It is officially cold season! And party season. Alas, one must stay healthy and strong to be able to rock on. With the overflowing abundance of garlic left over from playing defence against the Halloween vampires, I decided to make hostess gifts that will keep my gracious hosts’ immune systems robust and breath pungent. Garlic …
Author Archives: Adrienne
pomegranate time.
This is the time of year that pomegranates are in stores in our part of the world, and I am so happy! I love dissecting the fruit to reveal its ruby jewels, even when the process inevitably covers everything with a spray of red juice. The seeds are scattered haphazardly, to punctuate my food with …
self-actualization and bread.
We live in an old, creaky apartment with cracks that crawl up the walls, lumpy hardwood floors, and crooked charm. The harbinger of winter is the sound of the radiators coming on, first with slow grumbling and hisses, building up to rattling like a tin kettle boiling over. Occasionally it sounds like a troll is …
winter is coming.
As the temperature drops, all I want to do is cook things on low and slow. Soups, stews, roasts…things that take a few hours to cook, that need to be eaten in bowls while wearing fuzzy slippers and sweaters. A few years ago I discovered a Persian restaurant in Toronto called Pomegranate. For my first …
yoghurt cheese
While making labneh, an Arab cheese made from drained yoghurt, I have discovered another favourite sound: yoghurt liquid drip dropping.
vampires and other things
With our giant bowl of garlic, we are ready to keep the vampires away. And colds.
lumpy flatbread
Lumpy focaccia. #thymeandscallions
it’s pomegranate season.
Another Ottolenghi-inspired lunch: roasted eggplant, sour cream, thyme, olive oil, pomegranate, fennel/cumin/sesame seeds.
mid-afternoon pick-me-up
3:45 pm. Still a good time for espresso.
we bought an espresso machine – !!!!
Espresso. !!!!!