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I’ve been wanting to grow food ever since reading Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle last summer. I brushed the notion aside to the realm of “things I’d like to do if I lived in a place with a bit more space and if I had more time.” I was also discouraged by my past attempts [...]  Alan and I spent four days in Lisbon in December of 2006. We went back to Barcelona completely in love with Portugal and its people. Friends had told me that the light in Lisbon is something unique but we couldn’t imagine how right they were. It is hard to explain. But you get a sense [...] I love a good crumble. Although Apple Crumble is a favourite in our household, I’m always looking for seasonal variations. So when I saw stalks or fresh rhubarb at the market this weekend I quickly snatched some. Rhubarb is one of the first plants available in the spring and mixed with strawberries it makes the [...] Pots had lots of fresh local Spinach this weekend so I filled a big bag and woke up this morning wondering what to do with such beautiful greens. I was all set to simply have a toast for breakfast when one look at the goat cheese in the fridge and the spinach sitting in a [...] I first heard of Slow Food International when I lived in Barcelona through an interview with Carlo Petrini in a local newspaper. It was a short interview but Petrini’s brief description of how he decided to do something to fight fast food and a fast life stayed with me. While driving home in Italy, he [...] Fiddleheads stir fried in butter with wild leeks and green onions, garlic, and tossed with cheese tortellini and some good parmigiano. As I mentioned a number of times here, I subscribed to the Kawartha Ecological Growers CSA about six weeks ago. This past week I picked my last share of the winter crop and I’m now getting ready for the long wait (about six weeks) for the beginning of the summer share. This week I got: [...] |
 Hi, I'm Alexandra. Born in Brazil, Canadian by choice, and having lived in exciting Barcelona for a year between 2006 and 2007, my earliest childhood memories revolve around food and food is what I remember most about every place I’ve ever lived. After writing a more general blog for the past few years, it was time to organize my writing about food in one place. © All pictures on this blog are taken by me unless otherwise noted. About the title of this blog |
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