when i was living in toronto last year i drank almond milk. better than cows milk, and a much better dairy replacement than soy or oat. it was always about the same price as soy milk – 2 or 3 dollars a litre. i came back to australia ready to keep on drinking almond milk. [...]

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,800 times in 2010. That’s about 9 full 747s. In 2010, there were 23 [...]

it’s a shitty photo but the best i could get in the light, and with the technology to hand. after spending a day giving into a horrendous hangover, due in part to the excellent canadian company the night before, and a desire to let things loose a bit, i made my way over to jane [...]

from this: to this:   we missed the end of summer bottling run, but still managed to get some in. in toronto around mid to late september there was a rush on canning, preserving, bottling, jamming of all things possible. i went to knitting one day and there were shelves of freshly bottled peaches, nectarines, [...]

there’s travels in my bones, and i’m off (-line and on a plane) for a week to explore the carribean. i’ll be back with stories of meat and dairy free eating in a short while…

thinly slice (i think the thin slice works best here) a brown onion, chop two cloves of garlic and fry them in some oil with ground and whole cumin, ground coriander, mustard seeds and chilli flakes (all to taste). add a big bunch of washed and chopped english spinach and three chopped fresh tomatoes, put [...]

hopefully more is brewing/fermenting in my mind other than nourishing dinners at home. but for now, here is my salt n pepper tempeh with soba, enoki mushroom sauce and kimchi. boil a pot of water. cut half a block of tempeh into cubes and put the cubes in the water, boil for 5 minutes, drain. [...]

i landed in toronto last wednesday, but left soon after for hamilton & guelph. i got back yesterday and had my first real meal at home. i explored the neighbourhood a bit, and bought tasty fresh figs and blue cheese from the shop (literally) under my house. i fried up tempeh (there’s a story that [...]