Category: Organic

Sourdough bread is, as history tells us, the World’s first bread. Ingredients include water, salt, flour and natural yeast – and not the yeast that comes out of the jar – the stuff that is all around is at all times… in the air, on the ground, on our skin… yea, there too – everywhere.…

There are few flavours more perfectly mated than peanut butter and chocolate. It could very well be the greatest taste accident of all time. In this recipe I riff on the previous Bon Appetit take on the perfect chocolate chip cookie. Take out the tahini, add in peanut butter and hope for the best. I…

Umami. You live for it. You love for it. This is the zest and flavour of life. This dish is packed with all those things you long for. It’s yummy and nutritious with every bite. Click on the photo for the big view It pairs well with a blustery red wine – like a Malbec…

Tofu. You love it or hate it. It’s your kryptonite. Your weekend friend. Your arch nemesis. At best, I have struck an uneasy allegiance with Tofu – but it might be a case of “getting to know you better…” Give it time. This inning, for whatever reason, the combination of condiments and grilled additions (asparagus)…

I love the occasional chocolate chip cookie – and I have dabbled with a variety of recipes and approaches but have never really knocked it out of the park. After catching a Bon Appetit YouTube video on the subject, I realized that maybe I have found what I was looking for. I was. These cookies…

There are few things more fun than the simplicity of a great recipe that whips up quick and satisfies unconditionally. And for those of you that say, “…hang on! Avocado in a dessert, are you crazy?” Avocado is a tasty and healthy way to add incredible texture to a pudding or dessert. Trust me. This…

We have some fav local eateries in Victoria like Cafe Brio – Il Covo Trattoria and Zambri’s – they are hard to beat for pure romance on date night. We have been doing a date night for 25+ years and put it down to the love for each other, the love of food and wine…

Way back in 2013, I was struggling with an assortment of things – as many people do. Troubles: They come and go… in varying intensities for most of us. That period of my life was particularly problematic with the loss of my dad, my mother-in-law, a brother-in-law and a close friend. Stuff like that can…

Broadcast journalist Gregor Craigie has been on the radio; CBC Radio 1 Vancouver Island, CBS, the British Broadcasting Corporation and Public Radio International in the United States as well as CBC Television as a political reporter… Audio snippet – the thinking behind the book Vancouver Island’s largest historic earthquake was a magnitude 7.3 event that…

We had some fresh figs gifted to us a Christmas time – they were fresh frozen and in the freezer. It was time. These are, arguably, amongst the tastiest fruit squares that we have ever made. By themselves, with just the fresh figs, they are mighty tasty – by adding the antioxidant rich blueberries, they…