Hello My Name Is… Apple
An original recipe for Apple Four Quarters Cake – the French equivalent of pound cake.
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Hello My Name Is… New Potato
What’s that? You think we’ve met before? Perhaps – but I think you may be confusing me with my much older and dowdier cousin.
Hello My Name Is… Turnip
Many shawarma lovers think they’re eating pickled beets but in fact the beets are mainly used as a colouring agent. The real pickles are the turnips.
Hello My Name Is… Tomato
Nothing says August like tomatoes and corn.
Hello, My Name Is… Black Currant
Maybe, just maybe, black currants need to be cooked to taste good.
Hello My Name Is… Swiss Chard
A lovely recipe that combines Moroccan flavours with the earthy taste of Swiss Chard.
Hops and Fodder: Community brunches for lasting change
Aaron Cayer, owner of Antique Skate Shop has been leading a movement for community-built-change in Ottawa under the banner “For Pivot’s Sake”. The goal of this initiative is to pay-it-forward by engaging youth to develop confidence, to get active and to get involved in their own communities. Hops & Fodder is one of For Pivot’s […]
Hello My Name Is… Radish
A weekly instalment of what’s seasonal. When it comes to radishes, I like to keep things simple. And raw. No braised radish with rabbit quenelles for me. This post is more of a reminder to eat radishes than a recipe, per se. Radishes are available and inexpensive year round. It’s easy to forget that they […]
Foodie Friday: Chef Emmanuelle’s culinary secrets
Her culinary career reads like a season of Chef’s Table and yet Ottawa-born Chef Emmanuelle Leftick has never lost sight of the important things: hard work, great friends and knowing when to slow down. Recently, as part of her North American tour, she returned home to Ottawa and made a tempting feast for 24 guests […]
Hello My Name Is… Green Bean
Every Saturday, check in to find out WTF is in season and WTF to do with all that local goodness. So the good news is that this bean salad is a stunner. The bad news? You probably don’t have hazelnut oil kicking around and therefore this recipe will give you sticker shock. Hazelnut oil is […]
Hello My Name Is… Nettle
Every Saturday, check in to find out WTF is in season and WTF to do with all that local goodness. This week, I set about gathering stinging nettle (or stinging metal as a certain Lastborn calls it). Nettles are full of vitamins and because they are one of the first greens available each year, they […]
Hello My Name Is… Rhubarb
Every Saturday, check in to find out WTF is in season and WTF to do with all that local goodness. When I was very young, my neighbour had a rhubarb patch in her backyard and she taught me how to sit on the front stoop with a small bowlful of sugar and dip a stalk […]
Hello My Name Is … Fiddleheads
Welcome to a new weekly blog feature! Every Saturday, check in to find out WTF is in season and WTF to do with all that local goodness. This week… Fiddleheads. At this time of year, Ramps (aka wild garlic) and Fiddleheads duke it out in a veritable West Side Story brawl. They vie for the […]
Ramp season is in full swing
Ramps, also known as wild garlic, are one of the most prized foraged foods. In Quebec, they’re somewhat of an obsession. As a result, the plant has spent the last 20 years on the vulnerable species list, a fact that makes harvesting more than 50 bulbs illegal in that province. But there’s gold in them […]
Ottawans offered A Taste of the Arctic next Monday
While Ottawa has the largest Inuit population outside of the Arctic, many Ottawans who don’t have ties to the North have few opportunities to experience the richness and diversity of Inuit culture. Next Monday, an event offers Southerners an opportunity to sample the NAC kitchen’s take on a variety of Inuit culinary delicacies, with ingredients […]
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