Kathleen Macintosh has always frozen fresh, sustainable, Ontario fruit. Recently, she’s been freezing enough to provide the masses with local fruit in the dead of winter. Kathleen is the founder of Culinarium,“Toronto’s Locavore Store!”. Culinarium “showcases exceptional Ontario products and the passionate people behind them.” If you haven’t ventured in, you should. It’s a beautiful boutique shop [...]
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The culmination of our pilot program, We’d Tap That!, was an amazing day of fun, music, sap, and syrup! Held at Dufferin Grove Park Sunday March 14th, hundreds of folks came out for a taste of Toronto’s own Norway Maple syrup. Participants were invited to taste the original sap, and compare it to the final [...]
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Carole Ferrari, owner of The Bus, has been kind enough to pass along her recipe for the Apple Squares she made at the year end party. I used the recipe this weekend. My apologizes, my squares don’t look as professional as Carole’s but regardless the recipe is delicious! This truly is a tasty treat!! Enjoy! [...]
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Not Far From The Tree’s year-end party was the first time I had seen or heard of ‘The Local Café’. When I arrived at the party I mused on the sight of a small school bus parked outside figuring it belonged to a local resident. It wasn’t until I was outside grinding apples for apple [...]
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Throughout the winter months, I find oatmeal to be one of the loveliest breakfast dishes. It’s warm, hearty, and delicious. The greatest pleasure of this winter morning meal is to add a few tastes of summer into the mix. When the first summer pears were ready last year, I set some aside to make into [...]
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Posted in In the Kitchen on Nov 23rd, 2009
Twelve eager preservers arrived at The Stop‘s kitchen at the Wychwood Barns last Tuesday with dreams of crabapple jelly in their heads. They came armed with peelers and glass jars, small and large. Our mission – to take about 10 lbs of raw crabapples and create a marvelous jelly of deliciousness. Luckily, we had on [...]
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Posted in Events, In Backyards, In the Kitchen on Nov 13th, 2009
Our amazing cider press caught the attention of many-a-youngster this season. Catching an eye, I would ask the little ones, “what do you think I’m making?” The usual (screamed) reply was, “APPLE JUICE!!!” When I’d offer the correction of cider, not juice, said Excited Child would either give me an adults-think-they’re-so-smart-with-their-semantics eye rolling, or a [...]
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Posted in In the Kitchen on Nov 10th, 2009
Pureed pears; perfect for baby food. And, as the girls at Humewood House can tell you, it’s an easy DIY. Last Wednesday Laura and I dropped in on Marc’s baby food making class at Humewood House. We got there just in time. The prep was complete and the pears were ready for steaming. All we [...]
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Posted in In Backyards, In the Kitchen on Nov 2nd, 2009
That’s right, and I hadn’t really heard of them either, except as the herbal medicine gingko biloba, which is actually an extract made from the leaves of the gingko tree. (Please don’t try that at home; ginkgo extract can have serious side-effects). These beautiful little gems are a delicacy in many Asian countries, renowned for [...]
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