Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
I am a convert to eating buffalo. Oh my. This time last year I penned an article for EcoSalon about the environmental arguments for Americans to eat buffalo. The main point is that rearing buffalo promotes the restoration of native grasslands in the prairies of the American West. However, as I was living in Britain [...]
An improvised tart to celebrate spring – perfect for a Sunday lunch with friends. The White Witch still has the East Coast in her wintry clutches, but here in Californarnia, Aslan is on the move. It’s spring! The song birds are pairing up, the squirrels are getting frisky, and the trees are in blossom. Best [...]
Super Bowl Sunday party Along with Thanksgiving, Super Bowl Sunday is a venerable American tradition with a focus on food. We had to feel our own way for Thanksgiving, but our neighbours invited us over for a Super Bowl party. This was my first time watching American football and I must admit it was pretty [...]
We cook up a feast for our first Thanksgiving in America. Thanksgiving is a peculiarly North American holiday. In the United States it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November and in Canada it is the second Monday in October and is, I believe, more of a harvest festival. Perhaps readers can enlighten me [...]
Recipe for sophisticated Middle Eastern-inspired, gluten-free cake with rose geranium I was browsing in the farmers’ market at the San Francisco Ferry Building the other week when I found a stall selling bunches of rose-geranium leaves. For those not in the know, it’s a specific type of geranium with rough leaves that smell like roses. [...]
San Francisco; summer 2009 Our little house in San Francisco has a cute little garden with roses, a fucshia bush, a beautiful red cedar tree in the neighbouring garden and visiting squirrels and hummingbirds. It is the perfect place to sit on a Saturday or Sunday morning and enjoy home-cooked breakfast and freshly brewed coffee. [...]
The peach season was in full swing when I arrived in California and two and a half months later it is still not over. Some of the varieties have changed but peaches are still plentiful and relatively cheap. My absolute favourite kind so far are the Arctic Snow white nectarines, which are fabulously sweet and [...]
San Francisco is enjoying an Indian summer so we are dining al fresco as much as possible and enjoying all the wonderful fruit and vegetables. The nectarines and peaches are still in full swing and have been joined by lovely plums and heirloom tomatoes have really come into their own. With the warm weather, it’s [...]
I can’t believe August is nearly over already! Ever since I arrived in San Francisco, I’ve been devouring summer fruits, especially white nectarines and peaches. I’ll be sad when peach season is over, but I have a cunning plan to extend it a little further. I bought an entire box of organic white peaches for [...]
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