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Sign Me Up. My first foray into a CSA membership

Well, I've gone and done it. I've signed up for my first Community Supported Agriculture membership.Every week from early spring through late fall this year, I will receive a shipment of food and it will be my challenge to come up with great ways to get the stuff to the dinner table. I'm sure a lot of it will be…See More

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An easy resolution to keep

Pump House Restaurant in Moncton.I've never really been one for New Year's Resolutions. To me they're kind of like rules or turnip. Don't like 'em.But this one's an easier one. Eat, and most certainly drink, more of what's made in New Brunswick and the Maritime region in 2012.Years ago that meant driving great distances to try any kind of variety of things produced in this region and usually paying quite a premium, but…See More

Blog post by Michael Hawkins Jan 1

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Morgan Lanigan commented on Michael Hawkins's blog post 'Epic Local Bacon'

I love baking bacon! I bake it on a cooling rack to avoid having to drain it during cooking, but the major benefit of baking the bacon is that you can baste it with yummy flavours like maple syrup and dijon mustard!

Dec 23, 2011

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Epic Local Bacon

Dec 20, 2011

Epic Local Bacon

The fellas over at Epic Meal Time (youtube.com/epicmealtime) have taught us a lot about cooking since they started their Internet cooking sensation back in the summer of 2010. If you need to deep fry a 30 lb egg roll, assemble a 20 lb meat loaf or just generally find inspiring ways to get many more gallons of whiskey into your family's daily meals, they're the guys with the ideas.They're also all about the bacon.…See More

Blog post by Michael Hawkins Dec 19, 2011

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A Cut Above - Good ol' oatmeal still the breakfast champion.

By Michael Hawkins It may be old school, it may even be what your grandparents ate when they were in their single digits but for me, oatmeal is still the champ when it comes to breakfast. For all around nutrition, variety and satisfaction in your belly to get your day rolling, it's hard, if not impossible to beat a bowl of well-prepared oatmeal. Like so much of the rest of our collective diets in North America though,…See More

Blog post by Michael Hawkins Nov 1, 2011

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Fall Flavours: Sage

I've mentioned my gardening skills, or complete lack thereof, on this site a few times.I can't grow a tomato or zucchini to save my life but one thing I've had inexplicable luck with is herbs, especially the hardy fall herbs which seem impervious to my attempts to kill them with my gardening skills.If the only thing you saw in my garden was my sage plants, you'd be pretty impressed with my incredible green thumb ability.I've…See More

Blog post by Michael Hawkins Oct 10, 2011

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Harvest Supper

I recently had the opportunity to enjoy some fresh-from-the-garden vegetables at a friend's house and this was the result. Thankfully kids love doing the dirty work. It's harvest time so get your hands on some great local produce!Recipes from the video:Glazed carrots1 lb or so carrots, scrubbed and trimmedsalt1 tablespoon butter1 tablespoon brown sugar1/2 teaspoon dried dill or a teaspoon fresh chopped dillsalt and pepper to tasteBring a pot of water to the boil and season well with salt.…See More

Blog post by Michael Hawkins Sep 18, 2011

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Swiss Chard - How very New Brunswick

By Mike Hawkins We didn't grow a whole lot in our garden this year.That's not to say we didn't try, it's just that not a whole lot grew. It's now early September and our tomatoes are still the size of a grape, but sadly not grape tomatoes. Our pumpkin plant has lovely flowers but a little lacking in pumpkin. My poblano pepper…See More

Blog post by Michael Hawkins Sep 6, 2011

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Blog posts by Michael Hawkins Aug 28, 2011

Getting local, with a little help from Ontario

By Mike Hawkins I know I should eat more seafood. Back when I was a kid, I had fish three times a week thanks to my Nova Scotia-born parents, and that was despite living eight hours north of Winnipeg. Our suppers in Thompson were just as likely to be haddock, cod or mackeral as they were beef, chicken or spaghetti, which was a good thing. Living in Rothesay now, it's good to be reminded once in a while that we can…See More

Blog post by Michael Hawkins Aug 21, 2011

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Nathalie Godbout commented on Michael Hawkins's blog post 'Pick a Local Pepper'

Excellent - breakfast tomorrow!

Aug 12, 2011

Pick a Local Pepper

By Michael Hawkins My dad has been gardening for as long as I can remember. Back in my hometown of Thompson, Manitoba, my dad would diligently plant a huge garden in our back yard each spring and produce a huge crop of vegetables we'd eat all winter. It was incredible what could be grown up there, an eight-hour drive north of Winnipeg, in the middle of the city that has the designation as the coldest in the 10…See More

Blog post by Michael Hawkins Aug 11, 2011

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