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“Los Angeles” brand carrots from Mexico sold in Quebec make me sick
I subscribe to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency food warning, recall, and allergy email notification service. This means that I receive an email every time any food
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Vermont Diary – Part I
I just came back from 2 amazing days in Northern Vermont. You see, I was hired to be a chauffeur to an evil capitalist management consultant who was going to a small Vermont town - with or without me - to convince a nice small-town Vermont construction company owner to diversify and morph into a greedy
Spring salad
Yesterday I harvested a ton of lettuce from my community garden plot. Sorrel, red curly, romaine, Boston, arugula, and chicory. Bursting with flavour, these luscious greens barely needed much dressing, but I needed some protein in my diet becuase I am working out at the gym on a regular basis and need
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Montreal farmshare weeks 3 & 4
Week 3 of my farm-share included: 2 edible flowers 1 pint raspberries 2 heads chicory? 1 big head Boston lettuce 2 kohlrabi 1 bunch kale 1 large bunch swiss and rainbow chard 1 bag big snow peas 1 cucumber 4 zucchini 1 bag dried speckled romano beans 2 dozen eggs purchased Week 4: 1 head chicory? 1 big
My Montreal CSA box – baskets #1 & #2
I've mentioned the CSA I belong to many times and I've also been eagerly awaiting the start of the summer season - which began last week. I'm sure many people who live in the USA and some Canadians on the west coast are able to enjoy fresh local vegetables all year round, but the growing season in Montreal
Montreal Community Garden Season in full swing
I have made mention several times of my community garden plot, most recently when I made Sorrel Potato Soup from the first growth of sorrel, which is a perennial and returns to the plot each year. I also mentioned
Spring harvests in Montreal
Spring is sprung — even though it is officially over in a few days — and our farmers markets are finally showing some local produce besides last years carrots. Most importantly, asparagus is here. I have been buying and grilling it for almost a week now, and I don't see Noshette and I getting bored
Sorrel Potato Soup
Sometimes I get so pissed off by the world we live in, all I want to do is scream. Instead, I garden. I can't believe what people are putting into my food, into your food, just to get rich. Is money that important? I don't make a lot of money, but I have an apartment, a television, a stereo, and a bunch
Au Pied de Cochon – - my birthday dinner
I apologize for not posting last week, but I've been quite busy lately. I've spent the better part of the last two weeks playing drums for a college production of the musical "Hair" and I also celebrated my birthday last week. Noshette kindly took me out to an early dinner (I had a 7pm curtain call)
Montreal Community Gardens Contaminated
By this time last year, I had already cleaned up my community garden plot and sowed my seeds, after laying down a few bags of organic manure bought from a farmer in the Eastern Townships. Here is what my plot looked like the first week of May, 2006. You can see Noshette and my garden partner Marc hard
‘Bacon, the film” ~ this Sunday in Montreal
Montrealers should be aware that a documentary about large-scale hog producers that was produced in 2002 will be screened this coming Sunday afternoon: Bacon, the film Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 4pm Redpath Museum
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Digest: Iowa’s gamble, Quebec ponders GM labeling, animal IDs are COOL
"Fueling Iowa's Future": An informative new series launched today in preparation of the 2008 Iowa caucuses. A number of articles and graphics highlight the state's opportunities — and the serious challenges — as Iowa attempts to become an alternative energy leader for the nation. Des
Montreal profile: A tale of tofu
Eating ethically isn't especially easy. For one thing, it means cutting down on my meat consumption, at least until I find more sources of meat that my stomach can stomach, now that it is actually attached to my brain. Also, Noshette is a born-again omnivore and it still getting her meat-feet wet, so
Quebec election 2007: Time to vote with your vote.
Residents of the United States (and many politically ignorant Canadians) may not know about the upcoming Quebec provincial election, but on March 26 over 7.5 million Quebecers will decide which group of politicians will be making the rules
Quebec Election strives for a “plus vert” Quebec (official English translation not available at this time)
A provincial election was called here last week, which would be the equivalent of state elections in the USA. It will be held on March 26, 2007, and the campaigns have obviously begun. There are 3 major political parties in Quebec: The Liberals, the "Parti Quebecois", and the ADQ, which is an acronym
