Eat your Weeds

Spring’s first wild greens can be an unexpectedly delicious tonic, but don’t wait long for a feed of Stinging Nettles; pick carefully into a colander, rinse under lots of cold running water, and drop into a hot pan sizzling with butter while still wet …but don’t touch!

 
Wear rubber or leather gloves while you’re picking, as nasty [...]

Breakfast is ready

With the frost out of the ground, what better time to get out the griddle and enjoy the best of the season’s fresh Maple syrup, and to launch a new website. But a moveable feast it is, as I blaze trails between life at home in Prince Edward County and life in Toronto. [...]