Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

Bretzels

Posted: July 6, 2011 in Family, Food, Media

Getting ready for more camping.  They’ll be great for breakfast with jam or for lunch with a sandwich!  Based off of a LCBO recipe here.

A Plastic-less Lent

Posted: March 10, 2011 in Family, Food, Ideas, Media

In past years, I’ve given up coffee.  Caffeine.  Beer.  Alcohol. This year, I wanted something different (although I was leaning towards beer again.  As a brewer, it’s a poignant deprivation).  My wife came up with one for the family: no restaurants.  That’s not a huge one, except for our snack runs at Timmy’s.  And giving [...]

Best of the Season

Posted: December 23, 2010 in Brewing, Family, Food, Media, Thanks

To you and yours!

Día de los Muertos

Posted: November 1, 2010 in Brewing, Family, Food

Whether you celebrate it on All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day, or some other day, take some time to remember and celebrate the dead who have gone before you.  It can be as simple as making a favourite meal of someone dearly departed, or taking a moment while eating at an heirloom kitchen table, pouring [...]

A View Down the Valley

Posted: August 16, 2010 in Family, Food, Gardening

On a rainy day, when the hop harvest stood still, we went and watched the kids finish soccer.   I came home to sit, read, and smoke a pork shoulder with a chunk of apple wood.  We sat outside at a table by the “smoker” and ate supper. It’s a poor man’s offset smoker, but [...]