Aug-2013
In our world where loss is measured in the passing years and hope, rests not with experience but the next new thing, the term well preserved summons as much misgiving as respect. To say that a friend is well preserved is a compliment, but also a way of noting that the person is older than oneself. Likewise, […]
Aug-2013
For a great many cooks the length of one’s chefs knife is a measure of ones authority in the kitchen. Some of us become master vego-matics turning the process of mincing and dicing into high art. Others continue to mutilate vegetables with a light, short and dull blade. Either way, one eventually must learn the delicate […]
As we shift into late summer and we are suddenly aware that the days are growing just a little shorter, the urge to capture the flavours of the summer becomes urgent and the need to understand how to dry vegetables becomes more important. Throughout history, indigenous peoples hung fish and meat, fruit and vegetables out […]