Food

To Market: Watermelonade

Carin Makuz is a farmers’ market enthusiast. In To Market she brings us news and inspiration from across Durham. Ontario watermelons are here and they are delicious! My latest one was from Stroud Farms and it was perfect. If by chance you get a stinker, don’t worry, don’t even make compost…  make Watermelon-ade! Otherwise known as juice. A juicer is…

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To Market: Basil

Carin Makuz is a farmers’ market enthusiast. In To Market she brings us news and inspiration from across Durham. Basil, Sweet (Ocimum basilicum) In Italy it’s a token of love. In Romania if you give a sprig of it to someone, presto bongo! you’re engaged. Even Keats got the love connection—Isabella and the Pot of Basil is about a woman’s…

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To Market: Highlights

Carin Makuz is a farmers’ market enthusiast. In this edition of To Market she looks beyond the carrots and corn to show us some of the more interesting finds from farmers’ markets across Durham. If you haven’t yet managed to visit a farmers’ market this year, don’t despair. True, you’ve missed the apricots and asparagus but harvest time is upon…

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Hot Roots Soup Fest Round Up

Earlier this year, a the Hot Roots Soup Fest brought some spice to downtown Oshawa. Some of the OshaWhat crew checked it out. Mel tried the soup at Buster Rhino’s The soup: Vegetable soup–root veggies and tomatoes topped with fresh cilantro. There aren’t many vegetarian options at Buster Rhino’s, so it was great to see this BBQ spot participating in…

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