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Cook, cookbook author, writer, eater... I talk about food on CBC radio, I write about food for the Globe + Mail. ❤️ butter + feeding people.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE MOST AMAZING STORY??? A few

ARE YOU READY FOR THE MOST AMAZING STORY??? A few days ago, someone I didn’t know messaged me on Facebook… She had picked up an old oil painting at a Goodwill in Cincinnati for $1, brought it home and did a reverse Google image search on the signature. She came up with a picture of a painting I posted on Instagram - a painting of poppies my grandfather, who disappeared in a small plane before I was born, painted in 1947 in Flanders, Belgium. It turns out it’s his painting… and even my parents only have one of his paintings- he wasn’t an artist but a house painter, and we have no connection to Cincinnati! Anyway, @melissamc22 and her husband were kind enough to package it up and ship it to me yesterday - it’s on its way now! It’s my dad‘s birthday this weekend, and of course also Father’s Day, so I printed out a picture of the painting and surprised him with the story tonight. Isn’t that just amazing??? The kindness of people and power of social media for good!!

Pie night is one of my favourite nights of the yea

Pie night is one of my favourite nights of the year… I get together with a handful of friends and we make loads of pies using Allison’s monster backyard rhubarb patch, and fill our freezers. We missed last year, but set up folding tables to do it in the back yard this year. (Size 11 feet for scale.)

I love how many of us are in this boat.

I love how many of us are in this boat.

Whomever said nothing tastes as good as skinny fee

Whomever said nothing tastes as good as skinny feels (Kate Moss?) never ate a bag of Glamorgan cheese buns in the bathtub. #cleaneating #eatclean

I go out for walks every day, and it never occurs

I go out for walks every day, and it never occurs to me to worry that someone might want to attack or murder me. That they might try to run me over or throw something at me.

We need to pay closer attention to what’s happening every day in our communities-and at work, in our parks and on our streets… and be ready to act in order to push back against racism, bigotry and hate in every aspect of our daily lives. And to do everything we can to support those who don’t have this same basic freedom. We call for Justice, but for so many there can be none. Beyond accountability and retribution, it can only be the act of working toward a just society and against a system that enables and allows these atrocities to happen. Every day.. not just after they happen.

Peonies are here! I can’t get enough of these..

Peonies are here! I can’t get enough of these.. they remind me of my grandma’s house in Windsor, and they’re just so beautiful. This one is bigger than my hand! I’ve been moving this little bouquet around the house with me so it’s always beside me.

Did I just get lucky?

Did I just get lucky?

I seem to always have a chunk of days-old bread on

I seem to always have a chunk of days-old bread on my counter that I don’t want to compost or turn into croutons. Fortunately I could eat soup toast every day, or versions thereof.. like pappa al pomodoro -tomato bread soup! This is like the part of your meal where you mop up the last of your tomato sauce with your bread… the very best part. You don’t need a recipe for this (honestly!) but here’s how I did it: sautéed a shallot or a bit of onion and a clove of garlic in some olive oil (with salt to help coax the moisture out) until soft, added most of a big can of good tomatoes, a few leaves of basil and a couple cups of stock, simmered for a bit, then blended right in the pot. If your bread is very firm and crusty and stale, chop it and let it cook in the soup a bit to soften… Otherwise you can just stir it in or pour the soup over top and let it soften in the bowl. Pappa al pomodoro can be more porridge-like, or full of soft chunks of bread (the way I like it), and you can serve it at any temperature, topped with a bit of Parmesan and a drizzle of oil and a bit more basil, which is just about the most summery meal ever. And of course when tomatoes are in season and abundant you can use them instead of canned. And if it’s chilly and you can bear to turn the oven on, top it with cheese and pop it under the broiler to melt and it’s kind of like lasagna you can eat with a spoon. Next time I get a ball of burrata I’m making this to nestle it into.

My morning view... I get a lot of questions about

My morning view... I get a lot of questions about the top window... there isn’t a loft, but perhaps there once was? I’ve been told it was lived in as a tiny home during the Great Depression. And the birds nest up in the peak!

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