Articles, Cooking Corner, Fish, Friends, Locavore, Seasonal, Travel
Fishers and Farmers First appeared in Grainews on 12 October 2021 Articles Early fall, and I am on a West Coast holiday with Mom, revisiting the foods, places, and faces of her youth. Mom is a retired dryland farmer, and like me, she misses the ready access to fish... 
Articles, Cooking Corner, Family, Farm, Friends, Garden, Locavore, Seasonal
Articles In Good Company First appeared in Grainews on 9 April 2019 We arrived for a preliminary visit at the farm in June 2010, a month ahead of our move-in date. Over-anxious? Eager? Yes, both, but mostly we came early to help my aging parents move out – into a... 
Articles, Baking, Cooking Corner, Family, Farm, Friends, Sweets
Articles Reasons for Cooking First appeared in Grainews on 17 July 2018 On a Friday over lunch after our weekly trip to the farmer’s market, I asked Mom what her favourite desserts were. Her 82nd birthday was rolling around soon. I’d already decided on the main course... 
Articles, Beans and Pulses, Beef, Cooking Corner, Family, Friends, Garden, Locavore, Vegetables
Articles Climate Change and Our Plates A month ago, Dave stumped me with a late-evening question, posed as we got ready for bed after Netflix, tea, and date squares: “What would you be willing to give up eating for the sake of climate change?” I had to sleep on it.... 
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Freezer Archaeology First appeared in Grainews on 13 February 2018 Articles I was sitting at my neighbour Sharon’s kitchen counter on a Sunday morning, enjoying our weekly coffee. My puppy, Jake, fussed at my feet, his manners strained by my insistence on a...