All Entries in the "Food" Category
Field to Fork Dilemma
I recently returned from Tunisia. My husband and I go to a different country every year for one month. When we arrive in a foreign city, we seek out monuments, ruins, forts, churches and mosques. One by one we check off these touristic testaments to empire, war and devotion in our guidebook. We travel to [...]
Tourist Tidal Wave and Spot Prawns
What island am I on?” asked a stressed looking young man standing in Rock Salt Restaurant at eight o’clock last Saturday night. I replied Salt Spring and he said, “Crap I am supposed to be on Pender, I took the wrong ferry.” I assured him that getting to Pender that night was an impossibility. Shannon, [...]
Salt Spring Island Chefs Selected For Culinary Event
April 30 , 2009 – Three of the most promising chefs in Canada are currently working in Fulford Harbour. Three Salt Spring chefs were invited this week to cook at one of the most significant culinary events in Canada. Rafael Flores and Berenice Balbuena from Rock Salt Restaurant, and David Lang from the pub in [...]
Lets grow more food this year!
Saturday, March 6, 1-5pm, Mahon Hall “Let’s grow more food this year!” An open space action think-tank Submitted by Shoshana Ray Would you like to invest in your community’s health while reducing your food’s environmental impact? Want Salt Spring to be more self-reliant and resilient? Have or need ideas, land, help, tools, or others to [...]
Heavenly Cheeses from Moonstruck Organic Cheese
“Sin on a cracker!” -Macleans Magazine Studio 29 – Moonstruck Organic Cheese. Good cheese is hard to come by, so a visit to Moonstruck is well worth the trip. Julia & Susan Grace have been milking Jersey cows and making fine cheeses for 12 years now. “We run the farm organically; we handcraft the cheese. We think it shows. Enjoy your visit” Rhapsody in Blue “Rich and silky, an organic cheese to make you anything but blue” Globe and Mail, January, 2010 The Salt Spring Studio Tour offers a year round opportunity to meet local artists and artisans and experience the creativity that abounds on this [...]
Salt Spring Musselteers
I can’t prove it, but would be willing bet money, Grant Hunt knows more about shellfish farming then anyone else in BC. Grant and his wife Ingrid are close friends of mine. When I first met them and asked what they did for a living Ingrid responded “aquaculture.” I imagined my twenty something self dressed [...]
Luck of the Pot
Last post I promised to write about Salt Spring holiday feasts. I didn’t get enough feedback to do this, so I’ve decided to talk about Salt Spring’s most cherished feast tradition instead – the potluck dinner. I’ll get to it soon, but I’m warning you that you might be disappointed by the outcome. This is [...]
Bruce Woods, The Perfect Dish – Globe and Mail, Letter to Editor
Salt Spring Island’s very own Bruce Wood, Chef/owner of Bruce’s Kitchen writes to the editor of the Globe and Mail about cooking from scratch vs. highly produced foods common in many of our diets. “I disagree that these sorts of dishes are causing the obesity epidemic. As a chef and cooking instructor, I teach balance, [...]
The Art of Tradition
With only 9 days left till Christmas many of you are probably starting to panic. I can relate. The combination of a busy restaurant, and societal pressure to execute a Norman Rockwell family Christmas, brings me very close to a nervous breakdown every year. I am not a big fan of Christmas. I don’t have [...]
Jill Thomas on Salt Spring’s Unique Taste
We all know that Salt Springers are an eclectic bunch. This statement is especially true when it comes to eating habits. I’ve been running a restaurant on this quirky island for 11 years so I know more about this than most people. Modifying restaurant menu items is a patriotic past-time here. Ever known anyone to [...]
