I love maple syrup, so was delighted to attend the Sweetwater Harvest Festival last weekend at Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre and Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons. While touring the Wye Marsh sugar shack, I learned (part of) the answer to a question I had never thought to ask, but should have: why does maple syrup come …
As I read, sometimes I’ve been struck by descriptive lists (series, catalogs, rosters…) which are so delightful or impactful that I’ve started a collection (a collection of collections). As Christmas approaches, here are two evocative excerpts featuring lists of edible bounties from Ebenezer Scrooge’s encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Present in… A Christmas Carol …
The other day, a woman behind the bar at an event told me she was in television, and had played a part in the “patty wars” documentary (the what?). I’d never heard of the “patty wars,” though I knew that Jamaican patties were a Toronto thing. So tonight I watched CBC Short Docs “Patty vs. …