by Jacqui Eisen | Sep 17, 2015 | Throw Back Thursday
My friend, Vicky, and I were chatting about the immigrant experiences of our parents. Many were funny; others were poignant. Vicky told me that when her mother wrote home about her life here in Canada, her father took his daughter’s stories and published them in...
by Jacqui Eisen | Sep 8, 2015 | Beer & Cheese Pairing, The Beer Project
As a young immigrant in the 1950’s my father spent time harvesting tobacco in south western Ontario one summer. The farmer’s wife kept a hospitable house and it was there that Dad first tasted pumpkin pie. He was not impressed! One can’t even say...
by Jacqui Eisen | Aug 28, 2015 | Food History, Recipes
There’s nothing like pictures to inspire us to cook but one of my favourite and obviously well used recipe books, “The Old World Kitchen” by Elizabeth Luard boasts no colour photography. The illustrations are pen and ink drawings by Luard. Yet it is...
by Jacqui Eisen | Aug 26, 2015 | What's New
Lachsschinken is a dry cured pork ham. You could think of it as Bavaria’s alternative to proscuitto. Literally translated Lachsschinken means “salmon ham”. Not surprising then that it is often served like smoked salmon, sliced so thin you can almost...
by Jacqui Eisen | Aug 15, 2015 | Niagara & Welland
If you are visiting Welland for the first time, you might note the rich cultural heritage of the city…particularly evident on Saturday mornings at the local farmers’ market at Market Square. A memorial just down from the market beside the canal pays...
