THE FIRST MOTION PICTURES were simple observations. About 125 years ago, when the medium of film was hatching, it captured snippets of basic human and animal behaviour. It allowed us to witness things we hadn’t.
Author: emily
Building a Bigger Table
FOOD CHARTERS are gathering momentum in Canada as a strategy for reconnecting producers and consumers, and for promoting healthier eating habits and agricultural practices. A charter’s overarching goal is to engage community members and stakeholder organizations to collectively define the core characteristics of a just and sustainable local food system.
The Secret’s Out: Chocolate Truffle Pie & Butternut Squash Ice Cream
At 16, Mérida Anderson became a vegan and cooked her first meal. She opened a can of mini corn (which she loved) and cooked cauliflower (the only other vegetable in the refrigerator). She remembers that it was “truly awful.”
Be Warned
FOR MOST OF US, our primary connection to our food system is what we had for dinner last night. It’s what we get at the grocery store, our local farmers markets or in our CSA baskets. It’s what we stock in our kitchen cupboards and put on our plates and […]
Spirit of the Hoser
WHETHER CRAFTING OR CONSUMING, Canadians are no strangers to experimenting with alcohol. And while our skills and appetites for beer and wine are renowned, our reputation for making and sharing bottled spirits remains small – or at least haunted by the spectre of being “screeched in” by Newfoundlanders.
Where’s the Fish?
LOCAL FOOD HAS TAKEN OFF. From coast to coast to coast, the Canadian food landscape is changing. Within local communities, alternatives to entrenched supply-chain strategies are thriving, such as farmers’ markets, restaurants that focus on regional food sources, community supported agriculture (CSA), farm-gate sales and certified organic food production. Increasingly, Canadians […]
Editorial: Gut Instincts
MY FAVOURITE HEADLINE on a food or drink story from this year (so far) appeared in The New York Times Sunday Review section in mid-March: “How Beer Gave Us Civilization.” It tops an intriguing piece by American author and psychiatry professor Jeffrey P.
Fashion Forward
1. Buy less Shop only when you absolutely love or need something. Use your newfound free time to pursue other interests. 2. Shop your closet Get organized: separate items that can be repaired or updated, which don’t fit, or are beyond rescue. Experiment with new ways to wear old items, […]
Is Bitumen Good for Canada?
This year is a critical one for Canadians. Through the course of 2013, major decisions are being made that will determine the scale and magnitude of Canadian oil development for decades to come. The US government will decide whether or not to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline […]
A Taste of Canada’s Food-Tree Groups
Hidden Harvest Ottawa was founded in 2012 to help reduce the amount of food going to waste from untended public fruit trees around the city. Read more about it in Concrete Orchard in the Art & Media issue.
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