Posted in Dessert, Health, Recipe on Jul 16th, 2010

I have always associated jam with old men. Wait. I know this sounds gross, but for my entire childhood, the only person I knew who ate jam was my grandpa Gene. And it wasn’t even jam. It was marmalade. Orange marmalade on toast was my grandpa’s favourite. He used to tell us this joke all the time about a chicken and I can’t remember it but the punch line was “Look at the orange marmalade”- a play on “Look at the orange mama laid” but either way it never really made send to me.
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In honour of one of Toronto most vibrant festivals of the year, Scotiabank Caribana Festival, this week is dedicated to the flavours and spirit of the part of the world I love best, the Caribbean. This is guava fruit growing on a tree in St. Lucia, actually, on the very grounds where my retreat will [...]
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Posted in Breakfast, Cooking, From Scratch, Holistic, Nutriiton, Oragnic, Recipe, Snack, Treat, Uncategorized, Video on Sep 29th, 2008
Blueberry jam on a slice of old cheddar. Yes, it may sound positively disgusting, but it is one of my most favourite things. Unfortunately, I had to give both up a few years ago because of health reasons- the jam because of the sugar and the cheese because of, well, because it was cheese. Having [...]
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