Hungry geek presentation
Here’s the video to go with the slides from my previous post: Ignite T.O. Sandy Kemsley -The Hungry Geek from Ignite Toronto on Vimeo.
Promoting a community market with social media
Last night, I was invited to give a presentation at Ignite! Toronto, part of O’Reilly’s Ignite! series, in which each presenter has 5 minutes to present their 20 slides, and the slides advance automatically every 15 seconds. In a complete left turn from my usual enterprise-y topics, I presented on how I am using social [...]
Market Flavours: Red Cabbage with Red Onions and Peaches
I obviously made a tactical error last week by publishing the stuffed zucchini blossoms experience; this week, Bosco Farms was sold out of zucchini blossoms before I made it over to his market stand. Next week, I’ll be faster off the mark. I did, however, find a fresh little red cabbage and some red onions [...]
Tomato Crush with Chef Alida at St. Andrew’s Market
July 25th was the first of our events at the Historic St. Andrew’s MyMarket: a demonstration of three crostini recipes by chefs from George Brown College. This Saturday, August 8th, we’ll be hosting Chef Alida Solomon from Tutti Matti as she presents a Tuscan spin on what to do with the wonderful tomatoes available at [...]
Market Photos
A lot of us have been taking photos of the St. Andrew’s MyMarket since it opened in June, and shared them on a Flickr pool: If you have your own, upload them to your Flickr account, join the pool, and add your photos – we’d love to see them.
Market Flavours: Zucchini Blossoms
I’ve only cooked zucchini blossoms once before, when I was in cooking school in Tuscany about 10 years ago for my Best Vacation Ever; there, we inserted a leaf of sage and (optionally) an anchovy into each flower, dipped them in a light egg batter, and deep-friend them. Yum. Fresh squash and zucchini blossoms have [...]
Market Flavours: Tomatoes and Basil to create a Caprese Salad
Planning to attend a “long lunch” at my friend Pat’s place yesterday on the Sunday afternoon of a long weekend, I decided to take along a caprese salad; or rather, to take along the makings of the salad and create it there. I picked up plum/Roma tomatoes and fresh basil from Bosco Farms at the [...]
Market Flavours: Fresh Fruit
Fruit has been a bit sparse in the past weeks due to Ontario’s growing season and the cold, rainy early summer, but we’re starting to see a wider variety these weeks. Strawberries are done, but raspberries – both red and golden – are available. I wrote about cherries (more specifically, the really easy pie that [...]
Rustic Heirloom Tomato Bruschetta at St. Andrew’s market
Earlier this week, I wrote about the caramelized onion and peach crostini and the beet and fava crostini made by student chef Sharon Booy of George Brown College; today I’ll post her last recipe for a rustic bruschetta made with rustic heirloom tomatoes. This recipe is really easy to make, and relies on freshness of [...]
Market Flavours: Corn
I grew up in Toronto, but spent a lot of my childhood summers in Prince Edward County, where my family is from. My father’s cousin owns a farm there, and we would always get our corn fresh from them, just picked that day; in Toronto, you’re lucky if the “fresh” corn that you see in [...]
