I'm giving a Thai cooking class on Saturday, Aug. 10th. 5pm-8pm. Menu: Pad thai Sacred basil jungle eggplant Green curry chicken $30 for a filling, healthy, fresh meal. $40 if you feel like throwing in some mango cocktails : ) Otherwise, BYOW. I do not use ketchup (that's … [Read more...] about Upcoming Cooking Class: Hot and Spicy Thai
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Fresh From the Garden: Peas, Cucumbers, Rainbow Chard, Sorrel, Epazote, Fenugreek, and Arugula
My garden mini-exploded. I blinked, and all of a sudden a giant cucumber was living under some leaves I'd tied up to a stake. The next day I shuffled a few more leaves - two more cucumbers! It's a very strange feeling to "discover" a foot-long cucumber "hiding." Peas I'm … [Read more...] about Fresh From the Garden: Peas, Cucumbers, Rainbow Chard, Sorrel, Epazote, Fenugreek, and Arugula
Montreal Canning Class this Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 4:30pm: Peach, raspberry and strawberry jam
Want to learn to can? Love jam? Want to take home a jar of delicious confiture? You can! In fact, you can can! Whether your legs go above your head is up to you, but we can all eat jam with just enough sugar and a generous amount of maple syrup... Learn all about safe canning, … [Read more...] about Montreal Canning Class this Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 4:30pm: Peach, raspberry and strawberry jam
Garden Update: My first little tomato, and no children
I suppose I should call this a balcony update rather than a garden update, as my first tomato appeared yesterday (do you see it??!!) in one of the 5 self-watering containers on my balcony, not my community garden plot. My balcony tomato plants are energetic, to say the … [Read more...] about Garden Update: My first little tomato, and no children
Canning Class This Monday: Learn to Make Strawberry Jam
I picked a whole lot of strawberries, so it's time to make jam. Come lend a hand, learn a thing or two, and take home some of the spoils. When: Monday, July 1, 2pm-4:30pm Where: My place (email for directions) How much: $20 How many people: Only 4 spots left! watson.amie (at) … [Read more...] about Canning Class This Monday: Learn to Make Strawberry Jam
Arugula: My Garden’s First Bountiful, Nibbled-On Harvest (plus lots of recipes)
I've been pruning my basil plants. That means pinching off the little suckers (that's actually the name of the new leaves that try to come along where big leaves are already trying to grow. You pinch them off to encourage large leaf growth) and the flowers (same justification). … [Read more...] about Arugula: My Garden’s First Bountiful, Nibbled-On Harvest (plus lots of recipes)
Garden Update: My First Garden, Part 2
Here's the long-awaited update on my first garden. I'm sure you anxious to know if I'd killed everything yet. So far, nothing has died, per se. My tomatoes are looking awfully sad after their transplant into the soil at the far end of the plot. And the sorrel (closest to you in … [Read more...] about Garden Update: My First Garden, Part 2
Midnight Poutine Podcast in the Montreal Gazette
Steve Faguy of The Montreal Gazette and Montreal blog, Fagstein, wrote an article on our 300th podcast over at Midnight Poutine. He came in studio for our 299th episode to see how all the magic happens. The photo doesn't even make it look like we record in a veritable closet, so … [Read more...] about Midnight Poutine Podcast in the Montreal Gazette
Fig Juice in a Centrifuge for Fine Dining Lovers
Here's my latest article on Modernist Cuisine for Fine Dining Lovers: Fig Juice in a Centrifuge Highlights: 1. I didn't blow anything, including myself, up. Hurray. 2. Fig juice is really fig syrup, and is even better than it sounds. Eat with your eyes if you don't have a … [Read more...] about Fig Juice in a Centrifuge for Fine Dining Lovers
Yoga Fest Montreal, May 31-June 2, 2013: The best yoga studios, teachers and healthy lunches
I wrote this article for MidnightPoutine.ca but because there are lunches being provided that veer towards yogic health and there's a workshop on Ayurvedic nutrition, I wanted to post it here as well. Montreal has a yoga studio for every taste, whether it's hot, slow, partner, … [Read more...] about Yoga Fest Montreal, May 31-June 2, 2013: The best yoga studios, teachers and healthy lunches