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Discovering my inner molecular gastronomist with John Placko 21 Aug 2013 | 07:31 am
It's a messy plate of molecular goodness. The best ice cream I've ever eaten, made with liquid nitrogen served in a liquid nitrogen coconut raspberry bowl with frozen bits of berries, aerated green te...
Writing the book on Niagara 9 Aug 2013 | 01:54 am
I got this fortune with my lunch shortly before an email arrived with an opportunity I couldn't resist. Fingers crossed it's true. Otherwise, I'll have to try my luck at those lottery numbers. Eggshe...
How to Host a Dinner Party serves up perspective for a hostess without the mostest 1 Aug 2013 | 07:54 am
I did something really bad the other week. I invited a friend over for dinner and made Swiss chard gnocchi from scratch. It wasn't that my guest had an allergy to chard or an aversion to gnocchi. It...
Weeding and Eating: The Great Purslane Giveaway returns 12 Jul 2013 | 08:08 am
Purslane from Grackle Garden, the 2013 vintage. My name is Tiffany and I am a weedaholic. There's a reason for that, not the least of which is they taste good. But when you're purslane, not only ar....
Serviceberry galette and insect-borne illness 10 Jul 2013 | 07:38 am
One of the serviceberry bushes at work, home to fruit and hungry mosquitos. My previous boss was a good soul. Knowing how I eschewed grocery stores and occasionally found the makings of my meals in....
The Canadian Food Project: A Niagara icon — the peach 8 Jul 2013 | 02:37 am
Few things are more distinctly Niagara than the peach. There's food porn and then there's the peach. Really, it's one of the most erotic edibles. Anais Nin could write an entire series of her, ahem....
The cherry harvest that wasn't 25 Jun 2013 | 06:49 am
The cherries that were supposed to be harvested by the Garden of Eating-Niagara. Strange, I always thought 'for the birds' was an idiom lacking positive connotations. To me, it meant paltry, not goo...
A week on repeat and rhubarb-ginger crisp 22 Jun 2013 | 10:13 pm
I channeled my inner Bill Murray last week, my days on repeat like Groundhog Day. It was covocation at work and having been designated the unofficial official university photographer in the last minu...
The Canadian Food Experience Project: A tale about pigs' tails 8 Jun 2013 | 10:30 pm
Photo by Gavin Bell. I remember the moment well when the proverbial wheels feel off my efforts to Assimilate with Albertans. It was dinner time and a handful of us university residence dwellers gath...
Food truck food fight: B-sides from a reporter's notebook 6 Jun 2013 | 07:14 am
If people glean anything from this blog, I hope it's my love for Niagara. A good friend once told me I have an amazing ability to fall in love with wherever I live. I've had serious relationships wit...
