Category: food photography
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Spiced Chickpea Stew with Butternut Squash & Spinach
A can of chickpeas, an onion, and some garlic make up the most unassuming of all blank canvases for a meal. These three homely ingredients become something special when combined, add in other pantry staples and spices and a meal worthy of casual company can come together quickly and without fuss. For this Spiced Chickpea Stew…
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Fiery Israeli Couscous Salad with a Creamy Avocado and Fresh Herb Dressing
I have been away the past couple of months because I’ve been writing, writing, writing and then writing some more; this Edward Gorey illustration is an accurate representation of how I’m feeling these days: You know what helps when I feel this burnt out? Salads all.the.time. I’m a huge fan of salads that are sturdy,…
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Autumn Cocktail with Rye and a Ginger Orange Simple Syrup
I know it’s autumn when I make the leap from summery gin cocktails to classic rye and gingers. If you don’t have Canadian rye whiskey available, you can go ahead and use regular whiskey; I prefer rye because it’s smoother than regular whiskey and I find that its golden honeyed taste goes down a lot…
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Ridiculously Simple and Creamy Eggplant Dip (Vegan, Too!)
I’ve had the pleasure of cooking for my London, Ontario family this past week which has been extra pleasurable because I’ve been able to do it in a proper backyard with a barbecue and copious glasses of wine and gin and tonics (oof, my liver will need a break after this vacation). I made this…
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Chicken Cacciatore
As I’ve said before, I’m always tempted  to go the fussy route when cooking for other people. I know the food I write about is often and ideally simple, but believe me when I say that it takes lot of back and forth conversation in my head to arrive at the meals I write about.…