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The Alchemy of Sourdough Bread ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on 4 June 2019 Gluten and wheat intolerance has been on my family’s radar for decades. My sister Lee gave up eating all wheat-based foods in her early twenties after a childhood and teenager-hood... 
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Articles Cheese and Virtual Rescue Missions First appeared in Grainews on 13 October 2020 Life in a pandemic takes its toll in many ways. One of the noticeable changes is how we spend our leisure time. No trips this year – not that I was actively planning, and not... 
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Canadiana Classics, Part I: Nanaimo Bars: A Fat Slice of History ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on April 2022 I lived in Vancouver in my twenties. Yaletown didn’t exist yet, other than as hulking rows of empty warehouses to be bicycled past quickly. Granville... 
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Lentils from the Ashes of War ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on 5 April 2022 In 1923, Jirys Ya’qūb Sallūm kissed his wife and young sons goodbye in the town of Qar’awn, located in the Biqa’ Valley, in the French protectorate of Lebanon and Syria. Speaking only... 
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Apple Crepes to Say Farewell ARTICLES First appeared in Grainews on 19 February 2019 I learned recently that my culinary mentor, Madeleine Kamman, died in July 2018. At the time, the event went unnoticed. But when I got word, the news flattened me. Madeleine was the...