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…
“L’Interdite” (IPA American) by Les Brasseurs du Monde
Ok, so as luck has it, I had another new (and cold) APA in my fridge this evening and inspired by my blogging of the last 24 hours, I figured, hey, I can do this now. But first, here’s a bit of the backstory to why these beers are in my fridge. First, let me…
Fragile Worlds
In a moment, the world can change …. In one moment what was but a fragile orchid that I by chance encouraged to re-flower, became even more rare. One afternoon last fall, I returned from outside to find a dragon fly, slowed by the cold, had hitched a ride indoors on my shoulder. When I moved…
Thai Pumpkin-Coconut Soup
This post is a bit retrospective as I made this soup a few weeks ago when pie-pumpkins were running amok. (Ok, bountiful is perhaps the better expression.) A gentle, soothing soup that will warm you, through and through. You have two choices with respect to how to prepare the pumpkin: cooked (baked in oven, then…
Wishes of You
I tire I linger I want for a sight of you … I blink I stare I desire for the presence of you … I drift I return I dream for the touch of you … I sigh I pause I crave for the scent of you … I seek I strain I yearn for…
Les Trois Mousquetaires “Américaine Pale Ale” (Signature Series)
Yum. My first beer that stylizes itself an “American Pale Ale.” As such, I couldn’t as yet tell you if this is a consistent or representative APA. Certainly there was strong familiarity with its parent, India Pale Ale (IPA), it had a wonderful, hoppy aftertaste so crucial to any good IPA. My first impression provided…