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For me, a day without dairy would be a dark day in history. I can live without a lot of things, but lordy me I need my morning latte, cheese and bread, and Greek yogurt in my spinach and berries smoothie. I need my dairy, fruits and veggies, and grains, …

What a headline right? Because us finding joy right now is quite the difficult thing to achieve…or is it? Right now as the world burns, as floods destroy, as war rages, as the economy tanks, as Canada fights with big techs, we feel sad, angry, guilty. We are conditioned to …

The price they paid for their journey. The rich and the poor paid with money, and their lives, but it is how living society reacted in the aftermath that makes my blood boil. One child died in the Atlantic Ocean Misadventure that cost 250,000 dollars Spare change to the rich …

Can AI really take over? I wonder what I will miss the most if that happens…ChatGPT has its uses, but only as a place to streamline info gathering , or to synopsis some piece, but… What will happen to real talent when AI takes over? I shudder to think about …

Farmed seafood, as in farmed salmon is delicious and it looks fantastic on a bed of crushed ice, or wrapped around rice, it brings pizzazz to any presentation Do you ever feel completely exhausted from having debates with people about the benefits of farmed salmon? In my case, the topic …

My beef about food being used as weapons against non-believers. Meat and dairy, farmed seafood, they all have a bad reputation in this new vegetarian trend. Unfortunately, too many trends tend to ignore cultures, history, health and reality. I love farmers and farmers markets, I come alive in these spaces. …

This desire to pack information into every page without preamble, without an introduction to the subject is disconcerting to say the least. Reading and writing should be fun.Sometimes I read a page and I feel assaulted, it is like going on a date and before you can say hello, you …

To live healthier we must understand where our food comes from. We have to be an expert on our local market places, and we have to do as much research as possible on foods imported from foreign markets.“It is often difficult to ensure that suppliers in far-flung locations operate according to …

Food. In the 1940s chemical farming was introduced with the Industrialization of Agriculture. This started an insidious change in our diets. There was a time when food was our main medicine. There was a time when we trusted our farmers and governments to watch out for our health. Today, we have …

Food trends are suspect in my world, I truly hope cooks will fight the FOMO (fear of missing out) when these lists are posted. Food trends tend to abuse certain ingredients to the point of extinction. Remember the poor plantain (plan-tins) or Plan-taaains as Westerners like to pronounce it? It …

Integrity, honesty, respect, kindness, knowledge of the industry and the client or customer, and even more, respect for the project, all this sealed with a firm handshake. This is what it means to be a professional. As 2021 closes I think of those days when we trusted each other, when …