My story about opening rock climbing routes came out in the Toronto Star travel section last Saturday with a photo of me holding a giant drill and hanging from two ropes on a cliff face in the Lanaudière, an hour-and-a-half northeast of Montreal. It was taken where I've been … [Read more...] about Toronto Star Story, Bolting Rock Climbing Routes in Lanaudière, QC, and How to Spend a Pandemic
Archives for April 2021
Black Bean Chilli on Roasted Butternut Squash
Roast a butternut squash and plop it under a big scoop of black bean chilli and you've got yourself dinner. The black beans are soft and savoury, the butternut squash sweet and somewhere between creamy and juicy and there's just enough spicy tomato in there to add the requisite … [Read more...] about Black Bean Chilli on Roasted Butternut Squash
Healthy Gluten-Free Sourdough Cornbread
Like everybody and their dog, I've started a sourdough culture, but mine is a little different: it's gluten-free sourdough and made with brown rice flour. As it requires daily feeding, I'm constantly looking for ways to use up what I need to siphon off each time I add new flour … [Read more...] about Healthy Gluten-Free Sourdough Cornbread
How to Cook Chicken in a Slow-Cooker or Instant Pot: Recipe for Chicken with Wild Mushrooms and Sage
I'll keep this instant pot or slow-cooker chicken with wild mushrooms and sage recipe short and sweet, because I hear I can be a bit long-winded in the preamble to a recipe. All you do is soak your mushrooms OVERNIGHT (see below for why), then the next day you sear chicken … [Read more...] about How to Cook Chicken in a Slow-Cooker or Instant Pot: Recipe for Chicken with Wild Mushrooms and Sage