Bless me blog world, for I have sinned. It’s been nine months since my last post. My confession goes as follows: a 26-pound creature made of chubbiness has redirected my life. I know tons of moms blog and that’s cool, but this mom just couldn’t blog and mommerjize and also work (write). Blogging used to [...]

So, one more boozy fruit post to come (cherries!) but I thought I would interrupt the series with a couple of luscious tomatoes. Because, why not? It’s fall and the fruit recipes won’t likely be used by anybody til next summer. Again: this is all due to my maternity leave getting in the way of [...]

OK, this isn’t exactly new. And, yes, peach season is long over. But my maternity leave has meant that my next few posts are after-the-fact as far as seasonality goes. But, hey, there’s always next year!
Alas.
I talked about this one last year, in my Teaches of canned peaches post. That’s when I did peaches in [...]

Hiya can fans!
Woah. What a summer. It went by in a blur. Actually, time is still whipping by in a haze of sleepless nights, feedings, crying, burping, cooing, gurgling, diaper changing, rattle shaking and on and on. It’s been equal parts beautiful, magical and exhausting. And it’s meant canning time has diminished markedly as compared [...]

The Quebec asparagus season runs from about Mother’s Day until Saint-Jean Baptiste (that’s our “national” holiday, June 24). So: welcome, oh tall, skinny friend, oh gentle perfumer of urine. Yes, besides sprouts and lettuces, asparagus is about the only thing from Quebec at the market at the moment. Though I did spot a bit [...]