Puckery, garlicky, spicy pickled asparagus*

I know it’s not exactly Friday today. But in order to bring you this Friday snippet of food fun, I actually had to pickle the asparagus first, which is a weekend job. I…

Red currants

It is 8:45 a.m. on a Saturday in July. I descend the steps of the 504 streetcar at the intersection of King Street West and Jarvis. As I wait for the light to change to allow…

Garlic scape pesto

Your instructions: Bookmark Dorie Greenspan’s recipe for garlic scape pesto and promise me you’ll make it when scapes come back into season next spring.

Sorry, basil pesto. You’re dead to me.

Lime tart with fresh raspberries

I know. I know! It’s yet another dessert post.

I’m just as surprised as you are, as I’ll gladly side with savoury over sweet every single time. But what can I say? There…

Pizza with spring toppings and fontina

I choose to view the last year and eight months as a lesson in simplicity, in determining life’s essentials from its frills. As it happens, having a full-sized oven is a frill,…