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Feasting

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Last Saturday Shoo invited some people from his college over for an 'international food party'. To try and keep it low key, there were just seven of us, but we had Japan, Germany, Spain and Italy/England represented. There were onigiri, tortilla,[...]

Feasting

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Last Saturday Shoo invited some people from his college over for an 'international food party'. To try and keep it low key, there were just seven of us, but we had Japan, Germany, Spain and Italy/England represented. There were onigiri, tortilla,[...]

Festive Feasting

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Friday was the start of Eid-ul-fitr, a three day festival to mark the end of Ramadan.  I've been feasting for the last two days and today was not exception.  While I will post separately about the fabulous brunch earlier today, I thought[...]

Feasting to Fasting

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Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything of note, but as a particularly food related event is coming up in the calendar, it seems appropriate that I should at least give it a mention. Shrove Tuesday, or as a rather clever ad[...]

Feasting and Falafel

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Thanksgiving and the great feasting is officially over, at least for a few short weeks until the next great feasting event called Christmas. I absolutely cannot put another fattening morsel into my mouth. Turkey, sausage stuffing,[...]

Feasting and Fasting

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Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, otherwise known as the 40 days leading up to Easter. Lent is traditionally a time of penitence and fasting in order to prepare ourselves for the Easter feast. We receive ashes (usually from the burnt[...]

The feasting has begun!

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!  So it?s not technically Thanksgiving yet, but we feasted tonight. Tonight I fixed dinner for my sister, her date Josh, Russell and I.  My day off work slipped away from me quickly while running a[...]

Foraging and feasting 101

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High-bush cranberry. All the world is a buffet. Or so it seemed by late Saturday afternoon as I headed south on Highway 6 near Guelph and noticed all of the food in the ditch by the side of the road. No farmer had let their livestock[...]

Christmas feasting wrap-up

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Christmas has come and gone just as quickly as it does every year. No doubt gyms across the country are having a surge in membership applications as people reflect on all the goodness that they ate. I declared to Mum that she shouldn?t have to cook[...]

Christmas feasting, part one

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As the old saying goes (I think) 'If one Christmas meal is good, then more than one is even better'. Ever since university I've done a Christmas dinner with friends as well as the real event on 25th December. I can't remember if I did the year[...]