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Is there even such a thing as too many cookbooks?
First We Eat: Curried Salmon with Spinach and Chickpeas

Making room in the freezer
First We Eat: The offer of some grass-fed beef was incentive to finally dig through all that frozen food — some really old frozen food

Running out of zucchini recipe ideas?
Prairie Palate: Try this French Zucchini Loaf for lunch or dinner

Tribulations of cooking for the harvest crew
How many to cook for? Where are we eating? Did they move fields? Are there enough utensils packed?…

Six tips for safe barbecuing

Will your family be ‘schpocking’ at Easter?
Prairie Palate: This ancient game of cracking hard-boiled eggs traces back to Russian tradition

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
In honour of my Irish grandmother here’s a traditional potato recipe

Mexican pork carnitas
There’s lots of oranges and limes available now so this is a perfect time to make this

Juniper berries — tasty addition to venison stew
Prairie Palate: These are perfect added to any stew made with wild ingredients but also go well with beef

Pumpkin seeds with no shells
Pepitas are loaded with nutrition and have no hulls