Posts tagged food
Roasted Eggplant with Garlicky Granola and Strained Yogurt
Roasted Eggplant with Garlicky Granola and Strained Yogurt

It’s the end of August and the markets are bursting with sun-ripened food. I have been cooking in Naramata, B.C., for the past three weeks and the Penticton Farmer’s Market is hands down one of the most amazing places I’ve ever shopped for ingredients at. For starters, a two block stretch is devoted entirely to organically farmed produce. Not even the incredible 2.5-kilometre long Saturday market in Arles, one of the most beautiful and abundant I have ever been to in France, can boast that. Also the farmers are incredible – passionate and dedicated, each specializing in something a little different and ready to share what they know and love about the food they grow. It is heaven…

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Lina CaschettoThe Globe and Mail, Globe Pursuits, lifeofacook, eggplant, fairytale eggplants, labneh, strained yogurt, wine bar food, food, tapas, olive oil, garlicky granola, savoury granolaComment
Panisse, a Classic South of France Snack
Panisse, a Classic South of France Snack

If I could be anywhere in the summertime, I would chose the south of France. More specifically, Marseille. Sure, it gets crazy hot, and as a city, it gets a bad rap for being dangerous and dirty, but if you take the time to look just beneath its deceptively rough surface, you will find that France’s second largest city is also a charming and vibrant city full of colour, life and soul…

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Lina CaschettoThe Globe and Mail, Globe Pursuits, L, panisse, snacks, marseille, food, south of franceComment
Marinated Roasted Red Pepper Dip
Marinated Roasted Red Pepper Dip

This dip isn’t fussy, or at least it really shouldn’t be. In fact, it should be prepared in exactly the same way it is intended to be eaten – that is, in a leisurely fashion. Take your time roasting and chopping and mixing it all together and then promptly enjoy eating it, standing barefoot in your yard, feeling the grass tickle your toes beneath you…

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Lina CaschettoThe Globe and Mail, Globe Pursuits, lifeofacook, roasted red peppers, dips, summer food, veggies, food, ripple chipsComment