Flavourful Saskatoon, August 6, 2018


Food Photography
You have two opportunities in the next few months to improve your food photography skills.
Sept. 12 with Renée Kohlman
Oct. 17 with Bob Deutscher

Chef Mike McEown
Chef Mike McEown (former owner of Prairie Harvest Café) is now an evening chef at Boffins restaurant, Innovation Place. Good luck, Mike! I hope you’re enjoying your new job.

Rosthern Barley
If you’re interested in beer and local food production, be sure to read Cathy Engel’s post about Maker’s Malt.


Saskatoon Chocolate-Makers
Saskatoon chocolatiers: Those Girls at the Market make great chocolate, but I wasn’t familiar with River Layne Chocolate Couture – I’ll definitely be on the lookout for them when I’m back in Saskatoon.

Common Ground
A Newcomer from Kenya has opened a pastry shop selling African delicacies under a local label. As people said the mandazi reminded them of bannock, she’s called her store Yvema’s Bannock House.

Sunken Plum, Spelt, and Ginger Cake
This cake recipe sounds absolutely delicious – a good one to try if you like experimenting with alternate flours and making use of seasonal fruit.

The Food Explorer
In the late 1900s, David Fairchild travelled the world looking for new food crops to introduce in the United States. The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone chronicles his journeys but also notes the mixed response he received. Many of the new fruits and vegetables were enthusiastically received, but there was also a backlash, particularly from one scientist who feared that foreign plants would introduce new pests and diseases. The controversy is as relevant today as it was then. Are we optimists or pessimists? Do we welcome what is new (i.e. immigrants and refugees) or do we bar our doors to all outside influences?


Photos: Nelson, BC's Wednesday market

Flavourful Saskatoon is a weekly Monday feature. I also post articles about food that is good, clean and fair; travel; and books. You may also enjoy EcoFriendly Sask profiling Saskatchewan environmental initiatives and events.

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