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Gifts for aging parents

First We Eat: A home-cooked birthday meal for Dad and friends helped to solve the gift-giving challenge

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith June 8, 2018

I recently spent a considerable amount of time perusing old photographs as I edited a vanity press family history book written by my mother. When I showed Dave the wedding photo of my parents — taken 63 years ago — he confessed he would not have recognized the young and handsome couple in the image. […] Read more

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Chicken soup made with really good homemade broth

First We Eat: Make a batch of stock and freeze to have on hand when you want to make soup

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith May 4, 2018

Our globe tracks a circular route around the sun, and life often mimics that pattern. As does culture. Skirt lengths go up and come down, narrow lapels and three buttons come in and out of style. And crafts too, come in and out of fashion. These days, it’s common to see young people perusing websites […] Read more

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Try this bread recipe — baked in a pot

First We Eat: This method of baking in a heavy pot will produce an amazing crust

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith April 26, 2018

When Mom learned that Dave and I were going to spend two weeks writing at Wallace Stegner House in Eastend, she said, “Make sure you say hi to Shon and Steve. They’re good folks.” So, soon after our arrival, I parsed the village’s streets, looking for evidence of potters. When I found a front yard […] Read more

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We can’t wait for rhubarb!

First We Eat: Here’s a pie recipe to use up the last of the  frozen or the first of this season’s rhubarb

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith April 20, 2018

Dave and I celebrated a significant anniversary recently. We’d met in Banff, at a writing retreat. During that two-week span, he’d flirted shamelessly, held my chair, chatted me up, sat with me at meals, taken me swimming and to dinner, everything but serenaded me. For that, we waited 10 years, and then it was an […] Read more

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Is there even such a thing as too many cookbooks?

First We Eat: Curried Salmon with Spinach and Chickpeas

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith April 7, 2018

Dave and I are writers. Every room in our house is filled with books and literary journals, framing windows and filling every shelf. Upstairs in my studio, half the room is devoted to my culinary library. The kitchen, too, has a bookshelf, thanks to my mother. Mom is in her early 80s. Back in the […] Read more

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Even marathon runners can have high cholesterol

First We Eat: A recipe for Porchas!

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith March 2, 2018

I am a runner. Last fall, I ran my first 10-km trail race as a family event, with my youngest son and his partner, and in May, I’ll run in the Vancouver Marathon’s 20-km race. I like the endorphins, that runner’s high, and running is good for me. It keeps my brain focused, my lungs […] Read more

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And this is how it all began…

First We Eat: … and now I’m back home — really home — in Saskatchewan

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith February 16, 2018

I was an Air Force brat, born on a French airbase, raised on bases in Manitoba, northern Alberta, Quebec, Vancouver Island. In 1973, after my dad had mustered out and went on to earn a degree and teaching certificate, my grandparents were deciding to retire from farming. Teaching did not agree with Dad, and when […] Read more

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Gifts for aging parents

Chicken soup made with really good homemade broth

Try this bread recipe — baked in a pot

We can’t wait for rhubarb!

Is there even such a thing as too many cookbooks?

Even marathon runners can have high cholesterol

And this is how it all began…

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