I like to joke that people can tell I’m Dutch because I live mostly on kale and cheese. It isn’t too far from the truth. Three or four of my meals each week seem to consist of a large bowl of kale with whatever I have on hand mixed in. Quite often I’ll make kale [...]
Do you ever find yourself going on food jags? I don’t mean the sort that you go on when you are eight and something is terribly wrong with the world if you don’t have half a cinnamon raisin bagel with butter (cream cheese? Heaven forbid!) and exactly four slices of Pink Lady apple for lunch [...]
I have been told on several occasions that I eat Weird Breakfasts. From a certain perspective, I am guilty as charged. Leftover noodles, tomato soup, dal on toast—these are not what one could call typical items on the average North American breakfast table. I prefer to look at it as reclaiming an space in which [...]
In spite of my best efforts to plan ahead, whenever I go away I end up frantically using up edible oddments that will not last through my absence. I just get so darn excited about vegetables that I can’t seem to stand having fewer than three meals’ worth around at any given moment. This time, [...]
I have slowly been developing an ever-more elaborate series of rituals surrounding the end of exams each term. It gives me something to look forward to, a bit of carrot to counteract my self-imposed stick during finals. In its current incarnation, the ritual looks a little like this. 1. I emerge from my last exam [...]
Whenever I go to the States, or someone from the States comes up to visit me or someone in my circle of acquaintance, there’s always the question: “Do you want anything from the States?” or “Would you like me to bring you something from Canada?” Sadly, no fresh fruits or vegetables, thanks to restrictions at [...]
It’s been soup weather lately—blustery, grey, and cold—and I’ve been craving split pea soup for weeks. Split pea soup has been one of my favourites for a long time. It took me a while to warm up to, mainly because I had read James Marshall’s George and Martha too many times as a child. (It [...]
Sometimes I am lazy with guacamole, just mashing up some avocado with a bit of salsa. It’s okay, but—I’m so glad when I’m not lazy. Guacamole is one of those Good Ugly Foods, at least if you tend to leave avocados a little bit too long so they get nasty brown bits that you eat [...]
If you are one of those who firmly believe that breakfast is defined as cereal and/or toast plus coffee and possibly fruit, skip this recipe. If, on the other hand, you are an adventurous breakfaster, an eccentric breakfaster, or simply someone with lots of leftovers to use, read on. I must say that my [...]
It’s a grey day. Not so cold as it might be, but grey. The sidewalks have turned into miniature glaciers, and you have to walk up a treacherous hill to get to class. Shuffling penguin-like over the ice flows, you bend your head, eyes fixed on the grey, gritty patches of concrete peeking through. It’s [...]
