Making and sharing food is one of life’s most enjoyable communal pleasures, but our busy lives dictate that at some point we’ll need to eat alone and while most of us do solo breakfast and lunch with ease, somehow dinner for one feels different. In our household of two adults and two teenagers, a business […]
When I was in Japan, my father took me to his favourite Shabu-Shabu restaurant. Once we were seated, the graceful kimono-clad Japanese hostess withdrew and came back with a large cast-iron dish filled with a bubbling broth. Lighting a gas burner inset in the middle of the table, she placed the dish on it and […]
Aubergines. Radishes. Sweet potatoes. This is a disaster. I subscribe to Harvest of Hope’s veggie box and every week I’m excited to see what arrives. Sometimes it’s easy to see what I’ll make for dinner with what’s in the bag, but tonight I confess I’m flummoxed. Here are my problems: to start with, the teenagers […]
