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Saying farewell with apple crepes

First We Eat: What better way to pay tribute after hearing  my cooking mentor had passed away

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith March 8, 2019

I learned recently that my culinary mentor, Madeleine Kamman, died in July 2018. At the time, the event went unnoticed. But when I got word, the news flattened me. Madeleine was the tigress who taught me to trust my palate, who set my benchmarks. She valued methods, flavour principles, terroir — that ineffable link between […] Read more

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Reclaiming our peasant heritage

First We Eat: Don’t be intimidated by Boeuf Bourguignon —  just a fancy name for beef stew

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith March 1, 2019

Yesterday I walked home from morning coffee at my neighbour Sharon’s house, my passage closely observed by a leggy Black Angus calf. She bounced up to the barbed wire fence, her head high as she gave my dog and me the once-over. Jake stopped in his tracks, uncertain what this until-now-predictable creature was up to. […] Read more

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Forget about the ‘Spaghetti Western’ and try this ‘Spaghetti Eastern’ dish

First We Eat: You’ll want to give this ramen noodles in a tasty broth recipe a try

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith February 15, 2019

It’s a wintry morning in Calgary, where I am visiting my son and his partner. We are bundled up, standing in line. Even though the chinook is blowing in, the morning is raw, and I am grateful I didn’t make any assumptions and underdress. It’s still deep-freeze Prairie winter. The restaurant’s door opens at 11 […] Read more

Tilapia grown aquaponically in Saskatchewan.

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Fish on the flatland

First We Eat: Aquaponics on the Prairies  make local sourcing of fish easier

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith February 8, 2019

We didn’t eat much fish when I was a kid, just the occasional trout my grandfather reeled in from the North Saskatchewan River, and East Coast cod on Fridays. Not until we arrived on Vancouver Island did I learn to love fish, especially West Coast sockeye salmon, although the act of fishing struck me as […] Read more

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Fowl supper? Fall supper?

Whatever you call them, they are a delicious Prairie harvest tradition

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith December 21, 2018

We gathered at my parents’ house on a mild autumn evening, clucking over Mom and Dad’s recent renovations, sipping Dad’s homemade wine, letting our appetites build for the fowl supper. Our neighbour Ken commented on the lineup he’d witnessed en route. “Halfway down the street and around the block,” he claimed. I was disinclined to […] Read more

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This pork porchetta is sure to please

First We Eat: Traditionally a whole pig would be roasted on a spit but here’s a smaller oven version

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith December 7, 2018

I visited my sister and brother-in-law in the Toronto area for Thanksgiving this year, the first time, perhaps ever, that I wasn’t home to cook the feast for my favourite holiday. But even though I wasn’t in my home kitchen, food played as large a part as usual. “We have errands,” my sister said soon […] Read more

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Cooking the foods of our ancestors keeps heritage alive

First We Eat: And what better way than with a pot of homemade soup?

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith November 9, 2018

One of the great truisms about food is that by cooking the foods of our forebears, we maintain or re-establish a link with our heritage. My mother’s antecedents were off-colony Hutterites who arrived in Saskatchewan at the turn of the previous century from a colony in South Dakota. Earlier, my great-greats and their babes had […] Read more

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Enjoy the sweet tastes of summer

First We Eat: Now is the perfect time to try some fresh local honey

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith September 21, 2018

About 30 years ago, my brother the horticulturalist planted juniper shrubs along the west face of our parents’ house in rural Saskatchewan. Under Mom’s benign care, they throve, but eventually succumbed to legginess and the scraggy look of a once-stylish haircut overdue for a trim. As you may already know, Dave and I moved in […] Read more

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Why do we cook?

First We Eat: We should know how to prepare food and it's the best way to have control over what we eat

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith August 15, 2018

On a Friday over lunch after our weekly trip to the farmers’ market, I asked Mom what her favourite desserts were. Her 82nd birthday was rolling around soon. I’d already decided on the main course — cioppino, Mom’s favourite fish dish. It’s a tomato-broth-based, Italian-derived fisherman’s stew that’s been part of our family’s repertoire since […] Read more

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Good neighbours are what it’s all about

First We Eat: Always there with friendship, moral support and help in an emergency

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith July 10, 2018

Our neighbours are one of the reasons Dave and I are able to live in the country. Admittedly, as writers, we have the wrong skill sets for rural life. Dave can edit a short story like nobody’s business, and he’s a fabulous writer, but he’s not so good at manual labour or at troubleshooting failed […] Read more

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Saying farewell with apple crepes

Reclaiming our peasant heritage

Forget about the ‘Spaghetti Western’ and try this ‘Spaghetti Eastern’ dish

Fish on the flatland

Fowl supper? Fall supper?

This pork porchetta is sure to please

Cooking the foods of our ancestors keeps heritage alive

Enjoy the sweet tastes of summer

Why do we cook?

Good neighbours are what it’s all about

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