Our Saint John friends took us to visit the bright and airy Saint John City Market for lunch. The market was small (compared to the Saint Lawrence Market in Toronto), but it was pretty much packed with food, drink, and art. There was also a colourful display of butterflies hanging from the rafters, created by hundreds of […]
Author: Meinhilde
Savouring New Brunswick Dulse
Being half Japanese, I don’t remember ever not eating seaweed. We would have it in soups, in sushi, as a snack. I even ‘invented’ a tasty treat of roast teriyaki-flavoured nori dipped in a cup of milk. It was just like milk and cookies…except it was milk and nori. While visiting friends in New Brunswick in September, […]
Through the Woods to Saint John, New Brunswick
Ryan, Sami and I drove to visit some friends in New Brunswick. To break up the driving, we spent nights in Quebec City and Riviere-du-Loup, seeing the sights and eating delicious food. We stayed in the outskirts of St John (different than Saint John’s, which is the capital of Newfoundland) and during our time there, we […]
The Year in Books: October
Pok Pok by Andy Ricker, 2013. Tomiko borrowed this Thai cookbook from the library because she thought ‘pok pok’ was a dirty word in Tagalog – alas, the word was similar but not ‘pok pok.’ The mistake ended up being a blessing in disguise, since the Pok Pok book is gorgeous and is full of amazing […]
Toronto Garlic Festival at the Evergreen Brickworks
For the third year in a row, I sampled the garlic at the Toronto Garlic Festival at the Evergreen Brickworks. There are several Ontario farms that grow garlic, but it is pretty much impossible to find in Toronto grocery stores. Started in 2011, the Toronto Garlic Festival celebrates this precious Ontario-grown garlic. About ten varietal groups […]