A couple weeks ago the lure of futuristic sex robots on the promotional invitation pulled me to Parkdale’s Parts & Labour for the Canadian launch of Svedka vodka. This most filtered and pure spirit is not my favourite spirit but I always try to keep an open mind where free alcohol is involved. After we [...]
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A Season for Preserving
“Such a beautifully smelly task should be fun, I thought.” -M.F.K. Fisher on her early memories of preserving, The Measure of My Powers 1912, from The Gastronomical Me. Preserving can be a year-round activity even here in Canada. Last winter I pickled jalapenos, preserved ginger and limes (separately), and made marmalade. Truthfully though, the preserving [...]
