Tomorrow is the first day of Advent. For the uninitiated, Advent is celebrated in Western churches to mark the coming of Christ, and it begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. In churches I have attended, the first Sunday of Advent involved lighting the advent wreath (which has four candles for each of the Sundays of Advent and one in the middle for Christmas itself) … Continue reading Family Advent Celebrations
Three years ago while travelling in the area around Antalya, Turkey, I came across this mulberry tree. Before this, my knowledge of mulberries was limited to Jesus telling the apostles that if they had enough faith they could tell a mulberry tree to uproot itself and go into the sea. I was pretty excited to eat the mulberries from this tree, and after returning to … Continue reading Picking mulberries in Toronto
My last post was about the weekly food boxes we had been receiving full of delicious local produce. It was my intention to periodically write about our experiences with this food and to share some recipes. But alas, our supplier of food boxes, Culinarium, suddenly closed last week! This was completely unexpected news to us, and very disappointing. We had been thoroughly enjoying our food … Continue reading Our Food Box Experience: Short and Bittersweet
A couple of months ago I read the Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. It was a great read, and it inspired me to try to eat more locally. I was really intrigued by the idea of Community Supported Agriculture, and so I did some reseach on how I could get involved in Toronto. I found a great site, the Ontario CSA Directory, which is an … Continue reading Food Box Delights
Paul Anderson 