Local Food News
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Jul 16, 2015Last weekend I received my first winter vegetable CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) food box. As a CSA member, I paid a set fee prior to the growing season and in return I receive ‘...
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Jul 16, 2015Although I may not be too familiar with potatoes in the kitchen, I am very familiar with sweet potatoes (not to be confused with sub-tropical yams). Not only are sweet potatoes delicious, they are...
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Jul 16, 2015Here in the Greenbelt, we grow amazing carrots – and many of them come from the Holland Marsh. In fact, enough carrots are grown in the Holland Marsh to provide every Canadian with four...
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Jul 16, 2015One of my favourite ways to enjoy squash is as a soup. By simply altering a basic squash soup recipe by changing some spices or adding some fruit you can have a different type of squash soup every...
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Jul 15, 2015
As a kid in mid-December, I would sit in the kitchen, absorbing the wafting scent of onions sizzling in a pan of oil, mouth watering in anticipation of crispy, golden potato fried treats on my...
