“You want to tickle them.” Tickle them? “Wiggle your fingers under a clump of berries, like you’re gently tickling the fruit, and they’ll fall off into your hand.” I’m learning the fine art of blueberry picking at The Fruit Basket, a small orchard in Abbotsford, BC, about an hour’s drive east of Vancouver. It’s a […]
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WanderFood Wednesday: What’s Shiny, Sweet, and Slightly Stinky?
“Here, smell this,” my husband Alan said the other night when he came home holding a paper bag. I looked at him skeptically as he put the sack to my nose. “I brought you a surprise,” he said. “Don’t worry. It’s food.” I do love surprises — especially when they involve eating — but I […]
WanderFood Wednesday: Beauty in Melon
Food tends to be presented so much more beautifully in other countries than in the U.S. Case in point is this watermelon in a vendor’s basket in Vietnam. Leaves line the carrier that hangs on the shoulders of the seller as she walks the streets trying to make a few dong. So simple but simply […]