden turns, I apologise. But before the prequel, more of the backstory … I mentioned in my last post my introduction to Community Shared Agriculture (CSA). I’ve also heard previous mention of the ‘S’ standing for “Supported” which I…
Asian Noodle Salad with Napa and Daikon
This recipe deserves a bit of a backstory as well … and I’ll write a separate entry on this another day. But, in brief, over the past month or so, I’ve been getting a “magic bounty” of organic veggies through a community share agriculture (CSA) program sponsored by Juniper Farms located near Wakefield, Quebec. This is my first…