Wanderlust and Words

Local News  kwayeskastasowin wahkohtowin: A 2050 Food System Vision for Treaty Four Territory is a semi-finalist for the Food System Vision Prize.  Don’t miss the Khorasan (kamut) sesame flax sourdough from The Night Oven Bakery (Mondays only). It’s so good!  So is the lemonade made from real lemons at the Prairie Ink Restaurant .  Products & Ingredients  (Yikes! This is not part of my weekly purchases.) Sales of Kraft macaroni and cheese were up by 27% in April over last year. “Chicago cheese salesman James L. Kraft was awarded the first patent for processed cheese in 1916.” His first big customer was the US Army that bought 6 million pounds of processed cheese in World War I. Kraft macaroni and cheese debuted in 1937 and sales are still strong at over 7 million boxes a week .  I hadn’t realized there were so many kinds of soy sauce . This article outlines the different varieties as well as when and how to use them.  An Edmonton student is apply...

Local News  The Saskatoon Farmers’ Market Co-operative is extending its hours and its operations. Starting June 14, they will be open on Sundays from 10 am-3 pm in addition to the Saturday markets. Sundays will also be the pick-up and delivery day for their newly reopened virtual market , which will be open for orders on Tuesdays at noon. Empathy in Diversity  This has been a week of protest and outrage and the food world is certainly not exempt from ignoring and stigmatizing large segments of our population. Here are a few articles that stimulated my thinking around food and race. The pandemic has shown us the shortcomings of our food system and a glimpse of the “invisible” people who supply us with food. “ The people who risk their lives to feed us deserve better . . . . Recognizing our shared humanity is the first step. . . . Empathy, Mittal says, must be expressed across a continuum. ‘Starting within families, as we discover new foods and cook from scratch, a...