Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
It has been an extremely hot month of August in Southern Ontario, and just this week, we got some rain and a break with more agreeable temperatures. I have been harvesting smaller amounts of produce and herbs compared to other years, but the plants themselves still look very healthy. Here are six for this week ... click on title for more
As the summer is coming to an end here in Southern Ontario, Canada, my main growing season is also wrapping up in the backyard, and the bounty of the harvest is at its peak. Here are six crops that are being earnestly used or preserved in my kitchen ... click on title for more
A cool month of June, followed by extreme temperature changes, up and down, caused slow growth in many of my vegetables, and strange development in others ... click on title for more
The stars of my late fall harvest this year are sunchokes (Helianthus tuberosus) ... click on title for more
The bean tamales pictured at the top of the post, put together as layered rolls, and steamed, wrapped in corn husks, are a traditional foodstuff to share at the end of the corn harvest in several farming regions of Central and Southern Mexico, from Tonatico and Tlahuac, to the state of Oaxaca ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 