Category: Food and Drink

Post #2078: Report back on the olive experiment

Remember how I bought ten pounds of olives back in September – and I wasn’t really sure what to do with them or how they would turn out? Well. I’m glad to report that the water-cured olives have so far turned out great, and… Continue Reading “Post #2078: Report back on the olive experiment”

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Post #2058: Ten pounds of olives

A couple weekends ago I was at my local market and a bag of raw olives just jumped into my basket. Besides that, I have really no explanation for how I managed to bring home ten pounds of Sevillano Olives without the faintest idea of… Continue Reading “Post #2058: Ten pounds of olives”

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Post #2029: Foolproof fruit

Stone fruit season came early to BC this year – cherries! nectarines! peaches! apricots (and soon, plums too ). Now, I know that we all dream of the canned fruit the way your grandmother or father used to make (it was my grandpa who… Continue Reading “Post #2029: Foolproof fruit”

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Post #2018: The faux-waldorf – my salad of the week

I’ve been on a salad (and exercise) kick for the last three months – pretty much replacing whatever else I used to eat for lunch with a salad in a jar for my Monday-Friday workdays. Practically what this means is that I buy enough… Continue Reading “Post #2018: The faux-waldorf – my salad of the week”

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Post #2009: How to throw a drinking party (with recipes!)

This blog has been a bit meditation-post heavy in the last few weeks – for which I am not at all sorry – but since we just threw a party for Brian’s birthday, and it was an afternoon-cocktail-themed-affair, and I invented two new drinks… Continue Reading “Post #2009: How to throw a drinking party (with recipes!)”

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