Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival

Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival

On a cold but sunny spring day we piled into the car and drove up to Bruce’s Mills Conservation Area, one of the sites for the Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival on the outskirts of Toronto. When we were tykes, our mom would stuff us into the car and take us to the springtime maple syrup […]

The Year in Books: April with Consider the Fork by Bee Wilson

The Year in Books, April, Consider the Fork by Bee Wilson

Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson is a book about the history of cooking and cooking utensils, from roasting spits and fireplaces to mortars and pestles and chopsticks. It explores the way our kitchen tools influence what we eat, how we eat, and what we feel about what […]