Flavourful Saskatoon, November 23, 2020
“When the world turns upside down, the best thing to do is turn right along with it.” (Mary Poppins) Local News I enjoyed vegan spring rolls, tomato pad thai, and chocolate tart from the Odd Couple restaurant on Saturday. I’m so grateful that they offer a delivery service. They’ll be offering a vegan set dinner for two inspired by Hong Kong street food in December (omnivore version is already available). In the Kitchen “The ancient Greek author Herodotus told his readers that cinnamon was brought to Arabia by large birds who used it to build nests high in the mountains. To harvest it, he explained, people tricked the birds into flying large joints of oxen into their nests, which broke under the weight of the meat.” A silly story, but Europeans had no idea where cinnamon came from and put enormous effort into searching for it in South America. In the Garden Four Indigenous women explain why they think it’s important to save seeds: “We need to take t...
