We are thrilled to have completed our second Evergreen Slowfood Picnic. This year was another jam-packed event and we’re excited at how well everything went this year. This years dish focused on savory – in short it was: Pickled garlic (in wine vinegar) Savory loaf (with roasted garlic, dehydrated green onion and umeboshi vinegar) Redehydrated leek [...]
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Lessons Learned from Brickworks Picnic 2011 – and Alum-azing
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In, tagged Evergreen Brickworks Slowfood Picnic 2011 on October 3, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Brickworks Picnic 2011 – The Final Prep
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In, tagged Evergreen Brickworks Slowfood Picnic 2011 on October 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today is going to be as hectic as the cold and blustery wind outside. I can feel that there`s only 28 hours left before the event and it feels different from 2 hours ago when I knew there was 30. Time found the accelerator. There`s lots of work for each of us left. Dana`s got [...]
Brickworks Picnic 2011: 2 Days and Counting
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In, tagged Evergreen Brickworks Slowfood Picnic 2011 on September 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I suppose the cool thing to do would be to state how calm I am about this coming weekend. To act like I’ve been here before (which I actually have). But the truth is it’s our second year cooking at the picnic, I’ve been done most of the preparation work for weeks and I am [...]
Update on the Brickworks Picnic
Posted in Special Series, We`ve Hosted or Participated In, tagged Evergreen Brickworks Slowfood Picnic 2011 on September 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This years picnic preparations are much different from last years experience. We’ve pickled more than 30 pounds of garlic this year and have a bunch of dehydration behind us – all that’s left is deciding how to assemble everything together and determine if we are going to add anything else (cheese and/or a cracker were both debated [...]
Pickled Garlic Lessons from 2011 – Preserving for 1,000 Update 3
Posted in Special Series, We`ve Hosted or Participated In, tagged Evergreen Brickworks Slowfood Picnic 2011 on September 13, 2011 | 7 Comments »
If you haven’t heard of pickled garlic, you are missing out on something truly awesome. Many people don’t know the golden rule of Garlic (I learned it a few years back reading Anthony Bourdain) – the smaller it is chopped, the more bitter it becomes. The larger, the sweeter. Pickled garlic takes entire bulbs (with [...]
Do You Preserve? Upcoming Events You Want to Plan For
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In on August 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Hey all – happy summer! We’re now in the heart of the summer and the bounty of the harvest is here. It’s a thrilling time and one that’s filled with all sorts of opportunities to preserve – the difficulty is often choosing what to do and eliminating choices of what not to do. With all [...]
Hosting a Dinner Party for 20…Without Cooking
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In on August 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Some of our 20 guests will begin to arrive in the next few hours. It`s a delightfully random group that ranges from family on vacation to friends of 30 years. Other than Dana and myself there`s noone who knows more than a handful of the other guests and it`s going to be a lovely feast. [...]
Preserve Swap – Our `Haul`
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In on February 24, 2011 | 5 Comments »
What can one come with from a simple preserve swap? Ask and ye shall receive… We came with: 1 Liter (a quart) of strawberry jam. A giant thanks to Chef Kyle Deming from Starfish and the Ceili Cottage (and his newish project, Sausage Partners) for a very one-sided trade – this ha fall at the [...]
Preserve Swap
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In on February 23, 2011 | 16 Comments »
What a night! Our first preserve swap – in the middle of winter when many are at their lowest inventory all year of preserved goodness. It was awesome. Dana and I showed up early – Emily was there to greet us with a smile. We spread our buttons out, dressed up “The Dude” (he’s a [...]
More Info on The Preserve Swap at The Avro (Leslieville, Toronto)
Posted in We`ve Hosted or Participated In on February 17, 2011 | 9 Comments »
For those of you looking for the preserve swap on Monday, February 20th 2012 you can find that post here. The following post is from 2011 and our event at roughly the same time. The big night is coming fast – we are so excited about the preserve swap that we went to the Avro [...]
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