Flavourful Saskatoon, October 5, 2020
The format may have changed, but the Friendship Inn and The Lighthouse will be serving Thanksgiving dinners again this year. Why not make a donation to support their efforts?
Odd Couple restaurant will be offering monthly set menus featuring a particular region of Asian cuisine. The first runs until the end of October and features Vietnamese cuisine.
I enjoyed watching this 13-minute slideshow of Saskatoon’s bygone bakeries.
Here and Elsewhere
Library branches across the United States provide free meals and collaborate with farmers’ markets, combining literacy and nutrition.
Hestia’s Kitchen is a fascinating website with a mix of food, folklore, and history. The Buried Moon or the Big Plum Conspiracy combines witches, marshlands, opium tea, and a recipe for plum bread from Lincolnshire.
In the Kitchen
Rice krispie squares: “It’s not just for kids, doesn’t require an oven, and, for some, it’s even high art” (check out the Mona Lisa and Ruth Bader Ginsberg).
There’s a reason why fast food tastes so good. It’s crammed with all the things we crave – but are bad for us – sugar, fat, salt, etc. Sugar makes up 10% of the weight of the flour in Subway bread and comes closer to being cake than bread. And, if you order a gluten-free sub, it will contain even more sugar.
Food for Thought
Miijim: Food as Relations is a fall and winter conversation series presenting renowned Indigenous, Black and People of Colour food scholars, growers, artists and advocates from across Canada. “Discussions will cover the interconnections between art, earthwork, planting, cultivation and harvesting experiences that decenter colonial frameworks, while thinking through labour and power relations related to food justice in urban and rural communities.” The first conversation is on Oct. 6.
Looking for reading material? Here are 22 suggestions from The Food Tank. You can find out what it takes to run a supermarket, consider the inherent contradiction between our desire for both healthy food and fast food, and review the latest findings on food addiction.
With so much interest in urban beekeeping, ecologists are concerned that honey bees will out-compete native bees, threatening both bees and the plants that depend on them.
PS I'm exploring the world of fungi and mushrooms this month - check it out.
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