Monthly Archives: June 2013
Strawberries! Raspberries! Blackberries! Oh My!
OK, so it’s the time of year for the obligatory fresh fruit blog post. And you’d have to be totally gastronomically clueless not to know we live in Berry Heaven. Sure, nowadays, you can get, year-round, strawberries from California, raspberries from Chile and blackberries from Mexico. But it’s when Pacific Northwest fruit floods the markets […]
My trip home to the other Vancouver (B.C.)
I went home to Vancouver a few weekends ago. Yes, the other Vancouver, where I was born and raised. There are a few differences between the two, but both are considered my home. There were a few reasons we made the short trip to Canada but mostly it was for some rest and relaxation and, […]
The Conqueror’s Diet
One of the best books on food I’ve read doesn’t have a single recipe. It’s Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel. You’ve probably already read it; it was first published in 1997, and I’ve picked it up a couple of times since. This isn’t a book review, but initially, Diamond had me when he referred […]