Only salad-making is taking place in the kitchen. Everything else is happening out at the back-yard fire pit: brats cooked on sticks, transferred into a toasted bun and dressed with sauerkraut and ...

I often cook with whole wheat, but find it's availability inconsistent in grocery stores in my area, so not always. It does taste different, to be sure - I find mostly that it's far more filling th...

Like laetitiae, I have cats wanting their morning feeding. In the winter, they respond to my alarm clock (simple beeping contraption) between 5:30 and 6:00. Now that it's summer and the sun wakes t...

I used this product but I wasn't very impressed. I wanted to re-use the bags, but it was impossible to clean them out properly after using them, so they are effectively single-use items. After usin...

Unfortunately the basement is the only place where there's room to keep my bike and yeah, there is a big "out of site, out of mind" issue. It's also really awkward to carry it up the narrow stairca...

I grew up on a family farm (primarily wheat and canola, some pulses, not organic though) so of course I've visited it a fair amount as an adult as well. Now, when I go, I see my dad pa...

Depending on whether you want to re-do everything or not, I'd either go with a warm brown for the wall spaces and keep the cabinets as is... or to a total redo and paint the kitchen red with espres...

In general I agree with this, but as the owner of an old, but very much *not* functional kitchen, I have to say that there are exceptions.

I have a USian (California) mom and a Canadian (Alberta) dad. My dad's meals would be: breakfast, dinner, supper. My mom's meals would be breakfast, lunch, dinner. To be clear, I just disposed of "...

I would never donate to the Salvation Army, because of their blatant (and in some areas of the world, illegal) discrimination against their gay and lesbian employees and clients. In Canada, they've...

I've started my tomatoes indoors (perhaps a bit early for May long weekend planting), as well as a number of other herbs, flowers and beans. Squash will be started later. I'm lucky to have a large ...

I wish I had an urban chicken coop but it's against by-laws for my city. If you do find someone, I hope you can discuss the legal issues of urban poultry farming and how they dealt with them.

I've only used it on sushi before - looking forward to trying it as salad cream.

I have 2 windows in my kitchen, but none as large as the lovely one in this photo! I wish my south-facing window was that big - I'd have twice as big a kitchen herb garden.

I find it simplest to cook beans in the slow-cooker all day on low after soaking overnight in warm water. Then I don't have supervise them over the slower cooking time.

Just a quick question: I have (already) a similar, commercially bought set up with a much shorter hose. I've been considering getting a longer hose (to reach the garden, instead of filling up a wat...

I like the stalks cuts super-thin as well. Good for broccoli slaw and soups.

The amount that I plan ahead is roughly proportional to how busy I think the week will be. If it's really busy (like this week), I'll do grocery shopping with several recipes in hand, making sure t...

This isn't specific to Obama at all, but I wish one of the candidates would have the guts to challenge the huge subsidies that both the US and the EU make to their farmers. These subsidies encourag...

(Some) Canadians have the day off too (Family Day), for far less historically relevant reasons. Don't care though, a stat holiday is a good thing, whatever the reason!